Israel’s literary loss
Ron Kampeas, JTAJun 23, 2022
A.B. Yehoshua the novelist took a sharp knife to his fellow citizens’ pretensions and delusions, writing books that laid Israel bare like an open bleeding wound.
To deter Iran, joint Arab, Israel, US air defense launched
Ron Kampeas, JTAJun 16, 2022
A bipartisan slate of lawmakers launched a bill that would establish an “integrated air and missile defense capability” joining the US, Israel and Arab countries in...
Jewish groups react to Uvalde shooting
Ron Kampeas, JTAJun 02, 2022
After the school shooting in Uvalde, Tex. that killed 19 children and two adults on May 24, an array of Jewish groups issued statements that fell into two categories:...
Lipstadt: ‘Anti-Semitism not taken seriously’
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 19, 2022
Anti-Semitism is often not taken seriously until it becomes deadly, said Deborah Lipstadt at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 12, her first talk since her Senate...
Jewish donors support Liz Cheney
Ron Kampeas, JTAApr 28, 2022
Liz Cheney, the Wyoming congresswoman who is perhaps the fiercest critic of Donald Trump, isn’t too popular in her party: The House Republican caucus demoted her from...
Lipstadt confirmed as anti-Semitism monitor
Ron Kampeas, JTAApr 06, 2022
The Senate in a voice vote unanimously confirmed Deborah Lipstadt, the Holocaust scholar who endured delays and a contentious hearing in her nomination to be...
Madeleine Albright, trailblazer with complicated Jewish identity, dies
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 31, 2022
Madeleine Albright was the quintessential late 20th-century diplomat, determined to use what tools her adopted country had to crush inhumanity when it arose.
All 25 Jewish Democrats slam Amnesty
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 17, 2022
All 25 Jewish Democrats in the House, a fractious caucus that rarely unanimously agrees on issues of Jewish interest, signed onto a statement slamming recent comments by...
On Ukraine, Israel in difficult position
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 03, 2022
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 legendary Trude Feldman
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 17, 2022
Trude Feldman, who freelanced for media outlets mainstream, marginal and Jewish, and who interviewed multiple Israeli prime ministers and every president from Jimmy...
