Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
-
Fast Forward What Was Obama Doing At A Meeting With Farrakhan? Here’s What We Found Out.
(JTA) — A photo of then-Sen. Barack Obama at a meeting in 2005 with Louis Farrakhan, the virulently anti-Semitic leader of the Nation of Islam, is roiling portions of the Jewish community. The Anti-Defamation League wants Obama to again denounce Farrakhan. Attorney and pro-Israel activist Alan Dershowitz says he would not have campaigned for Obama…
-
Fast Forward Mike Pence’s Faith Drives His Support For Israel. Does It Drive Mideast Policy?
WASHINGTON (JTA) — When Mike Pence moved to Washington earlier this year, he and his wife took with them a framed phrase they had for years hung over their fireplace in their Indiana home, and then over the fireplace in the governor’s mansion in that state. Now it hangs over the mantle at the vice…
-
Fast Forward Americans Are Likelier Than Europeans To Defend Jews, Experts Say. But Why?
WASHINGTON (JTA) — It’s better here: That was the message of a panel of experts considering the rise of the extreme right and of anti-Semitism in the United States and Europe. That was the good news at Monday’s forum, sponsored by Georgetown University’s Center for Jewish Civilization. The less good news was that no one…
-
Fast Forward A Pro-Israel Donor Is Furious At The Country’s Treatment Of African Refugees
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Yikealo Beyene’s story is — up to a point — perfect feel-good fodder for a Saturday morning talk at synagogue. As a refugee from Eritrea, he read Anne Frank’s diary in his native tongue and translated it, teaching the tale to kids in an Ethiopian refugee camp. He sought out Israel for…
-
Fast Forward Steve Bannon Steps Down From Breitbart After Comments Critical Of Trump
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Steve Bannon, the former top strategic adviser to President Trump, is leaving his powerful perch at Breitbart News. Breitbart News in a statement said Bannon is a “valued part of our legacy,” but various media, including The New York Times, said he was ousted because of a falling-out with Trump over quotes…
-
Fast Forward Rep. Ed Royce, Pro-Israel Republican Who Sought Bipartisanship, Is Retiring
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., the top House foreign affairs lawmaker known for his support of Israel and for being the rare lawmaker who championed bipartisanship, is leaving Congress. “This final year of my Foreign Affairs Committee chairmanship, I want to focus fully on the urgent threats facing our nation, including: the brutal,…
-
Fast Forward No, Chelsea Clinton Did Not Just Compare Her Jewish Husband To A Satanist
(JTA) — Chelsea Clinton on Wednesday afternoon reproached a Twitter commenter who accused her of being a Satanist by proudly proclaiming that she is married to … a Jew. We’ll spare you the details, but the former First Daughter had been bantering with various celebs when someone brought up the Church of Satan, which does…
-
Fast Forward Jewish Groups Find Small Victories In A Tax Bill They Otherwise Hate
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Most Jewish groups decried a massive tax reform package for what they said were cuts in taxes that would savage entitlements, although some groups celebrated discrete victories in portions of the massive bill. The Republican-led Senate and U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill this week, and President Donald Trump, who hungered…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture At Eurovision, Israel’s near triumph shows the limits of tolerance
- 2
Opinion The profound internal contradiction that could spell doom for Hillel
- 3
Sports An op-ed compared an NBA team to Israel as underdog success stories. Then the threats poured in.
- 4
Fast Forward Talarico won’t campaign with Democratic House candidate who wants to open ‘a prison for American Zionists’
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion In Trump’s assault on democracy, echoes of Nazi Germany but new glimmers of hope that America will be different
-
Art This Jewish artist hadn’t painted in more than 5 decades. Then came Oct. 7.
-
Opinion How can I explain to my 93-year-old mother why it suddenly seems ok to hate Jews?
-
Looking Forward The bizarre antisemitic book that taught me to better understand Judaism