tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63663282803041279542024-02-06T23:57:01.408-08:00Jewish MarksmanshipCelebrating Jewish MarksmanshipJewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.comBlogger280125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-62065404634494200892016-07-29T12:34:00.001-07:002016-07-29T12:34:58.361-07:001000+ Facebook Likes for Jewish Marksmanship!Thanks to all the Facebook followers who've hit the "Like" button for the Jewish Marksmanship blog, earlier this week our community has grown to over 1000 users! Please keep encouraging your friends and acquaintances to join in. The larger we get, the more our message spreads.<br />
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<b>The Message</b><br />
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And what is our message? As the blog page says, the original idea was:<br />
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<b>Educating fellow Jews about the sporting and defensive use of firearms. Especially Jews in North America, too many of whom are instilled with the belief that guns aren't for nice Jewish boys and girls.</b></blockquote>
However, since our first post in 2009, we've noticed a lot of followers who aren't Jewish, but are happy (and often surprised) to see that American Jews are a vital and vibrant element of America's firearms-supporting community. This is great news, because there are many who would have the world believe otherwise. We work hard to avoid any off-topic politics here on the blog and Facebook, and focus solely on our message. It's paying off.<br />
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The Future</h4>
There is a ton of content already here on the blog, but most visitors are missing it because it is not well organized. For example, many fail to notice that along the right side there is a "Jewish Shooters" listing which is actually a rudimentary attempt to tag articles. The plan is to do a better job of organizing the existing articles so new visitors spend more time learning about our community and history. We may even shift to another blogging platform.<br />
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Outreach</h4>
It's frustrating to see at least once a year when a Jewish journalist writes a "I'm Jewish and went to a gun range and loved it!" piece and goes on to write about Jews and guns, completely oblivious to the treasure-trove of information and connections we have here. They do their writing in isolation, relying solely on their own knowledge and experience, completely unaware of how actively and vibrantly Jews are involved in the American firearms community. To that end, we ask that YOU loyal readers help spread the world.<br />
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Also keep in mind we are always open not just to information leads, but full-blown articles if any of you readers would like to contribute.<br />
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Once again thanks to you all, and let's try not to take 7 years to reach 2000 followers!<br />
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Shabbat Shalom from the JM editorial board!<br />
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<br />Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-90496595472922777902016-03-07T20:10:00.004-08:002016-03-07T20:10:53.351-08:00Steve Roman & Artie Goodman Trapshooting Champions and Jewish Marksmen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Found a <a href="http://njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/083106/mwWCaldwellMarksman.html" target="_blank">great article in the New Jersey Jewish News about Jewish Marksman Steve Roman</a>:<br />
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<b> ... Most recently, at the Northern NJ Zone State Trap Shooting Championship in May, he took first place in the A-class doubles and veteran (over 65) singles categories.</b></blockquote>
<b> </b><b>His record of success has even caused Roman to be a bit jaded. “I’ve got a closet full of trophies,” he said. “When I first started out, that meant something. I’ve won state championships, local championships, regional championships…. Maybe at 66 my perspective has changed.</b><br />
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Roman also introduces us in passing to another Jewish Marksman at his club, Artie Goodman:<br />
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<b>Roman also said, “You’d be surprised at the number of Jewish shooters.” He pointed out a few men on the range and identified them as such, calling over one elderly gentleman, 80-year-old Artie Goodman, a West Orange resident. Roman calls Goodman “the oldest living Jew shooting.” He took up shotguns when tennis elbow prevented him from shooting target pistols.</b></blockquote>
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Mazal tov to Roman and Artie!<br />
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See the article here: <a href="http://njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/083106/mwWCaldwellMarksman.html">http://njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/083106/mwWCaldwellMarksman.html</a>Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-74632188504532475702016-02-26T22:04:00.002-08:002016-02-26T22:04:45.784-08:00Ofek Engel and Tal Engler win Bronze at Euro Championships<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week the European Shooting Championships are underway in Györ, Hungary. Europe has strict gun laws, but shooting sports are quite popular and highly competitive. Quite a coup then for two Israeli shooters, Ofek Engel and Tal Engler to win the Bronze in Air Rifle Mixed Junior team competition!<br />
