Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Anti-BDS Laws Pick Up Steam — But Do Some Go Too Far?
(JTA) — Nearly half the states in the country are considering legislation aimed at countering the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, or BDS, movement. But critics say some bills are cause for concern, either because they seek to confer legitimacy on Israeli settlements or go so far in punishing boycott supporters they infringe on constitutionally protected…
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News Mayor Bernie Sanders and the Chabad Menorah
(JTA) — Jews have lately bemoaned Bernie Sanders’ lack of Jewish pride — but back when he was mayor of Burlington, Vermont, Sanders let Chabad “feel the Bern.” Or at least he fought for Chabad’s right to burn Hanukkah candles on city land. Sanders’ backing for the display of a menorah outside Burlington City Hall…
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News How 4 Jews Remember Justice Antonin Scalia
Justice Antonin Scalia was a larger-than-life presence on the Supreme Court, where he championed a conservative judicial approach for three decades. He was found dead on Saturday at a resort in West Texas at the age of 79. Scalia’s outsize personality left an impression off the bench, too. Here is how four Jewish leaders remember…
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News Hillary and Bernie Clash in Nevada’s Shabbat Showdown on the Strip
LAS VEGAS (JTA) — Jewish voters in Nevada suffer the same affliction as anyone else ahead of caucuses in the presidential race: No one is quite sure how the damn system works. “A big part of what we do is to educate people about what a caucus is,” said Joel Wanger, the point man for…
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The Schmooze Coen Bros Defend #OscarsSoJewish Moviemaking Outlook
(JTA) — Asked about diversity in Hollywood last week, the Coen brothers defended to the Washington Post their history of making movies about Jews and Minnesotans. The Oscars So White controversy, #OscarsSoWhite, may reflect a real problem, the film writing-directing-producing duo agreed: Money drives commercial movies, people who invest money want more of what has…
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Fast Forward New ADL Chief Courts Younger Generation With Nod to Silicon Valley
(JTA) — Framed by a slide of two young guys in jeans and T-shirts playing ping-pong on the Facebook campus, Jonathan Greenblatt described an event hosted by the social media behemoth in Palo Alto, California, the week before. “Some of the stuff we’ve done has been really exciting, like in Silicon Valley,” Greenblatt, the Anti-Defamation…
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Fast Forward Hillary Clinton Slams Bernie Sanders on Iran at Debate
(JTA) — Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders snapped at one another over the Jewish senator’s Iran policy in their final debate before the New Hampshire primary contest, with the former secretary of state twice suggesting it would endanger Israel. The NBC moderators of the debate in Durham, New Hampshire, on Thursday night pressed Sanders, an…
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News Is Donald Trump Done and 4 Other Questions for Jewish Voters After Iowa
(JTA) — The Iowa caucuses are over — and the first real test of the presidential candidates’ viability gave us more questions than answers. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, won the Republican caucus, relegating Donald Trump, the real estate billionaire, to second place. Both Trump and Cruz ran insurgent anti-establishment campaigns. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., put…
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