Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward GOP Jews Quake as Donald Trump and Ben Carson Top Polls
(JTA) — The Republican Jewish establishment is watching the surge of political outsiders — like Donald Trump and Ben Carson — in the presidential primaries with dismay. “It’s like we have a conference call every morning, and we ask, ‘What can we do to screw ourselves up today?’” said Fred Zeidman, a longtime fundraiser for…
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News Will John Boehner Now Spill the Beans on Bibi Speech Drama?
(JTA) — John Boehner, the Republican from Ohio who is the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, is quitting politics. Now that he’s going, maybe Boehner may feel free to elaborate on his role in the secret that launched the ongoing U.S.-Israel crisis — and perhaps permanently changed the relationship between the two countries….
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Fast Forward Did Pope Francis and Benjamin Netanyahu Agree on Moses?
(JTA) — The marble visages of 23 historic lawgivers overlook the U.S. House of Representatives chamber: 11 on the east side, 11 on the west and Moses in the center — with all 22 others facing north toward him. In addresses to joint sessions of Congress this year, two speakers have gestured toward the relief…
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Opinion Did New York Times Flub ‘Jewish’ Iran Vote Chart?
(JTA) — In a chart of lawmakers who are against the Iran deal, The New York Times singled out Jewishness as an implicit cause of opposition to the nuclear agreement. The chart, posted Thursday, originally included a column with the heading “Jewish?” “Yeses” were highlighted in yellow (yellow!), while “noes” were not. Another column showed…
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Fast Forward Iran Tension Tests Bond Between Biden and Wasserman Schultz
(JTA) — At the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., arrived for a breakfast meeting with Jewish reporters in an upbeat mood. Wasserman Schultz had backed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the primaries, and Barack Obama was now the nominee, but she had reason for a sunny outlook: Joe Biden was…
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Fast Forward Hillary Clinton E-Mails Reveal Bibi Mind Games
(JTA) — As Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton spent plenty of time in daunting foreign territory. I’m speaking of the mind of Benjamin Netanyahu. A batch of emails released this week as part of the trove related to the controversy over Clinton’s use of a personal email address while serving as secretary of state…
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Opinion 5 Ways for Barack and Bibi To Get Along Better
(JTA) — Now that enactment of the Iran nuclear deal appears to be a sure thing, the profound and often personal disagreement between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Iran is not about to go away. In the contemplative spirit of the Days of Awe, we canvassed the experts to recommend…
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Fast Forward What Will Israel Get in Post-Iran Deal Windfall?
The moment the Iran nuclear deal becomes law, as seems increasingly likely given growing congressional support for the agreement, the focus of the U.S.-Israel conversation will shift to the question of what’s next. What more will Washington do to mitigate the Iranian threat and reassure Israel and other regional allies? For starters, President Barack Obama…
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