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Mazal Tov!Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-3624106929684234462016-02-22T11:32:00.001-08:002016-02-22T11:32:31.538-08:00Jewish Marksman Josh Black dominates Air Rifle for Ohio State<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Regulars to the blog are already familiar with <a href="http://jewishmarksmanship.blogspot.com/search/label/Josh%20Black" target="_blank">Josh</a> and his sister <a href="http://jewishmarksmanship.blogspot.com/search/label/Hannah%20Black" target="_blank">Hannah</a>, two of the best young competitive shooters in the USA. Josh has been stealing back the spotlight from Hannah with some great recent <a href="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/c-rifle/mtt/joshua_black_926780.html" target="_blank">collegiate</a> performances:<br />
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – For the first time since 1991, the Ohio State Rifle Team will be headed to the NCAA Rifle Championships after firing a team record 4685 at the NCAA Qualifier match held Saturday at the Hugh W. Wylie Range in Columbus.</blockquote>
<b><i> Leading the way for the Ohio State’s individuals was Josh Black who fired a season best 590. </i></b><br />
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Mazal tov and good luck to Josh and Ohio State as they advance in the tournament!Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-25038904079998849022016-02-21T20:52:00.000-08:002016-02-21T20:52:09.201-08:00Bethany Shondark Mandel: Freelance Writer and Jewish Markswoman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today's Jewish Markswoman is Bethany Shondark Mandel. She is freelance writer/blogger of politically right leanings. In a <a href="http://nypost.com/2015/10/13/guns-n-moses-why-more-jews-are-packing-heat/" target="_blank">recent piece she wrote for the New York Post</a> we learn:<br />
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<i><br />As a child, I was saved by the presence of a gun in my home. A man tried to climb in my bedroom window one night. My single mother heard the noise, grabbed her gun and explained (though no explanation was really necessary) that it would be in the man’s best interest to return from whence he came.</i></blockquote>
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<i>I’ve always appreciated my mom’s gun possession ever since. But now, as a mother myself, I understand it, too.</i></blockquote>
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Mandel also participates in a female-oriented gun ownership group on Facebook called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/810239475752825/?fref=nf" target="_blank">Responsible Women Gun Owners: https://www.facebook.com/groups/810239475752825/?fref=nf</a><br />
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Mandel is yet another example of the false narrative that all American Jews are anti-gun. To the contrary, Jews of all walks of American life are at the forefront of promoting and preserving the Second Amendment.Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-22675187357251357992015-12-28T12:22:00.002-08:002015-12-28T12:22:27.622-08:00Gabriella Hoffman - Jewish Markswoman and Second Amendment Advocate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.wideopenspaces.com/author/gabriella-hoffman/" target="_blank">Gabriella Hoffman</a> is <a href="http://thegabriellahoffman.com/2011/01/16/jewish-group-attacks-glenn-beck-firing-request-denied-by-news-corp/" target="_blank">Jewish</a> "conservative activist/blogger," who has been "shooting since age 19." You can read more about her biography at her blog: <a href="http://thegabriellahoffman.com/about/">http://thegabriellahoffman.com/about/</a> and her current job <a href="https://www.leadershipinstitute.org/contactus/staff.cfm?staff=511574">https://www.leadershipinstitute.org/contactus/staff.cfm?staff=511574</a>.<br />
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One of her recent columns is <a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/gabriellahoffman/2015/12/14/more-guns-less-tyranny-n2093302/page/full" target="_blank">"More Guns, Less Tyranny" available at TownHall.com</a>. I believe she was interviewed by an NRA podcast about that article, and will try to follow up with an audio link if I can find it. She has written many other pro-gun columns you can easily find via google.<br />
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Gabriella joins a <a href="http://jewishmarksmanship.blogspot.com/2010/06/jews-and-second-amendment.html" target="_blank">growing list of influential Jewish columnists</a> who staunchly support the Second Amendment (including Ben Shapiro, Mark Levin, Debbie Schlussel, Dennis Prager and others). She is further proof that contrary to many misinformed narratives, American Jews are at the forefront of Second Amendment support.Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-19050768080896738962015-12-24T18:21:00.000-08:002015-12-24T18:21:19.009-08:00William Warshal - National Champion Revolver Shooter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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According to <a href="http://jtn.stparchive.com/page_image.php?paper=JTN&year=1933&month=06&day=23&page=4&mode=F&base=JTN06231933P05&title=The%20Jewish%20Transcript&logo=http://jtn.stparchive.com//images/logo/5027275322014.02.24publogoJTN.png" target="_blank">The Jewish Transcript, a Seattle paper dated June 23, 1933</a>, Warshal was:</blockquote>
