Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Man arrested after allegedly attacking Jewish students at University of Pittsburgh
The campus Hillel said the injured students were part of a group walking to Shabbat dinner together
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Fast Forward Bodies recovered in Gaza, Israeli army says; hostage families vow mass protest
“Starting tomorrow, this country will quake,” the main group representing the hostage families said as rumors swirled about the identities of those killed
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Fast Forward Josh Shapiro: ‘Donald Trump is obsessed with me’
The exchange comes as both parties are increasingly accusing each other of antisemitism in a campaign for Jewish voters
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Politics Democrats deny mainstage spot to pro-Palestinian group after parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin appear
A spokesman for Uncommitted later said that DNC officials came out of the convention center several times to see if they could arrive at a compromise
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Politics Harris campaign says Trump ‘denigrates American Jews’ as war of words over Jewish voters escalates
Trump called Josh Shapiro “the highly overrated Jewish Governor” of Pennsylvania although Shapiro did not touch on his Jewish identity or Israel in his speech
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Fast Forward On the DNC sidelines, a Jew and a Palestinian from Chicago are leading a daily run for a ceasefire in Gaza
The two runners are mounting a quiet resistance against the divisions that have widened since the launch of the Israel-Hamas war
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Politics DNC’s second night features 5 Jewish speakers, condemnation of antisemitism — and few mentions of Israel
The American Jewish story distilled through Doug Emhoff was emblematic of the difficulties Democrats have grappled with conciliating the party’s loyal Jewish American base and pro-Palestinian constituencies
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Politics Joe Biden’s critics are attacking him for saying pro-Palestinian protesters ‘have a point.’ His Jewish backers aren’t concerned.
Biden made the statement in the middle of his speech Monday night at the Democratic National Convention
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