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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

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All content by Ron Kampeas

Cruz wins GOP Iowa caucus, Sanders and Clinton neck and neck

Ron Kampeas
Published February 1, 2016

Kerry stresses ending incitement in call with Abbas

Ron Kampeas
Published February 1, 2016

Adelsons each give maximum $2,700 to Cruz campaign

Ron Kampeas
Published February 1, 2016

In GOP debate, Rubio reiterates pledge to revoke Iran nuclear deal

Ron Kampeas
Published January 28, 2016

Obama administration reissues labeling order on West Bank products

Ron Kampeas
Published January 28, 2016

Holocaust remembrance speeches: The Obama worldview vs. Netanyahu’s

Ron Kampeas
Published January 28, 2016

Marking Holocaust remembrance, Obama says U.S. leads battle against rising anti-Semitism

Ron Kampeas
Published January 27, 2016

Ahead of the Iowa caucus: A Jewish guide to the presidential candidates

Ron Kampeas
Published January 26, 2016

Israel-Diaspora Initiative names CEO in bid to get back on track

Ron Kampeas
Published January 26, 2016

Clinton makes her power to persuade Israel a selling point

Ron Kampeas
Published January 26, 2016

Pollard avoids giving speech at Presidents Conference, citing parole violation fears

Ron Kampeas
Published January 25, 2016

Netanyahu says Obama speech at embassy is a sign of strong ties

Ron Kampeas
Published January 25, 2016

Trump retweets compliment from feed that posts fears of ‘white genocide’

Ron Kampeas
Published January 24, 2016

Report: Bloomberg considering presidential run

Ron Kampeas
Published January 23, 2016

Obama to speak at Righteous Among the Nations ceremony at Israeli embassy

Ron Kampeas
Published January 22, 2016

Clinton camp cites Israel dangers in taking aim at Sanders

Ron Kampeas
Published January 22, 2016

Clinton campaign taps veteran Jewish community campaigner as outreach director

Ron Kampeas
Published January 21, 2016

Kerry: Some funds released under Iran deal will go to terrorism

Ron Kampeas
Published January 21, 2016

Pittsburgh chiropractor’s obituary wish: Dump Trump

Ron Kampeas
Published January 21, 2016

White House team to visit Israel for defense assistance negotiations

Ron Kampeas
Published January 20, 2016

White House: Robert Levinson likely not in Iran

Ron Kampeas
Published January 20, 2016

Human Rights Watch report ramps up pressure on Israeli settlement activity

Ron Kampeas
Published January 19, 2016

Trump pledges to move US Embassy to Jerusalem

Ron Kampeas
Published January 19, 2016

‘SNL’ mocks Cruz’s ‘NY values’ as anti-Semitic, anti-‘Seinfeld’

Ron Kampeas
Published January 18, 2016

Democratic debate: Bernie Sanders calls for normalizing ties with Iran

Ron Kampeas
Published January 17, 2016

Obama says Iran is pledged to help find Levinson

Ron Kampeas
Published January 17, 2016

Kuwait Air to end New York-London run this week over refusal to carry Israelis

Ron Kampeas
Published January 17, 2016

J Street takes aim at GOP senators who opposed Iran deal

Ron Kampeas
Published January 17, 2016

Rather than nix High Holidays, Maryland schools add Muslim, other holidays

Ron Kampeas
Published January 15, 2016

Republican debaters snipe at one another, Obama’s Iran policy

Ron Kampeas
Published January 15, 2016

Speaker scuttles Iran vote to maintain House discipline

Ron Kampeas
Published January 14, 2016

The Nation endorses Sanders for president

Ron Kampeas
Published January 14, 2016

Bernie Sanders surging in polls, but are Jews feeling ‘the Bern’?

Ron Kampeas
Published January 14, 2016

In his final State of the Union, Obama pleads for multilateralism

Ron Kampeas
Published January 12, 2016

Democratic senators who backed Iran deal meet with Netanyahu

Ron Kampeas
Published January 12, 2016

Former envoy to Prague, 2 others named to Holocaust council

Ron Kampeas
Published January 12, 2016

MoveOn gives Bernie Sanders key endorsement

Ron Kampeas
Published January 12, 2016

U.S. ambassador meets Israel’s justice minister to express concerns on NGO law

Ron Kampeas
Published January 12, 2016

Is Marco Rubio really outraged by US spying on Israel?

