Terror plot against NY synagogues underscores ‘lone wolf’ threat
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 19, 2011
By Daniel Treiman, JTA NEW YORK — A foiled plot to attack New York synagogues offered a distressing reminder to the Jewish community that Osama bin Ladens death...
Should Kushner’s honorary degree be revoked?
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 12, 2011
WASHINGTON It was the latest dustup over what constitutes acceptable discourse in the American Jewish community when it comes to Israel. Except this time the battle...
If sharia banned, is Halachah next?
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 05, 2011
WASHINGTON With conservative lawmakers across the US trying to outlaw sharia, or Islamic religious law, Jewish organizations are concerned that Halachah could be...
Facing big cuts by Congress, Jewish community aligns with Democrats
Ron Kampeas, JTAApr 28, 2011
WASHINGTON In the showdown over the 2012 US budget, many Jewish organizations clearly fall on one particular side of the partisan divide: the Democratic one. But as...
GOP contenders court Jewish Republicans
Ron Kampeas, JTAApr 07, 2011
LAS VEGAS At the Republican Jewish Coalitions winter leadership retreat here, it was the absence of certain likely candidates for president that had the crowd most...
Firing, resignation at NPR
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 18, 2011
NEW YORK The president and CEO of National Public Radio, Vivian Schiller, resigned after a video surfaced showing an NPR executive apparently countenancing a remark...
Apartheid Week: Broad range of Jewish student reactions
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 10, 2011
BERKELEY Its March, which means the days get longer and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict heats up on campuses across North America with the annual staging of Israel...
Gerda Weissman Klein, ‘crusader of tolerance’
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 24, 2011
WASHINGTON Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissman Klein was among 15 Americans to receive the 2010 Medal of Freedom from President Obama last week. (A)s an author, a...
Maryland asks French train company to disclose Nazi past
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 24, 2011
By Baltimore Jewish Times BALTIMORE — Maryland legislators introduced a bill requiring recipients of state contracts to fully disclose their ties to any operation...
Who’s who in Egypt today?
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 17, 2011
WASHINGTON One guy we know, and were pretty sure hes not in charge. The other guy we dont know so well, and it looks like he might be in […]