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<b>"the first Jew to be on the national junior championship team of the United States Revolver Association." </b></blockquote>
According to <a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00010090/00348/1x" target="_blank">The Jewish Floridian paper, dated October 25, 1935</a>, then:<br />
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<b style="text-align: justify;">"rank[ed] as the nation's number one Jewish marksman, having won the national championship for picket revolver shooting at the U.S. Revolver Association's meet."</b><br />
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Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-35152000817398809872015-11-16T20:19:00.000-08:002015-11-16T20:19:00.450-08:00Tablet Magazine Contributor Liel Leibovitz Advises Guns for Europeans (Jewish & Gentile) Dedicated readers know that earlier this year the Jewish community began discussing the need for European Jews to arm themselves. In January, <a href="http://jewishmarksmanship.blogspot.com/2015/01/rabbi-menachem-margolin-and-european.html" target="_blank">I informed readers that European Rabbi Manachem Margolin had petitioned European leadership to make special accommodations for Jews to arm themselves in the wake of the Paris kosher supermarket shootings</a>. Later that month, <a href="http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/189100/arming-europes-jews" target="_blank">Tablet contributor Liel Leibowitz wrote in support of that same notion</a>. <br />
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My January piece also was clear that in my opinion, Margolin's aim was too narrow, i.e. I advocate that all Europeans should have a right to self defense with firearms. <a href="http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/195117/ill-say-it-again-if-you-live-in-europe-you-need-a-gun-paris-attacks" target="_blank">Leibowitz has now reached the same conclusion in another Tablet piece</a>. Glad he came around.<br />
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It is worth noting that Leibowitz's motive for the expansion of gun rights in Europe is grounded in self-defense from terrorism (and one would assume, other violent crimes). But this misses another major principle embodied in America's 2nd Amendment, which is the right of the citizenry to collectively defend themselves against tyrannical government. It's beyond the scope of this blog to delve into this last issue, I merely point it out as one anecdote of where Jewish thinking may currently be on the subject.<br />
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I think it is worth a few minutes to click on the links above to Leibovitz's Tablet articles from February and yesterday. The more influential Jews we have opening their minds to permissive firearms policies, the better. And the more Europeans are allowed to arm themselves, the less we have to listen to the anti-gun lobby's irrelevant comparisons of US and European gun laws!<br />
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<br />Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-53029899984083770792015-10-18T10:17:00.000-07:002015-10-18T10:17:14.572-07:00Jewish Marksman Arie Friedman Defends the Second Amendment Against Illinois Suburb Anyone informed on gun policy knows that Chicago and its surrounding suburbs (aka Chicagoland) have some of the country's most restrictive gun laws. I'll refrain from comment, and simply leave it to the reader to draw her own conclusions with respect to such laws and Chicagoland's appalling murder rate. Suffice to say that Chicagoland has convinced itself that more gun laws will save lives, and is willing to spend millions of tax payer dollars defending laws of dubious constitutionality and efficacy.<br />
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One Jewish gun owner, Arie Freidman, is fighting back in court, challenging one suburb's irrational restrictions on magazine capacity and certain semi-automatic rifles, including the AR-15. (<a href="http://jewishmarksmanship.blogspot.com/2009/10/why-jews-should-own-ar-15.html" target="_blank">Longtime readers will recall that advocate all Jews own an AR-15</a>). Specifically, Friedman is appealing the decision of an <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3139086566363449367" target="_blank">Illinois federal appellate court to the US Supreme Court</a>. The legal issues are beyond the scope of this blog's purpose (though as an attorney I do have some thoughts...). A general summary of the issues is <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-highland-park-assault-weapons-ban-20151017-story.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Keep in mind that all lawsuits require fuel to keep going: money, emotional will, and time. We have no way of knowing what is happening behind the scenes, but it is fair to assume that Friedman is at a minimum fighting the good fight by serving as the plaintiff, and maybe more. At this time it is not certain whether the US Supreme Court will even hear the case. Hopefully Friedman will earn a victory for all of the oppressed people of Illinois.<br />
