Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Why Israel is having trouble picking sides in Russia’s war on Ukraine
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Naftali Bennett, Israel’s prime minister, and Yair Lapid, Israel’s foreign minister, have run a fairly cohesive foreign policy, despite occupying different points on the Zionist spectrum. The day Russia invaded Ukraine was a stark exception. Lapid, ensconcing Israel In the West, forthrightly condemned Russia. Bennett, wary of inserting Israel into a no-win…
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Fast Forward Two Kentucky lawmakers apologize for use of the phrase ‘Jew them down’
(JTA) — The first lawmaker used “Jew them down” in an attempt at a joke. The second lawmaker repeated it and then corrected himself: “That ain’t the right word to use.” Both Kentucky lawmakers ended up apologizing for a phrase that persists in the 21st-century American lexicon, despite repeated pleas from Jewish organizations to kill…
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Fast Forward Oklahoma legislature advances Holocaust education bill
(JTA) — An Oklahoma state House committee unanimously approved a bill that would mandate Holocaust education in Oklahoma schools. The bipartisan-backed bill that the House of Representatives Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee approved Tuesday would direct schools in the state to work with Holocaust experts to develop a curriculum for students from grade six through…
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Fast Forward Australia’s New South Wales state moves to ban the swastika
(JTA) — The Australian state of New South Wales is closer to banning the swastika. A bipartisan bill authored by an opposition Labor Party member would ban the public display or dissemination of the symbol associated with the Nazis. The bill includes exemptions for those who use the symbol as part of Hindu traditions. The bill…
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Fast Forward Toronto middle school students give a Jewish teacher the Hitler salute
(JTA) — Police and school authorities are investigating an incident in which Toronto middle school students gave the Hitler salute to a teacher who is the daughter of Holocaust survivors. The incident is the third such display of Nazi symbology at middle schools in North York, a Toronto district, in recent weeks. “One of our…
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Fast Forward Josh Mandel, asked about Israel in debate with Black candidate, gives bizarre answer including slavery and MLK
(JTA) — It was a straightforward Israel question, typical of many recent political debates. “Would you please tell us if you would give unconditional support to protect and defend Israel if Iran attacks the Jewish state?” said the moderator at the debate Monday between Josh Mandel, a Jewish far-right Republican running for Ohio’s U.S. Senate…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson protege, leader of pro-Israel student group, running for Congress in Nevada
(JTA) — David Brog, who leads the Maccabee Task Force, a group that cultivates pro-Israel students on campus, and a longtime protege of the Adelsons, the Las Vegas-based Republican Jewish kingmaker couple, is running for Congress in Nevada. The late Sheldon Adelson and his widow Miriam launched the Maccabee Task Force in 2015. Before entering…
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Fast Forward After a Jewish lawmaker’s impassioned speech, Wyoming’s conservative legislature rejects critical race theory ban
(JTA) — It seemed a slam dunk: The popular conservative cause of banning “critical race theory” in schools, being taken up for a vote in one of the country’s most lopsidedly conservative legislatures. Then a Democrat, one of just seven in the 60-member Wyoming legislature, stood up Thursday and said he could not support the…
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