Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Americans disapprove of how Biden is handling Israeli-Palestinian conflict, poll finds
(JTA) — A majority of Americans disapprove of how President Joe Biden is handling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — they are split about why. More Republicans are saying Biden should be more supportive of Israel, while more Democrats want better backing for the Palestinians, according to a poll published Wednesday. The survey by The Associated Press…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump again says American Jews ‘don’t love Israel enough’ and more should have voted for him
(JTA) — Donald Trump is still trying to figure out why more American Jews didn’t vote for him, arguing in a haredi Orthodox magazine interview this week that they “don’t love Israel enough” and the Israel-related moves he made as president should have earned him a larger share of the Jewish vote. “You know what…
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Fast Forward A Supreme Court decision allowing a Catholic foster agency to discriminate splits Jewish groups
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A key Supreme Court decision on religious freedoms earned praise from Orthodox Jewish groups, and has more liberal groups breathing a sigh of relief that its scope was narrow. On Thursday, the court issued a unanimous decision overturning Philadelphia’s policy of refusing to work with a Catholic agency that will not place…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner signs deal to write tell-all book
(JTA) — Jared Kushner is writing the “definitive” account of the Trump presidency, his publisher says. Broadside Books, a conservative imprint of HarperCollins, said in a release Tuesday that Kushner’s book “will be the definitive, thorough recounting of the administration — and the truth about what happened behind closed doors.” Broadside said the book, to…
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Fast Forward Americans for Peace Now calls for conditions on aid to Israel — a first for group calling itself ‘pro-Israel’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Americans for Peace Now is calling for concrete conditions on defense assistance to Israel, a first for a group that calls itself “pro-Israel” and is a member of the Jewish community’s foreign policy umbrella group, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. “If the U.S. wants to nurture peace and…
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Fast Forward Federal judge throws out anti-vaccination lawsuit and calls its Nazi analogy ‘reprehensible’
(JTA) — A federal judge in Houston has thrown out a lawsuit by health workers objecting to a city hospital system’s coronavirus vaccine mandate on the merits — but she couldn’t help singling out one of the arguments for special derision. In her five-page opinion on June 12, District Judge Lynn Hughes writes that the…
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Fast Forward Biden names Tom Nides, a former top Obama State Department official, as ambassador to Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden nominated Tom Nides, a deputy secretary of state in the Obama administration, to be his ambassador to Israel. Nides, a banker, was the deputy secretary of state for management and resources from 2011 to 2013 and had good relations with Israeli diplomats, although he was less involved in substantive…
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Fast Forward California Jewish lawmakers secure $80 million in budget for Jewish-related causes
(JTA) — Citing the recent spike in antisemitic attacks, the Jewish caucus in the California State Legislature has secured $50 million to help protect nonprofits and $10 million for an exhibit on antisemitism at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. The total allocated for Jewish or Jewish-related causes in the 2021-22 state budget is…
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