Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward In a blow to Israel’s religious establishment, Israeli court rules that online marriages must be honored
A court ruling grants a status long sought by Israeli civil liberties groups
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Fast Forward Biden administration accuses Russia of antisemitism and exploiting Jewish suffering
The White House times the release of a document to a U.N. Security Council session called by Russia to bolster its claims of denazification in Ukraine
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Fast Forward Top AP brass attend reopening of Gaza bureau that was in building bombed by Israel
The presence of AP’s two top officials at the dedication of the new office signaled the importance the agency attached to reopening the bureau
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Fast Forward At Israel embassy event, deputy health secretary Rachel Levine issues call to ‘stand against bullying’ of trans people
Speakers lauded Israel’s promotion of LGBTQ rights.
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Fast Forward Leading Orthodox groups cheered the end of Roe v. Wade. Many Orthodox women are panicking.
The reversal is lighting up online private forums for Orthodox Jewish women, one activist said. “It’s chaos.”
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Fast Forward ‘After Shabbat, we will act’: American Jews gear up for wave of post-Roe activism
While the majority of American Jews will fiercely protest the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, a rift could emerge among the Orthodox
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Fast Forward Controversial Texas GOP platform would ‘prohibit’ Palestinian state
In outright suggesting a “prohibition” on a Palestinian state, the platform goes farther than the 2016 national GOP platform, which withdrew Republican support for a two-state outcome.
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Fast Forward Andrée Geulen, Belgian woman who rescued hundreds of Jewish children, dies at 100
“I loved you then so much,” Andree Geulen told the children she rescued, decades later. “I still love you as much today.”
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