Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Alexander Vindman, Jewish staffer who testified in impeachment hearings, removed from White House
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The White House is set to remove Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the Jewish staffer who was among the first to raise flags about President Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to investigate a political rival, from the National Security Council. Trump said on Friday that he was unhappy with Vindman, and two senior…
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Fast Forward Elizabeth Warren says she will skip AIPAC conference
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren indicated she would skip the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC’s conference next month’s and did not push back against questionable assertions about the lobby from a questioner at a campaign event in New Hampshire. In a sign of how the lobby has become a political lightning rod for Democrats, Warren answered…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders: Being Jewish is one of top things that shaped my worldview
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Bernie Sanders said that his Jewishness is one of the two main factors that shaped his outlook. The Vermont senator, appearing on a CNN town hall for Democratic presidential candidates broadcast Thursday from New Hampshire, was asked by a local woman about his Jewish identity. “It impacts me very profoundly,” he said….
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Fast Forward 6 Jewish moments during Donald Trump’s 2020 State of the Union speech
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is now in overdrive, judging by the way he turned much of this year’s State of the Union into a campaign pitch. “We are moving forward at a pace that was unimaginable just a short time ago, and we are never going back!” he said during the speech…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu, Gantz to meet with Trump next week to discuss ‘prospect of peace’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump will meet at the White House on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Benny Gantz to talk in part about Middle East peace. Vice President Mike Pence extended the invitation at a meeting Thursday in Jerusalem with Netanyahu. The meeting would be to discuss “regional…
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Fast Forward White House reportedly credentials again website that called impeachment a ‘Jew Coup’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump White House has again credentialed TruNews, the outlet that called the impeachment of President Donald Trump a “Jew coup,” this time to cover Trump’s visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The White House Correspondents Association confirmed to CNN’s Jake Tapper on Wednesday that the White House had…
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Fast Forward Trump adds Alan Dershowitz to his impeachment team
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Alan Dershowitz, the constitutional scholar, will join President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team. “Professor Dershowitz will present oral arguments at the Senate trial to address the constitutional arguments against impeachment and removal,” New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman quoted Trump’s legal team as saying on Friday. The team is led by Pat…
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Fast Forward Mike Pence to attend Holocaust forum in Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Vice President Mike Pence will attend a conference on the Holocaust in Israel. The White House announced Wednesday that Pence and his wife, Karen, would attend the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial, in Jerusalem on Jan. 23. This year’s conference coincides with the 75th anniversary of the…
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