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<br />Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-21796942551977937252015-10-06T07:52:00.003-07:002015-10-06T07:53:42.216-07:00Jewish Markswoman Hannah Black Continues Success!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Collegiate rifle star <a href="http://jewishmarksmanship.blogspot.com/search/label/Hannah%20Black" target="_blank">Hannah Black</a> has been putting up some great scores lately! Highlights from the article:<br />
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Mazal Tov!</div>
Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-12900616318625078342015-08-05T17:12:00.000-07:002015-08-05T17:12:13.484-07:00Bullets & Bagels Jewish Gun Club Meetup this Month!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I recently received an email from a California-based Jewish Gun Club. Check it out:<br />
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We are pleased to introduce a unique and exciting new club to the Orange and Los Angeles County Jewish Community. Bullets & Bagels is the first noshing, networking and shooting club for Jews!<br />
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Our vision is to encourage Jews to learn the value of firearms as a sport and social medium, as well as how to use them to defend ourselves, our families and our communities. We seek to take the fear out of firearms by educating our members in safety and self-defense techniques. At the same time, we emphasize the various sporting aspects of firearms. It is all done in a supervised, friendly, supportive environment of fellow Jews. The club holds bimonthly events, featuring fascinating guest speakers. Among them are rabbis, historical figures, local and federal law enforcement representatives, certified firearms instructors, and other experts. At our events, we provide great nosherei, kibitzing and networking. We welcome all ages, genders, religious denominations and those with all levels of firearms experience from first-time beginners to consummate experts.<br />
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Which brings me to the point of this letter. As our goal is to dramatically increase our membership base over the following year, I sincerely invite and encourage you to share the news about Bullets & Bagels with your readership on your blog. Those who are interested can learn more at <a href="http://www.bulletsnbagels.com/">www.BulletsnBagels.com</a>. <br />
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Our next event takes place Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Raahauges Range in Corona California. We are co-hosting the event with Israel Weapons Industries makers of the famous Tavor close quarters combat rifle. We will be auctioning one Tavor rifle off proceeds earmarked for the FIDF. Springfield Armory, Leica Optics, Pelican Cases and City Girl Prepper will be there too.<br />
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Those interested may sign up using our “SIGN-UP” form on the club website, and mention their interest in attending the June event.<br />
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If you have any questions, please feel free to call either me at 424-227-2797 or email at info@bulletsnbagels.com. Thank you for your consideration, and don't worry —— kosher food is provided! We hope to see you there, too.<br />
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B’ Shalom,<br />
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Fred R Kogen, M.D.<br />
Fred R. Kogen<br />
President<br />
<a href="http://www.bulletsandbagels.com/">www.BulletsandBagels.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/BulletsandBagels">www.facebook.com/BulletsandBagels</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.lamag.com/digestblog/ready-aim-schmear-bullets-bagels-is-the-gun-club-for-noshing-enthusiasts/">http://www.lamag.com/digestblog/ready-aim-schmear-bullets-bagels-is-the-gun-club-for-noshing-enthusiasts/</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/culture/article/bullets_and_bagels_the_jewish_shooting_club">http://www.jewishjournal.com/culture/article/bullets_and_bagels_the_jewish_shooting_club</a>Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-77394517591211970212015-07-31T21:33:00.000-07:002015-08-01T18:27:32.483-07:00Jewish Marksmen Prominent in Newsmax Top 100 Gun Rights Advocates ListA news publication called <a href="http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/most-influential-pro-gun-rights/2015/07/13/id/654745/" target="_blank">Newsmax recently published a list</a> of who it considers the top 100 most influential gun rights advocates. I identified at least three Jews:<br />
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22.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://jewishmarksmanship.blogspot.com/search/label/Ben%20Shapiro" target="_blank">Ben Shapiro</a>, editor-at-large of Breitbart News, who is a strong supporter of the right to bear arms.</blockquote>
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69.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://jewishmarksmanship.blogspot.com/search/label/Steven%20Spielberg" target="_blank">Steven Spielberg</a>, movie producer and director, is a skeet shooter and owns a large arsenal of weapons, including guns from each of his movies. Fabbri, the luxury Italian gunmaker, has a photo of Spielberg on their website holding one of his custom Fabbri guns with a "Jurassic Park" engraving.</blockquote>
