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All content by Ron Kampeas

Bipartisan bill in House and Senate targets settlement boycotters with fines

Ron Kampeas
Published March 24, 2017

In second week of U.S.-Israel talks, Trump ‘concerns’ on settlements remain

Ron Kampeas
Published March 23, 2017

Haim Saban, getting Hollywood star, decries Trump’s travel ban

Ron Kampeas
Published March 23, 2017

Senate introduces bipartisan bill with new Iran sanctions on eve of AIPAC conference

Ron Kampeas
Published March 23, 2017

Deeply divided Senate confirms David Friedman as envoy to Israel

Ron Kampeas
Published March 23, 2017

UN secretary-general reaffirms ancient Jewish ties to Jerusalem

Ron Kampeas
Published March 23, 2017

U.S. Holocaust Museum to award Angela Merkel with top honor named for Elie Wiesel

Ron Kampeas
Published March 23, 2017

Jeff Sessions: JCC bomb threat probe spanned multiple continents

Ron Kampeas
Published March 23, 2017

Jewish groups urge Congress to preserve anti-Semitism monitor

Ron Kampeas
Published March 22, 2017

AIPAC 2017 preview: Seeking a bipartisan spirit in an extremely polarized capital

Ron Kampeas
Published March 21, 2017

US boycotts UN Human Rights Council session on Israel

Ron Kampeas
Published March 20, 2017

Jewish officials push back against Trump plans for security grants

Ron Kampeas
Published March 17, 2017

In latest Jewish establishment salvo defending two states, AJC urges Congress to back letter to Trump

Ron Kampeas
Published March 16, 2017

AIPAC paid $60,000 to group that peddles anti-Muslim conspiracy theories

Ron Kampeas
Published March 15, 2017

Trump the change agent looks positively traditional on Mideast peace

Ron Kampeas
Published March 14, 2017

State Dept.: Trump adviser Jason Greenblatt is on ‘listening’ tour of Israel, West Bank

Ron Kampeas
Published March 13, 2017

Chelsea Clinton cites Purim in scoring congressman who says ‘demographics are our destiny’

Ron Kampeas
Published March 13, 2017

ZOA endorses Israel’s anti-BDS law

Ron Kampeas
Published March 10, 2017

Trump invites Abbas to the White House

Ron Kampeas
Published March 10, 2017

Mike Pence to keynote AIPAC conference

Ron Kampeas
Published March 10, 2017

Jewish elderly advocates take aim at GOP’s proposed changes to health care

Ron Kampeas
Published March 10, 2017

FBI: Dedicated team seeking return of Jewish agent missing in Iran

Ron Kampeas
Published March 10, 2017
Leaders of Agudath Israel of America meet at the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, March 8, 2017.  (Shmuel and Dov Lenchevsky)

DeVos praises Orthodox schools as model after meeting Agudah leaders

Ron Kampeas
Published March 10, 2017

Senate panel approves Trump’s Israel envoy in near party-line vote

Ron Kampeas
Published March 9, 2017

Cardin will vote against David Friedman as ambassador, signaling party line vote

Ron Kampeas
Published March 8, 2017

ADL is second establishment Jewish group to oppose Israel’s anti-BDS law

Ron Kampeas
Published March 8, 2017

AJC joins US Jewish groups criticizing Israel’s anti-BDS entry law

Ron Kampeas
Published March 7, 2017
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, left, entering the Pentagon with U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis, March 7, 2017. 

Liberman tells Mattis: We want US ‘active’ in the region

Ron Kampeas
Published March 7, 2017

Senate unanimously signs letter to Trump urging action on threats to Jewish institutions

Ron Kampeas
Published March 7, 2017

Zionist Organization of America welcomes Trump’s immigration order, JCPA opposes

Ron Kampeas
Published March 7, 2017

OU backs Senate letter calling to double security funds for Jewish, Muslim instiutions

Ron Kampeas
Published March 7, 2017

Bernie Sanders asks envoy nominee David Friedman whether some funds for Israel should go to Gaza

