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Ron Kampeas

Ron Kampeas

Pat Robertson speaks at the Florida Economics Club in 1986. (Mark T. Foley/Wikimedia Commons)
June 9, 2023, 10:49 pm
The pastor who personified US Jews’ dilemma with evangelicals
Pat Robertson, who died Thursday at 93, was deeply supportive of Israel, but his message carried with it baggage of age-old stereotypes that caused Jews discomfort
By Ron Kampeas
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie talks to supporters at a town-hall-style event at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College, in Manchester, New Hampshire, June 6, 2023. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
June 9, 2023, 11:00 am
A Jewish guide to Chris Christie’s presidential campaign
The candidate has family from the faith, advanced Orthodox-friendly policies as New Jersey’s governor, and feuded with Jared Kushner
By Ron Kampeas
The interior of the 1876 synagogue that is the core of the new Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, June 1, 2023. (Ron Sachs/Consolidated News Photos via JTA)
June 9, 2023, 2:53 am
New Jewish DC museum flags Jews who shaped capital, from a Confederate spy to RBG
The Capital Jewish Museum, set to open Friday in the historically Jewish Judiciary Square neighborhood, doesn’t shy away from showcasing a warts-and-all local history
By Ron Kampeas
US Vice President Mike Pence visits Jerusalem's Western Wall on January 23, 2018. (AFP Photo/Thomas Coex)
June 6, 2023, 6:57 pm
As he takes on Trump, Pence brings starkly different approach to Jewish concerns
Now a 2024 hopeful, former US veep has held pro-Israel views throughout his political career, which has been heavily influenced by his evangelical beliefs and Christian Zionism
By Ron Kampeas
Police tape surrounds an assault rifle magazine in the aftermath of a mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, October 28, 2018. (US District Court Western District of Pennsylvania Evidence Photo via JTA)
June 1, 2023, 3:25 am
At Pittsburgh gunman’s trial, Jewish rituals feature as prominently as deadly carnage
Descriptions of items, practices in US synagogue proving crucial for prosecution in trial of shooter, who killed 11 Jews praying at three congregations on Shabbat in October 2018
By Ron Kampeas
Ezra Beinart in an undated photo. (Courtesy via JTA)
May 26, 2023, 4:21 pm
US Jewish teens, led by Ezra Beinart, are meeting prominent Palestinians via Zoom
The high school junior’s new initiative seeks to bring Palestinian perspectives to young American Jews – a demographic, he says, that sorely lacks exposure to them
By Ron Kampeas
FILE -- US President Joe Biden speaks during a reception to celebrate Rosh Hashanah in the East Room of the White House in Washington, September 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
May 26, 2023, 1:57 am
Biden plan to combat antisemitism calls for online reforms, more security funding
Strategy aims to streamline reporting of hate crimes, boost education in rural areas, hold social media companies more accountable; hedges on embracing IHRA definition
By Ron Kampeas
Surrounded by state legislators and Jewish leaders, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, holds up two bills that he signed on June 14, 2021, at The Shul of Bal Harbour, a Jewish community center in Surfside, Florida. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
May 24, 2023, 10:40 pm
What Jewish voters should know about GOP presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis
Florida’s governor supports Israel and Jewish groups, but his conservative culture war policies have limited Holocaust education, and far-right activity has spiked under his watch
By Ron Kampeas
US President Joe Biden (left) greets Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker during a Hanukkah holiday reception in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, December 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
May 24, 2023, 10:14 pm
Biden set to unveil antisemitism strategy amid angst over how to define hatred
Cross-agency strategy will highlight IHRA definition backed by mainstream groups, but will also mention alternative standard less inclined to find anti-Israel speech antisemitic
By Ron Kampeas
US President Joe Biden arrives for a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in Hiroshima, Japan, May 18, 2023. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP)
May 20, 2023, 2:02 am
Over 500 rabbis say Biden’s antisemitism plan should embrace disputed IHRA definition
Letter is sent to White House endorsing outline for anti-Jewish bigotry that covers some Israel criticism, as progressive groups warn it will stifle legitimate debate
By Ron Kampeas
Deborah E. Lipstadt, US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, speaks during her Senate Foreign Relations nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
May 18, 2023, 9:07 am
US antisemitism envoy slams Abbas: Goebbels speech an ‘affront to Holocaust victims’
Deborah Lipstadt says Palestinian leader’s UN address likening Israel to Nazi propaganda is ‘just outrageous,’ especially amid rising global hatred against Jews
By Ron Kampeas
Ukrainian soldiers fire a cannon near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos, file)
May 16, 2023, 5:11 am
Taking a side, Republican Jewish Coalition urges continued Ukraine assistance
Influential conservative group makes an unusual foray into intra-party politics, as some in GOP have voiced opposition to support for Kyiv
By Ron Kampeas
Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan speaks during a US House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
May 13, 2023, 6:20 pm
Rashida Tlaib says she ‘struggles’ with prospect of uprooting West Bank settlements
Michigan Democrat, a vocal critic of Israel, likens potential evacuation of Israeli communities to Nakba, says Palestinians deserve ‘restorative justice’
By Ron Kampeas
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the Rayburn Room at the Capitol Building in Washington, May 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
May 13, 2023, 11:03 am
Only Republicans speak at ‘bipartisan’ Israel gathering to replace Tlaib’s event
Prominent pro-Israel Democratic lawmakers not invited to McCarthy’s discussions after US House speaker reserved space Democratic congresswoman wanted to use for Nakba meeting
By Ron Kampeas
Amy Spitalnick (Courtesy via JTA)
May 9, 2023, 2:57 pm
Progressive activist Amy Spitalnick tapped to head Jewish Council for Public Affairs
After leading lawsuit against organizers of deadly 2017 neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville, new JCPA head says Jewish world must build coalitions amid ‘broader fight for democracy’
By Ron Kampeas
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