The article does not say how the list was assembled. Frankly, there were quite a few names I've never heard of, and some who might be a little iffy. Personally I think there are a <a href="http://jewishmarksmanship.blogspot.com/2010/06/jews-and-second-amendment.html" target="_blank">number of Jews that were left off the list who could have been included</a>, but it was nice to see those listed above.<br />
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Mazal tov to all of the list members!Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-62255666411481375212015-07-22T14:45:00.004-07:002015-07-22T14:45:49.172-07:00Reminder to All Jewish Marksmen: Check us out on Facebook!<br />
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<li>Most of you already follow us on Facebook, but if you're not you're missing a lot of news and posts relevant to the Jews who compete in the shooting sports. My busy schedule does not allow for frequent blog posts, but Facebook makes sharing news with you easy!</li>
<li>Never hesitate to send me leads on Jews in the shooting sports! It may take me some time but I will follow up!</li>
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Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-80097963300449687302015-02-21T19:32:00.000-08:002015-02-21T19:32:00.769-08:00Garth Ennis' War Stories #4 & #5 feature Jewish Marksmanship<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jewish <i><b>*Tank*</b></i> Marksmanship, that is! Garth Ennis and artist Tomas Aira tell the story of IDF soldiers involved in the Yom Kippur War tank battles in issues #4 & #5 of their War Stories series. Gripping story and art about the brave men who defended Israel from invasion.<br />
You can buy digital versions at Comixology:<br />
<a href="https://www.comixology.com/War-Stories-4/digital-comic/178796">https://www.comixology.com/War-Stories-4/digital-comic/178796</a><br />
<a href="https://www.comixology.com/War-Stories-5/digital-comic/190970">https://www.comixology.com/War-Stories-5/digital-comic/190970</a><br />
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You might be able to order print version from the publisher:<br />
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Or visit your local comics shop.<br />
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I believe an issue #6 will also feature the IDF but it could be some time before its release.<br />
<br />Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-65787272548191522982015-02-20T07:51:00.003-08:002015-02-20T07:52:23.319-08:00Tablet magazine article favors arming European Jews!Mazal tov to Tablet for publishing this:<br />
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European Jews with guns can make a difference, though. A well-armed Jewish population might make the jihadists—and their political enablers—think twice. More immediately, they are likely to save their own lives.</blockquote>
I have tablet in my RSS feed reader (I use feedly.com). While it has never struck as leaning one way or the other politically, I was a bit surprised they ran with this. I'm glad though!<br />
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Shabbat shalom.Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-60305771758305711642015-02-02T12:33:00.001-08:002015-02-02T12:36:54.128-08:00Jewish Markswoman Hannah Black Makes US National Team!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Belated Mazal Tov to<a href="http://jewishmarksmanship.blogspot.com/search/label/Hannah%20Black" target="_blank"> Hannah Black</a>, <a href="http://www.gofrogs.com/sports/c-rifle/spec-rel/011315aaa.html" target="_blank">who recently competed in qualifications for the National Team</a>:<br />
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Shooting at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Black finished ahead of current OTC resident Amy Sowash and Olympian Amanda Furrer. The two-day event saw Black fire a 579, which was good enough to earn her a spot in the finals. <b>She made her mark in on day two as she fired a national record 591 to propel her to the top of the podium. The score was one point off the World Record and topped her personal best by nine points.</b> Her two-day score of 1,181 was two points better than Sowash's mark of 1,179. Her performance has earned her a spot on the squad that will compete at the World Cup in Changwon, Korea.</blockquote>
She was also featured in a recent Virginia news article, with a great quote<br />
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“That’s the nice thing about shooting,” she said. “You alone are responsible. You alone are accountable. What you accomplish is a reflection of how hard you’re willing to work and how much time you’re willing to put in. In a lot of respects, you’re always competing against yourself. <b>Your goal for tomorrow is to be a little bit better than you were today.</b>”</blockquote>
<a href="http://www.richmond.com/sports/article_7fc35156-42e5-5171-9dda-1b3144b691d2.html" target="_blank">Go check out the entire article</a> about Hannah!<br />
<br />Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-25799860786676855112015-01-29T19:45:00.001-08:002015-11-16T20:01:14.672-08:00Rabbi Menachem Margolin and the European Jewish Congress are both wrong about guns!In response to the slaughter of Parisian Jews last week at the hands of muslims:<br />
