Ron Kampeas (JTA)
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
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Fast Forward Can Surging Santorum Win Over GOP Jews?
If Rick Santorum secures the Republican nomination, expect to hear this mantra from his Jewish supporters: In times of crisis, social issues don’t matter. The former Pennsylvania senator, who is leading in national polls in the race for the GOP presidential nod, is fiercely anti-abortion and believes that states have the right to ban birth…
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Fast Forward Amid Murdoch Scandal, Some Fear Pro-Israel Media Voice Will Be Muted
Pro-Israel leaders in the United States, Britain and Australia are warily watching the unfolding of the phone-hacking scandal that is threatening to engulf the media empire of Rupert Murdoch, founder of News Corp. Murdoch’s sudden massive reversal of fortune – with 10 top former staffers and executives under arrest in Britain for hacking into the…
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Fast Forward U.S. Anti-Semitism Envoy Faces Resistance to Arab Textbook Changes
Hannah Rosenthal, the State Department’s envoy for combating anti-Semitism, was heartened if skeptical when some Arab officials pledged to her that they would remove anti-Semitic tropes from their school curricula. She was frustrated when they hemmed and hawed. And she was outraged when they outright refused to do so. Rosenthal visited Lebanon, Jordan and Saudi…
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Fast Forward U.S. Calls for Resignation of U.N. Official Who Posted Anti-Semitic Cartoon
The Obama administration, joined by U.S. Jewish groups, called for the United Nations to dismiss Richard Falk, its rapporteur on Palestinian rights, after he posted an anti-Semitic cartoon on his blog. “I am deeply disturbed that once again U.N. Special Rapporteur Richard Falk has used his personal blog to publish abhorrent material,” Joseph Torsella, the…
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Fast Forward Romney Garners Support Among Jewish Republicans
For all the talk among pundits of Mitt Romney’s charisma problem, Romney’s Jewish supporters say what’s most inspiring about the Republican presidential candidate is that he actually does rather than just talk. Furthermore, the very characteristics that cost the former Massachusetts governor his 2008 presidential bid and dogged his re-entry into the ‘12 race are…
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Fast Forward Weiner Admits To Lying About Underwear Photo
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) acknowledged inappropriate internet relationships with at least six women but said he would not resign or get divorced. Weiner said he had lied last week when he denied sending a lewd underwear photo to a 21-year-old college student over Twitter and claimed that his account had been hacked. “I’ve brought pain…
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Fast Forward News Analysis: Israel Watching Closely as Obama Addresses the Mideast
President Obama’s advisers have said time and again that the major speech he is to deliver Thursday will not be about Israel, but about the Middle East. Jewish groups must wait until Friday, when Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Sunday, when the president addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, for…
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Fast Forward Debbie Wasserman Schultz Brings Jewish Identity to Top Party Role
Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s first day as a sophomore in the U.S. House of Representatives, on Jan. 8, 2007, was marked by a number of extraordinary achievements for a woman barely out of her first term. Named to the Democratic caucus leadership. Named to the all-powerful Appropriations Committee. Named as a major fundraiser – $17 million…
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