Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Joe Lieberman Praises John McCain In Eulogy — Jokes About ‘Having To Walk’ To Funeral On Shabbat
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In his eulogy for his close friend John McCain, Joe Lieberman recalled McCain’s accommodation of Lieberman’s Jewish observance and his love of Jerusalem. Lieberman, the former senator from Connecticut, recalled traveling around the world with McCain, the Arizona Republican senator who died last week, together with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; the three…
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Fast Forward John McCain Dies At 81
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. John McCain, who made human rights and Israel centerpieces of his advocacy for a robust U.S. influence across the planet, has died. The Arizona Republican, who on Friday declined further treatment for brain cancer, died Saturday. He was 81. He was with his family at the family ranch in Sedona, Arizona…
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Fast Forward On Charlottesville Anniversary, Trump Condemns ‘All Types Of Racism’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump marked the anniversary of the deadly neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville, Virginia with a tweet that did not single out white supremacists as responsible, while his Jewish daughter named the racist ideology and condemned it. “The riots in Charlottesville a year ago resulted in senseless death and division,” Trump said Saturday…
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Fast Forward Tennessee Jewish Republican Faces Christian Conservative Challenger
(JTA) — David Kustoff, running for re-election in Tennessee’s 8th Congressional District, has three things in his favor: incumbency, a solid Republican district and President Donald Trump’s endorsement. Kustoff is not taking anything for granted, though: Ahead of the Republican primary on Thursday, he is facing a challenger, George Flinn, who has spent more than…
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Fast Forward U.S. Leaves United Nations Human Rights Council Over Israel Bias
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from the U.N. Human Rights Council because of its bias against Israel. Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and Mike Pompeo, the secretary of state, jointly announced the pullout on Tuesday evening. “The Human Rights Council is an exercise in shameless…
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Fast Forward Virginia Republican Voters Nominate ‘Alt-Right’ Candidate For Senate
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Corey Stewart, a politician with associations with neo-Confederates, the “alt-right” and a well-known anti-Semite, is the Republican nominee for Senate in Virginia. The Republican establishment battled hard to thwart Stewart in the three-way primary race Tuesday to decide who faces Democratic incumbent Tim Kaine in November, backing State Delegate Nick Freitas. Stewart…
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Fast Forward Poll Shows Deep Divide Between Israeli And American Jews — Especially On Trump
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli and American Jews disagree on much — settlements, religious pluralism, even the degree to which they are “family.” And now you can add Donald Trump to the mix. Twin polls of Israeli and American Jews published by the American Jewish Committee on Sunday uncovered divides on all these issues, but an…
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News The Jewish Gossip Kings Who Dish Dirt — On Everyone Except Donald Trump
(JTA) — Harvey Levin runs the gossip industry giant TMZ. The Daily Beast reported this week that in 2016, just prior to the election, Levin did something unusual: Hearing that there was an incriminating video of Republican nominee Donald Trump in an elevator, he alerted Trump instead of his readers. David Pecker, the National Enquirer…
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