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In a letter sent to interior ministries around Europe and obtained by Newsweek, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, director general of the Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE) and the European Jewish Association (EJA) – the largest federation of Jewish organizations and communities in Europe – writes: </blockquote>
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<b>“We hereby ask that gun licensing laws are reviewed with immediate effect to allow designated people in the Jewish communities and institutions to own weapons for the essential protection of their communities, as well as receiving the necessary training to protect their members from potential terror attacks.”</b></blockquote>
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Speaking to Newsweek, Rabbi Margolin added that he believes that<b> “as many people within the Jewish community as possible” should carry weapons</b>.</blockquote>
In response, <a href="http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/282170/european-jewish-communities-issue-statement-against-rabbi-menachem-marglin-for-calling-on-jews-to-carry-guns.html" target="_blank">the "European Jewish Congress" rebuked Rabbi Margolin</a>.<br />
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<b>They are both wrong.</b><br />
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<b>The correct answer is that all people, not just Jews, should enjoy their natural right to armed self-defense.</b><br />
<br />Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-5785989019173748642014-11-09T13:52:00.000-08:002014-11-09T13:52:51.726-08:00Pro-2nd Amendment Jewish Politicians Elected in 2014Last week across the US elections were held for many state and federal offices. Several Pro-2nd Amendment Jews were elected:<br />
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<a href="http://jewishmarksmanship.blogspot.com/2011/06/dan-lederman-jewish-pro-2nd-amendment.html" target="_blank">Dan Lederman of South Dakota, who I've covered before</a>.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Goldman" target="_blank">Craig Goldman of Texas, who has been rated 92% favorable by the NRA</a>.<br />
<a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/110252/lee-zeldin#.VF_VVPnF84A" target="_blank">Lee Zeldin of New York, who was also rated highly by the NRA</a>.<br />
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Please drop me a line if you know of someone I've left out!</div>
Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-54271626285971970912014-10-30T11:50:00.002-07:002014-10-30T11:50:18.960-07:00Jewish Shooters Needed for European Maccabi Games!Attention all Jewish Marksmen! Today I received the following from Jed Margolis,Executive Director of Maccabi USA:<br />
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We have been invited to bring a shooting team to Berlin for the European Maccabi Games. To date no one has applied. We are submitting our Entry Form #2 tomorrow with our team participation. If you know of anyone who might be interested please let me know right away. Thank you.</blockquote>
Contact Jed at jmargolis<wbr></wbr>@maccabiusa.com, and please let me know if you are going so I can report!<br />
<br />Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-38920366592030226402014-10-03T14:01:00.001-07:002014-10-03T14:01:22.755-07:00Must See Ethiopian Israeli Mauser!An easy fast to all who will be fasting this weekend. But before you run off to dinner and schul, you need to see this one:<br />
<a href="http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=444196397">http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=444196397</a><br />
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<br />Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-87257336448010253722014-06-09T18:27:00.000-07:002014-06-09T18:28:30.981-07:00Exposing Dan Slott - Jewish Marksman's ThoughtsThis blog continues to serve as a Hall of Fame for Jews involved in shooting sports, 2nd Amendment advocacy, and other firearms-related activities. However, on rare occasions <a href="http://jewishmarksmanship.blogspot.com/2013/05/exposing-alan-dershowitz-jewish.html" target="_blank">when a Jewish public figure deserves it</a>, I induct them into Jewish Marksman's Hall of Shame. Today's inductee is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Slott" target="_blank">Dan Slott</a>, a comic book author, currently working on several titles for Marvel, including Spider-man.<br />
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Slott frequently espouses his distaste for guns and gun owners on Twitter. Like most opponents of the Second Amendment, Slott's arguments are purely emotional and devoid of logic. Recently he expressed his displeasure with Americans' rights to own more than one firearm, thereby amassing an "arsenal". <b>Specifically, Slott argued that the danger presented by a mentally ill person is proportionate to the number of his/her accessible firearms</b>. Slott mentioned Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook school shooter, as an example.</div>
