Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Zionist movement umbrella ousts rabbi at the center of harassment dispute
(JTA) — The World Confederation of United Zionists, one of several groupings within the World Zionist Organization, let go of its secretary-general, American-born Rabbi Dov Lipman, citing his dispute with two women who say he sexually harassed them. Haaretz, which first broke the story of the harassment allegations, reported Monday that the confederation’s chairman, David…
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Fast Forward White House promises to hire a Jewish liaison after Jewish groups left out of Israel briefing
WASHINGTON (JTA) — When the veteran Jewish leaders logged onto a call to hear from the secretary of state about his trip to Israel, many were surprised by the guest list. While many of the groups typically present on such calls were represented, so was an official from the Holocaust museum here. What, they thought,…
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News Evangelical supporters of Israel express concerns with their champion Netanyahu being ousted from power
WASHINGTON (JTA) — After a decades-long embrace that began when he first served as Israel’s prime minister in the 1990s, Benjamin Netanyahu’s evangelical allies are worried about a future without him. Jews who value the Christian alliance are worried, too, about a possible erosion of support among a critical pro-Israel sector should Netanyahu be forced…
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Fast Forward Jewish groups press Biden to open a pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants
WASHINGTON (JTA) — An array of Jewish groups has called on President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress to create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants. In a letter sent Wednesday addressed to Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the groups said such a pathway…
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Fast Forward 11 Jewish Democrats say grouping of Israel and the US with Hamas and the Taliban gives terrorists cover, call on Ilhan Omar to clarify
WASHINGTON (JTA)– Eleven of the 25 Jewish Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives said the grouping of the United States and Israel with the Taliban and Hamas in remarks about pursuing war crimes prosecutions gives “cover to terrorist groups” and called on their caucus colleague, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., to clarify her earlier statements….
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News Netanyahu changed the way Americans view Israel — but not always in the way he wanted
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In 2001, when he was out of office and in what he thought was a private setting, Benjamin Netanyahu boasted, “I know what America is. America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction.” Reelected in 2009, and still serving 12 years later, Netanyahu has moved…
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Fast Forward Biden scores 70 percent approval rating among American Jews
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Approval numbers among American Jewish voters for President Joe Biden are 70%, an American Jewish Committee poll found, while 26% of Jewish voters disapprove of his job performance. The survey published Wednesday, the first in Biden’s presidency to measure his ratings among Jewish voters, is commensurate with past Jewish support for Democratic…
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Fast Forward Nashville hat shop apologizes for selling yellow Jewish stars that read ‘Not Vaccinated’
(JTA) — A Nashville hat shop apologized for selling yellow star patches opposing coronavirus vaccination policies after Stetson said it was pulling its products from the store. HatWRKS last week posted on its Instagram account a photo of an unnamed woman, apparently the shop’s owner, wearing a yellow Star of David that read “Not Vaccinated.”…
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