Ron Kampeas
Published March 2, 2017

4 Jewish takeaways from Trump’s big speech to Congress

Ron Kampeas
Published March 1, 2017

Trump notes anti-Semitic threats and vandalism in speech to Congress

Ron Kampeas
Published February 28, 2017

In the age of Trump, a quandary for Jewish leaders: Access or resistance

Ron Kampeas
Published February 28, 2017

Wiesenthal Center, US lawmaker call for federal funding of anti-Semitism monitors

Ron Kampeas
Published February 28, 2017

Trump reportedly said JCC threats may be trying to ‘make others look bad’

Ron Kampeas
Published February 28, 2017

Jewish congressman Eliot Engel to skip Trump handshake at joint meeting of Congress

Ron Kampeas
Published February 28, 2017

7 more Western JCCs, San Francisco ADL office evacuated in bomb threat wave

Ron Kampeas
Published February 27, 2017

Bernie Sanders at J Street: One can be pro-Israel and rap its government

Ron Kampeas
Published February 27, 2017

J Street, JCPA launch conferences grappling with Jewish advocacy under Trump

Ron Kampeas
Published February 26, 2017

At Las Vegas confab, Republican Jews find reason to celebrate Trump’s presidency

Ron Kampeas
Published February 26, 2017

Tom Perez wins DNC chair, names Keith Ellison deputy, after race that included focus on Jewish issues

Ron Kampeas
Published February 25, 2017

U.S. authorities almost deport French Jewish Holocaust era scholar

Ron Kampeas
Published February 25, 2017

Pence pledges Trump will keep Iran from going nuclear, walks back Jerusalem promise

Ron Kampeas
Published February 24, 2017

RJC names former senator, Norm Coleman, as chairman

Ron Kampeas
Published February 24, 2017

Israel backtracks on barring Human Rights Watch reporter

Ron Kampeas
Published February 24, 2017

Jewish groups seek action from Trump to match his words on anti-Semitism

Ron Kampeas
Published February 21, 2017

In joint post-summit statement, Trump and Netanyahu agree on ‘no daylight’

Ron Kampeas
Published February 16, 2017

Jewish groups berate Trump for blasting reporter who asked about anti-Semitism

Ron Kampeas
Published February 16, 2017

Trump shouts down reporters who ask about anti-Semitism

Ron Kampeas
Published February 16, 2017

Trump’s Israel envoy pick David Friedman: ‘No excuse’ for past rhetoric on liberal Jews

Ron Kampeas
Published February 16, 2017

Trump and Netanyahu: What does the president mean, and when does he mean it?

Ron Kampeas
Published February 15, 2017

Netanyahu: Trump administration now ‘understands’ Jewish meaning of Holocaust

Ron Kampeas
Published February 15, 2017

White House: Two state outcome not necessary in peace talks

Ron Kampeas
Published February 14, 2017

In reviewing ‘Hobby Lobby’ opinion, Jews see reasons to diverge over Neil Gorsuch

Ron Kampeas
Published February 14, 2017

14 Jewish Democrats co-sponsor bill requiring Bannon ouster from NSC

Ron Kampeas
Published February 14, 2017

Letters from rabbis, Holocaust survivors, scholars decry use of ‘kapo’ by Trump nominee

Ron Kampeas
Published February 14, 2017

Flynn, key Iran player, resigns just as Netanyahu arrives in Washington

Ron Kampeas
Published February 13, 2017

Senate confirms Mnuchin for Treasury, Shulkin for VA

Ron Kampeas
Published February 13, 2017

When Netanyahu slept at the Kushners — and other media tales of Trump’s Jewish confidantes

Ron Kampeas
Published February 13, 2017

Rep. Engel calls on Trump to dump Flynn

Ron Kampeas
Published February 10, 2017

Trump reportedly nixes Elliott Abrams for State Department job

Ron Kampeas
Published February 10, 2017

Jewish groups praise court for upholding stay on Trump’s travel ban

Ron Kampeas
Published February 9, 2017

Adelsons to dine at White House

Ron Kampeas
Published February 9, 2017

Mike Pence to speak at Republican Jewish Coalition confab

Ron Kampeas
Published February 8, 2017

Israel intercepts rockets aimed at Eilat

Ron Kampeas
Published February 8, 2017

Trump meets Netanyahu: Where it can go right (and wrong)

Ron Kampeas
Published February 7, 2017

Jared as Trump Whisperer? How a hoary cliche can’t be good for the Jews

Ron Kampeas
Published February 6, 2017

Illinois warns EU on applying UN resolution that seems to alllow settlements boycotts

Ron Kampeas
Published February 5, 2017

Ryan: Enforce the Iran nuclear deal, don’t dismantle it

Ron Kampeas
Published February 5, 2017

Jewish disability activists lobby against changes to Medicaid, ADA

Ron Kampeas
Published February 5, 2017

Is Trump reversing course on settlements and Iran?