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Yours truly responded on Twitter directly to Slott by pointing out the logical and practical fallacy of this argument, to wit, that a human being can only simultaneously fire so many weapons at once, proportionate to the number of hands he/she has. By way of analogy, is an alcoholic owning only one car any more of a DUI risk than an alcoholic owning 100 cars? I also pointed out that Lanza only used two firearms during his rampage, a rifle to kill others (requiring 2 handed operation) and a single shot from a pistol to kill himself. I am no expert on mass shootings, but I cannot recall an incident where a single crazed gunman utilized more than 2 or at most 3 firearms. Considering a single firearm can be reloaded with a fresh magazine almost instantly (as fast or faster than switching to another firearm), I fail to see why a crazy person with two or three guns is any more or less dangerous than the same person with one gun and two or three loaded magazines. In short, logic suggests that laws limiting the number of guns a person can own have no potential to save lives should that person become criminally insane and rampage.</div>
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Uninformed, irrational and divisive people like Slott do nothing to advance the society's dialogue about firearms. There are plenty of other comics creators out there, so I'll be avoiding anything written by this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmuck" target="_blank">schmuck</a>. </div>
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Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-35890159970164333672014-06-05T20:58:00.002-07:002014-06-05T20:58:53.048-07:00Jewish Marksmanship Update and Scatt AnalysisThanks to all those that have asked about my well being. All is well. As I mentioned in previous posts, work has been a bear, making weekend free time precious. So for the time being matches take a back seat to daddy-daughter time.<br />
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However, I'm still training several times a week with the Scatt, focusing on the standing position. I'm using a new laptop that has wifi (my old laptop died) so I can share screen captures now. Here is a recent model shot, simulating 200 yards standing:<br />
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Time is represented by color, from Green->Yellow->Blue->Pink Shot->Red<br />
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If you follow the green line from the top left, you see I approach and actually first cross through the 10 ring but don't fire. Should I have fired then? The rifle looped up in the 9 ring (yellow line) and and crossed through the X ring (blue line). As you can see, either the rifle was moving fast or my release wasn't early enough, so the shot hit just on the edge of the 10 (the pink dot).<br />
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I'm happy with the hold (more or less), but clearly I need to work on being more aggressive and get comfortable with firing as I see the rifle just cross the 9 ring. By the time I see that 10 it's too late, the rifle is going to move out of the 10 if I can't find the courage and confidence to know it will be in the 10 when the shot goes. From reading David Tubb's book, this is an especially important skill to develop for shooting standing in windy conditions.Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-51567629528458496142014-02-07T09:05:00.001-08:002014-02-07T09:05:25.780-08:00Jews, Comic Books,Guns and Marksmanship<div>
<b><u>Superheroes in America</u></b></div>
Like most American kids born after WWII, I grew up with superheros as part of popular culture. As a kid in the 1980's, some of the my favorites were Spider-man and Batman (the latter in re-runs of the live-action show with Adam West). I also remember watching cartoons of the Justice League of America, and the Fantastic Four. Those shows did a great job of communicating strong American (and in-fact, historically Jewish) values and ethics to American kids. <b>Values and ethics like: standing up for the weak, bravery, fighting against evil, modesty, humility, work-ethic.</b><br />
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<b><u>Jewish roots of American Superhero Mythology</u></b></div>
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Of course, anyone with a modicum of knowledge about the superhero "industry" in the US will <a href="http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/27413/cover-story-jews-and-the-invention-of-the-american-comic-book/" target="_blank">grant that much of it was created through the work of Jews</a>, and Jews remain actively involved and influential. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Lee" target="_blank">Stan Lee</a> (born Stanley Martin Lieber), although not observant, is still at the top of the food chain and a creative giant with <a href="http://marvel.com/" target="_blank">Marvel comics</a> (Captain America, Spider-man, etc..) . His wildly popular X-Men series, in particular, contains all sorts of Jewish themes, including major characters who are explicitly Jewish. On the <a href="http://www.dccomics.com/" target="_blank">DC Comics</a> (a rival publisher) side, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Siegel" target="_blank">Superman</a> had a Jewish creator, as did <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Finger" target="_blank">Batman</a>, just to name a few.</div>
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<b><u>And what does this have to do with Guns?</u></b><br />
