Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward ‘I Instantly Thought of Rabin’ Says Governor After Trump Mentions 2nd Amendment
WASHINGTON ) — Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy, responding after Donald Trump said gun rights advocates could do something about Hillary Clinton, likened the political atmosphere in the United States to the period before an assassin killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. “I instantly thought about Rabin and Israel,” Malloy, a Democrat like Clinton, the party’s…
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Fast Forward Ga. Lawmaker Meets with Jewish Groups After ‘Termites’ Apology
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., met with Jewish leaders in Atlanta after apologizing for likening the settlement movement to termites. “Appreciate meeting w/ @AJCGlobal today to open important dialogue,” Johnson said in a Tuesday after meeting with the local office of the American Jewish Committee. The AJC office tweeted soon after: “Thank you…
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Fast Forward Gabby Giffords Brings Down the House With Convention Plea on Gun Violence
PHILADELPHIA — Gabrielle Giffords couldn’t say much, but what she said brought down the house. The Jewish former Arizona congresswoman, shot in the head by an assailant in 2011, made an appearance at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday evening, its third, during a segment on victims of gun violence. “Are you ready?” she urged…
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Fast Forward Mark Weiner, Rhode Island Friend of Clintons, Dies on Day of Nomination at 62
PHILADELPHIA — Mark Weiner, a prominent Rhode Island Democratic fund-raiser and close friend of the Clintons, died on the day he hoped to watch Hillary Clinton secure the Democratic nomination for the presidency. Weiner, who was Jewish and who manufactured paraphernalia for the Democratic National Committee and was a former chairman of the state Democratic…
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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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