Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Taliban: We want ties with US and rest of the world — but not Israel
(JTA) — The Taliban, the extremist Islamist movement once famously insular, is ready to build relations with the world — except for Israel. Suhail Shaheen, the spokesman for the movement that assumed control of Afghanistan last month, told Sputnik News that his country is ready to work with the United States and other countries in…
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Fast Forward The Jewish Marine who went viral cradling a baby earned his chops keeping kids happy at a JCC
(JTA) — Meryl Jaffe says she’s like any Jewish parent keeping track of her kids on social media, except it can be terrifying. When she heard President Joe Biden deployed 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan, she had a gut feeling that her son Matt — she calls him Matthew — was among them. Her family was…
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Fast Forward Parole board votes to release Sirhan Sirhan, who killed Robert Kennedy for his pro-Israel views
(JTA) — California’s parole board recommended the release of Sirhan Sirhan, the Jerusalem-born assassin who changed history when he shot to death Robert Kennedy in 1968 just as he appeared set to secure the Democratic presidential nomination. The board said Friday that Sirhan, 77, was repentant and unlikely to re-offend. Sirhan’s death sentence was commuted…
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Fast Forward Biden and Bennett focus on Iran in first meeting: ‘If diplomacy fails, we’re ready to turn to other options’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In his first meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, President Joe Biden said that although he prefers diplomatic means to keep Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, he is not afraid to “turn to other options” on the issue. The pledge captured what both men, who are in varying degrees of…
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Fast Forward After Afghanistan’s last Jew refused to leave, his would-be Jewish rescuers helped dozens of other Afghans escape instead
(JTA) — Zebulon Simantov, Afghanistan’s last Jew, has not left Kabul, despite the best efforts of some Jewish figures and organizations. One of them was Moshe Margaraten, a haredi Orthodox fixer whose passion is bringing Jews out of danger. Margareten paid Moti Kahana, an Israeli-American businessman who helped extract people from war-torn Syria, to be…
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Fast Forward Biden and Bennett delay but do not cancel their meeting in wake of Afghanistan airport deaths
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The highly-anticipated first meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and President Joe Biden will have to wait — but so far it’s not canceled in the wake of a brewing Middle East conflict. After news broke of the explosions outside Kabul’s airport that killed at least 12 U.S. troops, the White…
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Fast Forward ‘Enthusiasm’ remains uncurbed: Larry David’s 11th season with HBO debuts in October
(JTA) — Will there be a Martha’s Vineyard episode, and if there is, who plays Alan Dershowitz? The pandemic-delayed 11th season of Larry David’s signature misanthropic series, “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” is set to debut on HBO in October, the show announced today via social media. “You’re allowed to be happy, but not in front of…
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Fast Forward Stanley Aronowitz, longtime labor and civil rights activist, dies at 88
(JTA) –Stanley Aronowitz, a longtime activist and theorist who was hugely influential in the labor and civil rights movements, has died at 88. His daughter, Kim O’Connell, posted on Facebook after midnight Tuesday about her father’s passing. “He was the funniest person I’ve ever met,” O’Connell wrote. “He ran full speed down the street with…
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