Many people misunderstand the 2nd Amendment, and the reasons so many Americans own guns. The reason is simple: we choose to be strong, brave and to fight against evil. We refuse to be victims of crime. We refuse to be victims of tyranny. And this attitude was shaped, in part, by our childhood superhero stories.<br />
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The American superhero stories teach a life lesson very clearly: the weak can and will be abused and enslaved by the strong. In order for the weak to defend themselves, they need to level the playing field. They need powers. To emphasize that point, every comic book hero's lore includes an arc where the hero loses his or her powers, and becomes vulnerable (think Superman and kryptonite). We can't take pills (yet) that give us Superman's powers,<b> but we can learn to use guns</b> to level the playing field with the bad guys.<br />
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Through Spider-man, Stan Lee (again, born Stanley Martin Lieber) tells Americans that "WITH GREAT POWER THERE MUST ALSO COME--GREAT RESPONSIBILITY!" That means developing excellent safety habits and marksmanship skills. Another value taught to American children through superhero stories.<br />
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Currently my 4 year old daughter and I are enjoying a number of animated superhero series on Netflix, including "Spider-man and His Amazing Friends" and the "Incredible Hulk." Her favorite is the mutant Fire Star, of course. These are great shows we can watch together, and discuss the moral and ethical conflicts that the shows address. Unlike "Barney" and other politically correct garbage fed to kids today, she is learning that indeed there are good guys and bad guys in the world, and we must all stand up to the bad guys. On her own, she commented that "people shouldn't be afraid of the Hulk just because he looks different, they should talk to him and learn that he is really very nice and a good guy."<br />
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I'm enjoying using Marvel's Marvel Unlimited app to explore their library...there are plenty of comics that are interesting for adults. Check it out!<br />
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Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-83368058366093292532014-02-06T18:49:00.002-08:002014-02-06T18:49:18.549-08:00Jewish Marksman's Status ReportWork has kept me extremely busy, and unfortunately I needed to work some weekends that coincided with matches, meaning I could not attend matches for the past few months. That really stinks because this time of year in Florida is great for matches weather-wise, because it tends to be not so hot but the winds pick up to make the matches more challenging. Hopefully this month or next I'll get back in the game.<div>
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In the meantime, I've been practicing with the SCATT system and really making some changes to my standing position for improvement: </div>
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<li>I have taken to keeping my trigger-arm elbow to my side instead of winged out, which makes for a tighter and more stable position. </li>
<li>I've also set my front sight to it's narrowest iris, allowing for very little white around the bull, and that has really tightened my hold as well. </li>
<li>I've moved my grip much lower on the grip handle, which allows me grip a little tighter and really isolate the trigger finger's movement.</li>
<li>Lastly, I've really focused on making my approach to the bull more efficient and quicker, trying to get the shot off in 3-6 seconds once the rifle is "on target".</li>
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The results have been scatt averages of 95+, which is great for me. I think also getting away from the matches for a while has also changed my perspective a little bit...got my mind off the game and more focused on enjoying the process. </div>
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Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366328280304127954.post-48182407800368415032013-12-27T08:48:00.001-08:002013-12-27T08:49:22.835-08:00Hannah and Josh Black Profiled in CMP Article<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Civilian Marksmanship Program recently ran an <a href="http://www.odcmp.org/1213/default.asp?page=THEBLACKS" target="_blank">in depth article on Jewish Marksmen Hannah and Josh Black</a> (<a href="http://www.odcmp.org/1213/default.asp?page=THEBLACKS">http://www.odcmp.org/1213/default.asp?page=THEBLACKS</a>). Interestingly, the article made a point of discussing their Jewishness:<br />
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Religion is important to both Hannah and Josh as well. Having grown up with a strong Jewish background, they both directly state that it impacts their everyday lives – it affects how they view the world.<br />
Josh is involved with a Jewish youth group at a Chabad synagogue and is a founding member of a Jewish Scout group. He can also chant Torah.<br />
For Hannah, choosing to go to college at Texas Christian was worrisome at first, but she soon learned that TCU is very accepting of all students, even their Jewish students.</blockquote>
Check it out! (Thanks to Mike for sending the link!)Jewish Marksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739402278172785076noreply@blogger.com0