Ron Kampeas
Published February 3, 2017

Stephen Bannon, in film treatment, described US Jews as unwitting ‘enablers’ of jihad

Ron Kampeas
Published February 3, 2017

Trump says settlement expansion ‘may not help’ peace

Ron Kampeas
Published February 2, 2017

Report: Trump ready to add sanctions on Iran because of missile testing

Ron Kampeas
Published February 2, 2017

Republicans on Senate committee present report comparing Israeli, US-Mexico barriers

Ron Kampeas
Published February 2, 2017
Farooq Kathwari, left, and Stanley Bergman, left, co-chairing a meeting of the Muslim Jewish Advisory Council on Capitol Hill, Feb. 2, 2017. (Ronald Sachs)

Muslim, Jewish leaders raise Trump entry ban in congressional meetings

Ron Kampeas
Published February 2, 2017

Trump, at prayer breakfast, vows to stop ISIS, ‘destroy’ religious politicking ban

Ron Kampeas
Published February 2, 2017

Bills launched to confer Congressional Gold Medal on Anwar Sadat

Ron Kampeas
Published February 2, 2017

Texas governor calls for laws targeting anti-Israel boycotts

Ron Kampeas
Published February 1, 2017

GOP backed bill in House replicates Senate bid to cut funding until U.N. repeals settlement resolution

Ron Kampeas
Published February 1, 2017

Bill allowing Holocaust survivors to sue insurers in U.S. courts is reintroduced

Ron Kampeas
Published February 1, 2017

Trump nominates Gorsuch, pleasing Orthodox, dismaying Reform

Ron Kampeas
Published January 31, 2017
A social media post by the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, includes a total of Jews and non-Jews killed in the Holocaust that historians say is greatly exaggerated. (Twitter)

‘Remember the 11 million’? Why an inflated victims tally irks Holocaust historians

Ron Kampeas
Published January 31, 2017

Iraqi lawmaker may be prevented from receiving human rights prize because of Trump travel ban

Ron Kampeas
Published January 31, 2017

Trump ban order leads Florida authorities to hold 7 Jews for over 6 hours

Ron Kampeas
Published January 31, 2017

Trump spokesman: Complaints about omitting Jews from Holocaust statement ‘pathetic’

Ron Kampeas
Published January 30, 2017

Netanyahu and Trump to meet Feb. 15

Ron Kampeas
Published January 30, 2017

With history in mind, Jews join airport protests of Trump refugee ban

Ron Kampeas
Published January 29, 2017

Netanyahu, weighing in on Mexico controversy, says walls are a ‘great idea’.

Ron Kampeas
Published January 28, 2017

As president, Trump less gung-ho about dramatic changes in Israel policy

Ron Kampeas
Published January 27, 2017

Mary Tyler Moore on growing up in a Brooklyn Jewish neighborhood: Bruises, scraped knees and ‘fun’

Ron Kampeas
Published January 27, 2017

Netanyahu, marking Holocaust remembrance, says Trump will help world recognize Iran threat

Ron Kampeas
Published January 26, 2017

FBI sees bomb threats to JCCs as hate crime, not terrorism

Ron Kampeas
Published January 26, 2017

Rudy Giuliani delivers Trump message to Netanyahu in Israel

Ron Kampeas
Published January 26, 2017

Democratic senator places hold on resolution slamming U.N.

Ron Kampeas
Published January 26, 2017

Mary Tyler Moore turned the world on to fully imagined Jewish characters

Ron Kampeas
Published January 25, 2017

Trump picks for CIA, secretary of state and UN envoy advance through Senate

Ron Kampeas
Published January 24, 2017

Trump will raise settlements at meeting with Netanyahu

Ron Kampeas
Published January 24, 2017
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