Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Fox News host Lara Logan compares Fauci to Nazi doctor Mengele, and Auschwitz museum calls it ‘shameful’
(JTA) — Fox News host Lara Logan compared Anthony Fauci, the top official handling the U.S. coronavirus response, to Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor who conducted experiments on inmates at the Auschwitz death camp. Logan was speaking on “Fox News Primetime” on Monday about the prospect of new restrictive measures in the wake of the…
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Fast Forward In Charlottesville, a trial of the far right has created a platform for antisemitism and hate
(JTA) — CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (JTA) — Days before a neo-Nazi drove his car into a crowd of protesters here at the site of the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally, he texted his mother. Samantha Bloom was worried that her son would run into trouble in Charlottesville, where he was headed in his gray 2010 Dodge…
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Fast Forward After Patrick Leahy’s retirement, Dianne Feinstein could become the first Jew to be 3rd in line for the presidency
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Patrick Leahy, the Vermont Democrat who is the longest-serving member of his party in the U.S. Senate, announced on Monday that he will not run for reelection next year, setting the stage for Dianne Feinstein of California to be the first woman and first Jew to be the Senate’s president pro tempore,…
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Fast Forward FBI charges suspect in Austin synagogue arson
(JTA) — The FBI has charged a suspect already arrested on local charges relating to a fire set at a synagogue in Austin, Texas. Franklin Barrett Sechriest, 18, was transferred to federal custody on Monday, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Investigators with the Austin fire department arrested him last week on an arson charge related to…
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Fast Forward Josh Mandel is running for a Senate seat again — this time as a far-right leader who promotes ‘Judeo-Christian’ values
(JTA) — In 2012, Josh Mandel’s political future was glowing. As Ohio’s state treasurer, he ran for a U.S. Senate seat as a young conservative Marine vet with deep ties to local and national Jewish communities. Despite the fact that he lost the election to the incumbent, Democrat Sherrod Brown, Mandel stayed on the rise,…
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Fast Forward Mike Pompeo’s campaigning for Trump from Jerusalem was illegal, investigation finds
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A federal investigation said that Mike Pompeo violated the Hatch Act when, as Secretary of State, he addressed the Republican National Convention in 2020 from Jerusalem. In its lengthy report issued Tuesday, the Office of Special Counsel also faulted several of former President Trump’s top Jewish officials for violations of the Hatch…
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Fast Forward Report from Las Vegas: Some Jewish Republicans have Trump fatigue, but they just can’t quit him
LAS VEGAS (JTA) — The Republican Jewish Coalition conference was about 2022, and also 2024. It was about how a near Republican sweep in state and local races last week revealed a way back to GOP control of the federal government. It was about moving more Jews from D to R. What the conference this…
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Fast Forward Nikki Haley to Republican Jews: AIPAC takes bipartisanship and Democratic outreach too far
LAS VEGAS (JTA) — Nikki Haley, among the most popular likely 2024 presidential contenders in the pro-Israel community, sharply criticized AIPAC for what she said was its overemphasis on bipartisanship in its outreach to Democrats. Haley, the ambassador to the United Nations under former President Donald Trump, told a Republican Jewish Coalition conference here that…
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