Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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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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News The Abraham Accords just turned 1. Here’s how each of the agreements are holding up.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — While most of the foreign policy world is focused on President Joe Biden’s moves in Afghanistan in the wake of the stunning turn of events there, the first anniversary of another important Middle East development quietly took place last week. The first part of the Abraham Accords, the historic cooperation agreements between…
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Fast Forward Bob Dylan sued for allegedly sexually abusing 12-year-old girl in 1965
(JTA) — A woman is suing Bob Dylan for sexually abusing her when she was 12 under a New York law that temporarily lifted limitations on such lawsuits. The woman, identified in court documents as JC, says the Jewish rock star groomed and exploited her in his room at the Chelsea Hotel over six weeks…
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Fast Forward Prominent Jewish groups and senator rally behind a Muslim Biden nominee attacked by Republicans
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat, is one of Israel’s staunchest defenders in Congress — and he thinks Republican attacks on one of President Joe Biden’s nominees as anti-Israel is “ridiculous.” Dilawar Syed, a longtime business leader, would be the most senior Muslim official in U.S. history if Congress confirms him to…
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Fast Forward Roberta Kaplan, activist attorney prominent in Jewish community, quits ‘Times Up’ over Cuomo conflict
(JTA) — Roberta Kaplan, the feminist lawyer who is prominent in New York’s Jewish community, is quitting “Time’s Up,” the group that has championed victims of sexual harassment, because of her role in advising an accused harasser, New York Gov. Mario Cuomo. In her letter Monday, first obtained by The New York Times, Kaplan said…
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