Ron Kampeas
Published January 8, 2016

Congress considers bills that would slap Iran for missile tests

Ron Kampeas
Published January 8, 2016

Saudi-Iran crisis latest reality check for Iran deal backers

Ron Kampeas
Published January 8, 2016

Report: Adelson offered US $1 billion to fund Iron Dome batteries

Ron Kampeas
Published January 7, 2016

Why the Jewish Federations don’t talk about guns

Ron Kampeas
Published January 7, 2016

4 times Obama and Netanyahu worked together that ‘Frontline’ skipped

Ron Kampeas
Published January 6, 2016

Rep. Steve Israel, a senior Jewish lawmaker, won’t run again

Ron Kampeas
Published January 6, 2016

How Jewish groups got spied on by Obama

Ron Kampeas
Published January 5, 2016

JFNA rabbinic cabinet president slams Lau for comments on non-Orthodox school

Ron Kampeas
Published December 31, 2015

Ted Cruz spearheads call to shutter PLO’s DC office

Ron Kampeas
Published December 30, 2015

Left and right make common cause on alleged torture of Jewish Duma suspects

Ron Kampeas
Published December 29, 2015

Ted Cruz aims to liberate GOP from ‘crazy’ neoconservatives

Ron Kampeas
Published December 29, 2015

Lautenberg amendment for religious refugees extended for a year

Ron Kampeas
Published December 24, 2015

Jewish airman from Philly among 6 killed in Afghanistan suicide attack

Ron Kampeas
Published December 23, 2015

7 things Miriam Adelson does — besides back GOP candidates

Ron Kampeas
Published December 22, 2015

In political attack on Clinton, Trump uses Yiddish vulgarity

Ron Kampeas
Published December 22, 2015

Lindsey Graham drops presidential bid

Ron Kampeas
Published December 21, 2015

Jewish groups call for review after dentist denied security clearance

Ron Kampeas
Published December 20, 2015

Democratic candidates spar over U.S. Middle East role

Ron Kampeas
Published December 20, 2015

GOP debate focuses mostly on Islamic State challenge

Ron Kampeas
Published December 16, 2015

How the NY Times misrepresents Christian Zionist pastor John Hagee

Ron Kampeas
Published December 16, 2015

Echoing Jewish groups, Obama likens Syrian refugees to Jews fleeing 1930s Europe

Ron Kampeas
Published December 16, 2015

3 strategies for Sheldon Adelson in dealing with the Trump conundrum

Ron Kampeas
Published December 15, 2015

Pelosi names fellow congressman Ted Deutch to Holocaust museum council

Ron Kampeas
Published December 14, 2015

Reform leader, Arab-Israeli lawmaker say ‘difficult, honest’ conversation is necessary

Ron Kampeas
Published December 13, 2015

Reform movement raps Arab-Israeli lawmaker’s snub of Presidents Conference

Ron Kampeas
Published December 13, 2015

Reform movement blasts Odeh move to snub Presidents’ Conference

Ron Kampeas
Published December 13, 2015

President Ruvi brings cheer to Washington’s Hanukkah season

Ron Kampeas
Published December 10, 2015

Orthodox bodies join Jewish groups rejecting Trump call on Muslims

Ron Kampeas
Published December 10, 2015

Trump cancels Israel visit in wake of controversy over his call to ban Muslim entry

Ron Kampeas
Published December 10, 2015

On 1st anniversary of his release, Alan Gross calls for warmer ties with Cuba

Ron Kampeas
Published December 9, 2015

Ayman Odeh brings his message of shared history — and destiny — to America

Ron Kampeas
Published December 8, 2015

Happy Hanukkah from all but one of the GOP candidates

Ron Kampeas
Published December 8, 2015

Obama pledges to destroy Islamic State

Ron Kampeas
Published December 6, 2015

Hillary Clinton: Educate youth about Israel-U.S. bond

Ron Kampeas
Published December 6, 2015

Netanyahu: Palestinian refusal to recognize Jewish state ‘core’ of conflict

Ron Kampeas
Published December 6, 2015

Approval for Netanyahu among U.S. Dems drops

Ron Kampeas
Published December 6, 2015

Kerry, at contentious U.S.-Israel confab, asks Israel to consider perils of single state

Ron Kampeas
Published December 5, 2015

US trade rep urges Israel to ease import rules

Ron Kampeas
Published December 4, 2015

Obama names backer to second term chairing Holocaust memorial

Ron Kampeas
Published December 4, 2015

Five takeaways from the Republican Jewish Coalition’s presidential forum

Ron Kampeas
Published December 3, 2015

U.S. State Dept. notes ‘due process’ in case of Abu Khdeir killers

Ron Kampeas
Published December 3, 2015

Senate Dems meet with Jewish leaders, talk Iran and refugees

Ron Kampeas
Published December 3, 2015

9 questions GOP Jews want answered: A primer for the presidential candidates

Ron Kampeas
Published December 2, 2015

4 Israeli reactions to the Russia-Turkey fallout

Ron Kampeas
Published December 1, 2015

Some Jewish refugees really were Nazis, and other illuminating facts

Ron Kampeas
Published November 27, 2015

Jewish disability advocate chides Trump for mocking reporter

Ron Kampeas
Published November 27, 2015

How the Chabad rebbe helped create food stamps, and other Jewish Medal of Freedom stories

Ron Kampeas
Published November 25, 2015

Obama administration: Still a ‘big no’ on supporting settlement building

Ron Kampeas
Published November 25, 2015

Jonathan Pollard’s lawyers: Job offer stands

Ron Kampeas
Published November 25, 2015

What Obama did and didn’t say about Ezra Schwartz

Ron Kampeas
Published November 25, 2015

For Jewish groups, Syrian refugees are a reminder — not a threat

Ron Kampeas
Published November 24, 2015

Billionaire Haim Saban walks back call for greater scrutiny of Muslim refugees

Ron Kampeas
Published November 24, 2015

Top Homeland Security officials brief hundreds of Jewish groups

Ron Kampeas
Published November 24, 2015

Senate approves bill targeting Hezbollah’s foreign finances

Ron Kampeas
Published November 22, 2015

Major American Jewish religious streams back continued refugee settlement

Ron Kampeas
Published November 22, 2015

Obama administration condemns murder of American yeshiva student

Ron Kampeas
Published November 22, 2015

US Holocaust Museum: Don’t turn away Syrian refugees

Ron Kampeas
Published November 20, 2015

WATCH: Recalling Holocaust, Jewish congressman slams bias against Syrian refugees

Ron Kampeas
Published November 18, 2015

Pollard will need US gov’t permission to travel for as long as 5 years

Ron Kampeas
Published November 18, 2015

Ten Jewish groups among 81 urging Congress to allow Syrian refugees

Ron Kampeas
Published November 18, 2015

Intel changes, public awareness needed to prevent Paris-like attack in US

Ron Kampeas
Published November 17, 2015
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