Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward 70% of Jews Backed Hillary Clinton: J Street Poll
WASHINGTON ( — Seventy percent of Jewish voters favored Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, with 25 percent opting for Donald Trump, according to a poll. The national survey, which was commissioned by J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group, again showed a community that trends more Democratic than the general population. Clinton…
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Fast Forward 23 Jews Elected to House of Representatives — Up From 19
WASHINGTON — The Jewish contingent to the U.S. House of Representatives grew from 19 to 23 in Tuesday’s elections, doubling its Republican representation from one to two. Five Jews overall were newly elected to the House, while one Jewish congressman in Florida is retiring. The Senate Jewish contingent dropped from nine to eight. Three Democrats…
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Opinion 4 Unknowns for Jews in Bitterly Divided America Under President Trump
(JTA) — Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton and Republicans kept control of the Senate. The U.S. House of Representatives will remain Republican. What are the takeaways for the Jewish community? Chief among them: Trump, and the class he represents — anxious, resentful and ready to make radical changes — was once largely invisible to Jews….
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Fast Forward Will President Obama Launch Lame Duck Israel Surprise?
(JTA) — It started several months ago in anxious whispers among pro-Israel leaders. Now it has burst into the open in full-page ads in The New York Times and op-eds in The Wall Street Journal: Does Barack Obama have a lame-duck surprise in store for Israel? Or, as the Zionist Organization of America, one of…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitism From Donald Trump Backers Chills Jewish Voters as Election Day Looms
(JTA) — Jewish Americans have never been ones to sit out an election, whether it comes to voting, political fundraising or dinner table punditry. But even for a community grown used to the political fray, the 2016 campaign was different. The stakes are so high, the differences so stark, the language so overwrought that Trump…
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Fast Forward New Jersey Congressional Candidates Feud Over Anti-Semitic Flyer
WASHINGTON — Candidates for Congress in a northern New Jersey district traded charges over an anti-Semitic flyer. The flyer, distributed last week at schools and train stations in New Jersey’s 5th congressional district, depicts the Democratic challenger, Josh Gottheimer, who is Jewish, with devil’s horns and a sinister goatee, alongside a pitchfork. Unsigned and using…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Releases Detailed Israel Policy Plan — 6 Days Before Vote
WASHINGTON — Less than a week before the presidential election, Donald Trump’s two top Israel advisers released a detailed plan that pledges assistance to Israel beyond current levels but stops short of pledging to kill the Iran nuclear deal. The 16-point plan, which was posted Wednesday on the Medium publishing platform by David Friedman and Jason…
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Fast Forward 6 Jewish Congressional Races To Watch — From Memphis to New Jersey
Jewish congressmen from Memphis and Jewish Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are both pretty rare species. And both demographics may be set to double in population – to two. Seven Jews either running for open seats or challenging incumbents in Congress have a shot at winning; five in the House and two in…
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