Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Senate confirms Tom Nides to be ambassador to Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — After Sen. Josh Hawley briefly held up the appointment, the U.S. Senate confirmed Tom Nides, a businessman and a former deputy secretary of state, to be U.S. ambassador to Israel on Wednesday night. Jewish Insider reported the confirmation. It was never clear what objection Hawley, a Republican of Missouri, had to Nides,…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump: ‘I could run for prime minister of Israel’
(JTA) — Former President Donald Trump told a conservative Jewish radio host that Israel until recently “literally owned Congress,” a claim similar to those that have triggered accusations of antisemitism against other politicians. The comments came during Trump’s Oct. 29 interview with Seattle-based talk show host Ari Hoffman as Trump was reviewing his Middle East…
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Fast Forward Ted Cruz defends using a Nazi salute to protest COVID-19 public health measures
(JTA) — Sen. Ted Cruz said in a Senate hearing with the U.S. attorney general that protesters and civilians angry with local public policies have the right to make Nazi salutes in protest. “My God! A parent did a Nazi salute at a school board because he thought the policies were oppressive,” Cruz shouted at…
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Fast Forward Florida halts new investments in Ben & Jerry’s parent company over West Bank sales boycott
(JTA) — Florida state entities will cease new investments in Unilever, Ben & Jerry’s parent company, as of Tuesday, because the ice cream maker plans to stop selling its product in the West Bank. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, in July triggered a 90-day review mandated by Florida law which mandates divestment from companies…
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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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