Walter Mondale: The liberal for Israel
Ron Kampeas, JTAApr 22, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS — Walter Mondale, the former vice president who represented a time in American history when being pro-Israel and progressive were often synonymous, has...
Jews begin to protest China’s policy
Ron Kampeas, JTAApr 08, 2021
WASHINGTON — When Rayhan Asat attended a Passover seder last month, its contours seemed familiar and different at once — especially the tradition of leaving a seat...
Aliyah magic
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 25, 2021
PASSOVER EDITION 5781 SECTION A PAGE 16 JERUSALEM — To immigrate to Israel from Ethiopia, Pnina Tamano-Shata’s family had to trek on foot through the desert to Sudan...
Montana: Rabbi elected to the legislature
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 18, 2021
BOZEMAN — When Ed Stafman was designing the signs he hoped his supporters would plant on their lawns, he debated between two: “Elect Rabbi Ed” or “Elect Ed...
Nikki Haley breaks with Trump
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 18, 2021
WASHINGTON — Nikki Haley has broken with Donald Trump in a move that puts her at the front of the potential Republican presidential pack for moderate conservatives....
Former Denverite tapped to lead Abraham Fund
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 26, 2020
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has chosen the first leader of a US investment fund aimed at advancing Israeli-Arab peace: Denver native Rabbi Aryeh Lightstone,...
Biden era begins
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 12, 2020
WASHINGTON — On Joe Biden’s first day as president, he plans to launch a task force to reunite children and parents separated at the country’s southern border....
Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator, dies
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 12, 2020
JERUSALEM — Saeb Erekat, 65, the Palestinian peace negotiator died Nov. 10 at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem, where he was in the care of Israeli physicians. He had...
Biden and Israel, 2008-2016
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 05, 2020
WASHINGTON — JTA spoke with half a dozen people who saw the Biden-Israel relationship up close during the years that Biden served under President Obama as vice...
Bahrain commites to combatting anti-Semitism
Ron Kampeas, JTAOct 29, 2020
WASHINGTON — A Bahraini institute has signed an agreement with the US State Dept. to combat anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism and delegitimization of Israel. The memorandum...
