Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Tim Kaine Cites Holocaust Survivor Who Died in Virginia Tech Massacre
PHILADELPHIA — Sen. Tim Kaine, accepting Hillary Clinton’s invitation to join her as running mate, cited as an inspiration a Holocaust survivor who died protecting others during a shooting massacre. Kaine, D-Va., appeared Saturday with Clinton at Florida International University in Miami a day after she announced her pick. Kaine pledged he would continue to…
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News Amid Bernie Sanders Smear Leaks, Debbie Wasserman Schultz Cut from Convention
PHILADELPHIA — Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Democratic National Committee chairwoman, will not speak at the convention this week, reportedly because of the revelation of emails revealing tensions between the party and the Bernie Sanders campaign. In a related issue, a top DNC official apologized for an email in which he suggests depicting Sanders, who is…
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Fast Forward Debbie Wasserman Schultz Quits as Democratic Chief Amid Email Smear Scandal
PHILADELPHIA — Under fire for emails showing rancor between the Democratic National Committee and the Bernie Sanders campaign, Debbie Wasserman Schultz is stepping down as party chairwoman, but will join Hillary Clinton’s campaign in a senior role. Wasserman Schultz announced Sunday afternoon that she would step down at the end of the week, when the…
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Fast Forward Democrats Blame Donald Trump for Anti-Semitism ‘Threaded’ in GOP
CLEVELAND — Democrats bluntly blamed Republican nominee Donald Trump for what they depicted as burgeoning anti-Semitism in the party. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, on Wednesday said the Republican convention had brought to the fore an “anti-Semitic environment that Donald Trump embraces.” “The anti-Semitism that is threaded throughout…
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Opinion Cue Saul Alinsky, the Jewish Bogeyman the GOP Loves To Hate — Again and Again
(JTA) — Two days into the coronation of Donald J. Trump, the arrival of Saul Alinsky, in all his dead Jewish radical glory, was not a surprise. Lucifer, on the other hand, was an unexpected guest, brought into the proceedings by Ben Carson, the rival Trump defeated. Alinsky is the community organizer and author whose…
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Fast Forward Michael Mukasey, Orthodox Ex-Attorney General, Blasts Hillary Clinton as ‘Unfit’
CLEVELAND — Michael Mukasey, the U.S. attorney general under President George W, Bush, attacked Hillary Clinton’s fitness for office at the Republican convention. Mukasey, speaking Tuesday to the Republican National Convention, outlined examples of what he said were Clinton’s violation of her oath of office when she served as secretary of state in President Barack…
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Fast Forward Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame Beats Donald Trump as Republicans Gather in Cleveland
CLEVELAND (JTA) – Trumpism is visible here on the shores of Lake Erie, but not in the way nominees and what they stand for have dominated previous conventions. A few baseball caps are visible with his slogan, “Make America Great Again,” and there are discreet buttons and a service dog named Titan wearing a Trump…
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Fast Forward Cornel West Endorses Green Party After Losing Anti-Israel Fight on Democratic Platform
WASHINGTON — Cornel West, whose appointment by Bernie Sanders to the Democratic Party platform drafting committee raised pro-Israel hackles, said he is endorsing the Green Party candidate for the presidency. “I am supporting Jill Stein,” the philosopher wrote Thursday in The Guardian. “I have a deep love for my brother Bernie Sanders, but I disagree…
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