Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Defendant in Jan. 6 case denies boyfriend planned to shoot up synagogue
“There is nothing in the public record” that a Marine planned to launch a mass shooting attack on a synagogue, say his onetime girlfriend’s lawyers.
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Fast Forward New Jersey town agrees to repeal ordinance allegedly aimed at keeping out Orthodox Jews
Jackson Township borders on Lakewood, home to a growing Orthodox community.
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Fast Forward A cop displayed Nazi symbols and joked about the Holocaust. A city near Seattle paid him $1.5 million to go away
An assistant police chief joked “that his grandfather died in the Holocaust after getting drunk and falling” out of a guard tower.
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Fast Forward Biden to visit Israel, Palestinian areas and Saudi Arabia in mid-July
The visit will emphasize reestablishing U.S. ties with the Palestinians, and may include a meeting with Maccabiah athletes.
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Fast Forward Israel urges citizens not to travel to Istanbul citing Iranian terrorist threat
Israelis “are walking among us without knowing their lives were saved,” Yair Lapid said.
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Fast Forward Jan. 6-related filing reveals U.S. Marine was jailed for plot to shoot up synagogue
Prosecutors believe the former Marine was a boyfriend to a woman accused of stealing Nancy Pelosi’s laptop.
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Fast Forward Jan. 6 hearing revelation: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump said they privately accepted Donald Trump’s loss
Their statements reinforce a House committee's depiction of a president determined to hold onto power by whatever means possible
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Fast Forward Lawmakers launch bipartisan push for defense arrangement between Israel and Arab neighbors
Morocco, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, as well as countries that still have no relations with Israel, including Saudi Arabia and Iraq, could sign on. The goal: to deter Iran.
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