Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Raphael Warnock, under fire for past criticism of Israel, rejects BDS and backs US defense assistance
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat running for Senate in Georgia, said Tuesday that he had an “increasing recognition” of the danger that Hamas poses to Israel since his harsh criticisms of Israel in a 2018 sermon at his church. Warnock also said he opposed the boycott Israel movement. “There has been…
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Fast Forward In Hanukkah call, Pence recaps Trump’s pro-Israel and religious policies and doesn’t take questions
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Vice President Mike Pence in a Hanukkah-eve call with Jewish leaders reviewed the Trump administration’s policies on Israel and on religious freedoms. Pence spoke for 10 to 15 minutes on Tuesday afternoon, the day before President Donald Trump is hosting his last two Hanukkah parties, and two days before the first night…
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Fast Forward Trump administration wants Holocaust restitution cases heard outside US. The Supreme Court seems skeptical.
(JTA) — The Trump administration’s claim that Holocaust restitution cases should be heard in the countries where the crimes occurred, and not in the United States, met with skepticism on Monday in the Supreme Court — from conservative and liberal justices. In the two cases, Holocaust survivors and the heirs of victims of the Holocaust…
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Fast Forward Georgia Senate candidates exchange accusations of anti-Semitism and white supremacy
(JTA) — The two candidates in a critical runoff election for the U.S. Senate exchanged charges of associations with anti-Semites and white supremacists during a televised debate Sunday night. The Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, and incumbent Republican Kelly Loeffler faced off in Atlanta ahead of a Jan. 5 special election that could determine which…
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News Joe Biden poured him a drink and he gave Jared Kushner an aliyah. Rabbi Levi Shemtov is optimistic about D.C.’s transition.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Some of Rabbi Levi Shemtov’s most prominent congregants are likely to leave his synagogue soon, but the Washington, D.C. rabbi isn’t sweating it. After all, Shemtov has been through decades of presidential transitions as Chabad’s main man in Washington, and even though this one is unfolding unusually, he’s confident he can continue…
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Fast Forward Rashida Tlaib removes tweet with ‘river to the sea’ phrase associated with Israel’s elimination
(JTA) — Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., removed from her Twitter feed a retweet that said “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” a phrase that has been associated with calls to wipe out Israel. On Nov. 29, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Tlaib retweeted a tweet from an…
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Fast Forward Gregory Meeks, who said West Bank annexation spending was off-limits with US defense aid, likely to chair House Foreign Affairs panel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Brad Sherman, a solidly pro-Israel Democrat from California, has withdrawn from the race to chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee — a move that likely will lead to Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York becoming the first Black chairman of the influential panel. Sherman withdrew after finishing last in a preliminary…
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Fast Forward Biden says he will reenter Iran deal without new conditions, then negotiate for a new agreement
(JTA) — President-elect Joe Biden established a sequence for how he plans to deal with Iran, and it starts with reentering the 2015 nuclear deal without conditions. Biden’s comments in an interview posted Wednesday by New York Times columnist Tom Friedman were the most detailed account of his plans for reentering the pact, which traded…
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