Fred Kogen News Today

Gun clubs in New York and Texas are urging Jewish people to respond to anti-Semitic threats at home and abroad by becoming proficient with firearms. 

“I would like every Jewish person to have a passing familiarity with a firearm,” retired mohel and founder of ‘“Bullets and Bagels” Dr. Fred Kogen told JNS.

Rethink the news: Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear and considering different views.

Rethink the news: Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear and considering different views.

Rethink the news: Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear and considering different views.

Rethink the news: Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear and considering different views.

Rethink the news: Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear and considering different views.

Rethink the news: Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear and considering different views.

Religious leaders forge fresh thinking to counter fear in the wake of church violence: Open-armed welcome is as practical as security measures.

“I would have hoped that one of the people in the synagogue ... had had a gun on them to have ended things a little bit earlier."