Trump’s dinner leaves a bad taste
Ron Kampeas, JTADec 01, 2022
Two weeks after feting Donald Trump as America’s most pro-Israel president ever, the Zionist Organization of America had harsh words for the man who aspires to return...
Black-Jewish caucus loses its founder
Ron Kampeas, JTAOct 27, 2022
As she nears her retirement from Congress, Brenda Lawrence knows her work bringing Jews and blacks together is not finished. Her latest reminder: Kanye West.
Orthodox groups joining mailman’s Supreme Court case
Ron Kampeas, JTAOct 06, 2022
WASHINGTON — A number of Orthodox Jewish groups are filing friend of the court briefs on behalf of an evangelical Christian postal worker who is taking his case to get...
No surprise: Jews favor Dems
Ron Kampeas, JTASep 29, 2022
A poll showed that the Supreme Court’s removal of abortion protections and concerns about democracy are driving Jewish turnout in November, which will favor Democrats...
The Queen and the Jews
Ron Kampeas, JTASep 15, 2022
The reign of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-serving monarch who died Sept. 8 at 96, encompassed the grief and the redemption of 20th century British Jewry, as...
Where does ‘Ashkenazi’ come from?
Ron Kampeas, JTASep 08, 2022
For nearly a millennium, 17 Jewish children and adults lost to history at the bottom of a well kept a secret about the genetic markers that distinguish Ashkenazi Jews.
Where does the Iran deal stand today?
Ron Kampeas, JTASep 08, 2022
It’s no longer clear whether Iran has made the concessions that US officials were so sure about, and the light that international diplomats thought they were seeing at...
Kushner reveals the secret negotiations behind Accords
Ron Kampeas, JTAAug 04, 2022
When Benjamin Netanyahu, then Israel’s prime minister, failed to meet his own deadline to announce a plan to annex portions of the West Bank during the summer of 2020,...
Iraq against new anti-Iran security alliance
Ron Kampeas, JTAJul 21, 2022
When President Joe Biden landed July 13 at Ben Gurion airport in Israel for his first visit as president and his 10th since 1973, he immediately raised the issue of...
Lipstadt off to Saudi Arabia
Ron Kampeas, JTAJun 30, 2022
Deborah Lipstadt’s first overseas tour as the State Dept.’s anti-Semitism monitor will start in Saudi Arabia, a signal of the kingdom’s efforts to change its image...
