Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Politics Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, leading critic of Israel, faces tight primary challenge from fellow progressive with pro-Israel backing
Both candidates are prominent African-American civil rights activists
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Politics The campaign to tank Josh Shapiro’s VP chances is gathering steam — and accusations of antisemitism
Jewish commentators, among them Democrats in Congress, say Shapiro is being singled out for criticism because he is Jewish
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Politics Among pro-Israel conservatives, concern mounts over isolationism — and antisemitism — on the right
Republican far right-wingers who favor isolationism and occasionally resurrect anti-Jewish tropes are alarming pro-Israel evangelicals and their Jewish allies
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Fast Forward Israel just killed two of its longtime enemies, but will it matter?
Exactly what such killings — which Israel’s top court ruled in 2006 are legal — accomplish isn’t clear cut, analysts say
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News After the assassinations: Does Iran retaliate? Can Hamas fight on? And what about the hostages?
Scholars and analysts share their takes on what could follow the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
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News Right-wing Israelis stormed army bases. What happened, and why does it matter?
The protesters were trying to free soldiers accused of abusing a Palestinian prisoner
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Fast Forward Trump, meeting with Netanyahu, says we are ‘close’ to World War III because of Biden
The meeting was their first since Trump lashed out at the prime minister for congratulating Biden on his 2020 election victory
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Fast Forward Kamala Harris says ‘I will not be silent’ about plight of Palestinians after meeting Benjamin Netanyahu
Harris struck a markedly different tone from Biden in her first foray as a presidential candidate into the Israel-Hamas war
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Yiddish ווי ייִדישע לשונות האָבן געהאָלפֿן איבערגעבן וויסן צו די ייִדישע מאַסןHow Judeo-languages helped transmit knowledge to the Jewish masses
נאָך דעם ווי מע האָט איבערגעזעצט די לשון־קודשדיקע משלים פֿון בן־סירא אויף ייִדיש איז דער ספֿר געוואָרן שטאַרק פּאָפּולער.
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