Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward J.K. Rowling Is Giving A Master Class On Anti-Semitism — And It’s Magic
(JTA) — There’s an unsettling debate underway in Britain about whether the right or the left is more anti-Semitic, and videos of Jewish members of Parliament reading out some of the anti-Semitic invective they’ve suffered have gone viral. J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, decided to weigh in on Wednesday, defining anti-Semitism…
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Fast Forward In J Street Talk, Pro-Israel Stalwart Sen. Ben Cardin Aims Fire At Netanyahu
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., a pro-Israel stalwart in the Democratic Party, lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a J Street conference, breaking with a party tradition of avoiding heated confrontations with Israel’s leaders. Cardin in his speech Monday stood by his bill that would criminalize some forms of boycotting…
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Fast Forward J Street 2018: Trump And Netanyahu Are Peas In A Rotten Pod
WASHINGTON (JTA) — J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East lobby, launched its 10th anniversary conference with repeated and unflattering comparisons of the two leaders of the countries it straddles, Israel and the United States. The villains that cropped up over and over at the conference opening Saturday night were Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
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Fast Forward Why Netanyahu Is Blaming The New Israel Fund For Israel’s Migrant Crisis
WASHINGTON (JTA) — It’s been a busy, confounding week for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and the question of the African migrants. On Monday afternoon, after months of threats to deport the lot of them, Netanyahu said he reached an agreement with the United Nations that would have resettled half of the 38,000 African…
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Fast Forward Trump Administration: Combating Anti-Semitism A ‘Priority,’ But No Envoy Named
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A State Department spokeswoman said combating anti-Semitism remains a “priority” for the Trump administration, but would not say if the Trump administration would fill the congressionally mandated job of an anti-Semitism monitor. “The position of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism is currently unfilled, but the Office of International Religious Freedom…
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Fast Forward ‘This Is How We Grieve:’ Jewish Students Join The March From Across The Country
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The organizers of the March for our Lives, not one of them over 20, had a gun control agenda packed with specifics. They were able to get 800,000 people on and off of Washington D.C.’s Pennsylvania Avenue in three hours. They attracted A-list celebrities. But in the end, the event was most…
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Fast Forward Trump Names Pro-Israel Iran Hawk John Bolton As National Security Adviser
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump named as his national security adviser John Bolton, a hawk who has said military strikes may be inevitable as a means of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. The White House announced Thursday evening that H.R. McMaster was leaving the position and that Bolton would take his place by…
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Fast Forward J.B. Pritzker Wins Democratic Nomination For Illinois Governor
WASHINGTON (JTA) — J.B. Pritzker, the scion of a hotel family with deep Jewish community ties, handily bested his opponents in a Democratic primary and will face off in Illinois’ race for governor against incumbent Bruce Rauner, who is seen as vulnerable. Pritzker took a substantial lead in what had been depicted as a close…
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