Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Richard Wexler, a leader and then a trenchant critic of the organized Jewish community, dies at 80
(JTA) — Richard Wexler, who led the effort to combine U.S. Jewish fundraising bodies into a single behemoth and then become one of the resulting group’s most trenchant critics, has died at 80. Wexler died Oct. 19 after a battle with cancer, his family said in a funeral notice in the Chicago Tribune. He sought…
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Fast Forward Biden names Atlanta Jewish leader as envoy to UN Human Rights Council
(JTA) — President Joe Biden named a leader of the Atlanta Jewish community to the United Nations Human Rights Council, a body that has been widely criticized as overly hostile to Israel. The Atlanta Jewish Times reported Friday that Biden’s choice is Michèle Taylor, who is the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, a founder of…
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Fast Forward Katie Couric reveals that her mother was Jewish in new autobiography
(JTA) — Katie Couric reveals in her new autobiography that her mother was Jewish, contrasting her mother’s upbringing with that of her father, who was apparently proud of his Confederate ancestors. Couric delves into the revelation in “Going There,” published this week, which she also discussed Thursday in a long interview with Rebecca Traister, a…
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Fast Forward Israel and United Arab Emirates teaming up to travel to moon
(JTA) — The next time Israel tries to land a spacecraft on the moon, it will have some neighborly help. United Arab Emirates and Israel plan to land Israel’s un-crewed Beresheet craft on the moon in 2024 in a joint space exploration deal, Haaretz reported on Wednesday. Israel’s first attempt to land a lunar module…
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Fast Forward Rachel Levine is named an admiral, becoming the most senior transgender person in the uniformed services
WASHINGTON (JTA) –Rachel Levine made history in March when she assumed the role of assistant secretary for health, becoming the first known transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate. Now Levine, who is Jewish, is the most senior transgender person in the uniformed services, after she was sworn in on Tuesday as the admiral…
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Fast Forward At 95, Mel Brooks will finally deliver ‘History of the World: Part II’
(JTA) — You couldn’t Torquemada it: Mel Brooks is making a sequel to “History of the World: Part I,” the 1981 revue that delighted and/or appalled Jews with, among other segments, a cheery musical take on the Spanish Inquisition. The original was a feature film; the sequel on Hulu will be a variety series, Variety…
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Fast Forward Colin Powell, who brokered the Middle East ‘road map’ to peace, dies at 84
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Colin Powell will be remembered in history as the first Black U.S. national security advisor, the first Black military chief of staff and the first Black secretary of state. He was also the first military chief to speak Yiddish as a second language, and he loved surprising Jews with his skill. Powell,…
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Fast Forward Former Trump aide Stephanie Grisham accuses Jewish congressional candidate Max Miller of abuse
(JTA) — Stephanie Grisham, who was a press secretary for former President Donald Trump and his wife Melania, accused a Jewish Trump aide of physically abusing her, adding that the Trumps showed no interest in investigating the matter. Miller, a scion of a well-known Cleveland Jewish family who is running for Congress with Trump’s enthusiastic…
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