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What Would the Rabbis Do About Gun Control

Today on Tablet, Rabbi Marc Katz looks at the texts

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December 19, 2012
(Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original images Shutterstock and Wikimedia Commons)
(Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original images Shutterstock and Wikimedia Commons)

Today on Tablet, Rabbi Marc Katz explores some of the words of Jewish sages and applies it to the modern issue of gun control.

Jewish denominations have plenty to say about gun control. The Reform and Conservative movements have both issued statements about the need for steeper gun-control measures. However, in the Reform movement’s multiple resolutions on the matter, dating back to the 1970s, and the Conservative movement’s to 1993 and 2012, make almost no mention of Jewish texts in justification for their positions.

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