Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Roger Stone said Jared Kushner needed ‘a beating’ and a death threat, and that he was not joking
WASHINGTON (JTA) — On President Donald Trump’s last day in office, Roger Stone was furious that his old friend declined to pardon a bevy of Stone’s associates and fellow travelers. The longtime political trickster blamed Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and he had a plan. “In two weeks he’s moving to Miami,” Stone told Enrique Alejandro, his…
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Fast Forward AIPAC’s PAC endorses dozens of Republicans who refused to certify Joe Biden as president
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s newly formed political action committee released its first list of 120 congressional endorses, and more than a quarter of them are Republicans who voted against certifying Joe Biden as president. AIPAC defended the inclusion of the 37 Republicans who would not certify Biden, noting its status…
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Fast Forward Zelenskyy: ‘I don’t feel the Israeli prime minister has wrapped himself in the Ukrainian flag’
(JTA) — Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Jewish Ukrainian president under siege, said he was moved by pictures of Israelis standing in solidarity with his country during the Russian invasion — but not so much the Israeli leadership. “I saw a beautiful picture today,” he said in remarks translated into Hebrew by YNet, the Israeli news outlet…
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Fast Forward Kentucky Republican’s anti-abortion speech links Jewish scientists to Nazi killing methods
(JTA) — Jewish women mate for life. Jewish scientists invented the gas that Hitler used to kill them — and the abortion pill, and that might make them the same thing. Which is why Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize. Or something. Kentucky state Rep. Danny Bentley, a Republican, floated all these canards in…
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Fast Forward Why Israel is having trouble picking sides in Russia’s war on Ukraine
WASHINGTON (JTA) — 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 Zionist spectrum. The day Russia invaded Ukraine was a stark exception. Lapid, ensconcing Israel In the West, forthrightly condemned Russia. Bennett, wary of inserting Israel into a no-win…
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Fast Forward Two Kentucky lawmakers apologize for use of the phrase ‘Jew them down’
(JTA) — The first lawmaker used “Jew them down” in an attempt at a joke. The second lawmaker repeated it and then corrected himself: “That ain’t the right word to use.” Both Kentucky lawmakers ended up apologizing for a phrase that persists in the 21st-century American lexicon, despite repeated pleas from Jewish organizations to kill…
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Fast Forward Oklahoma legislature advances Holocaust education bill
(JTA) — An Oklahoma state House committee unanimously approved a bill that would mandate Holocaust education in Oklahoma schools. The bipartisan-backed bill that the House of Representatives Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee approved Tuesday would direct schools in the state to work with Holocaust experts to develop a curriculum for students from grade six through…
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Fast Forward Australia’s New South Wales state moves to ban the swastika
(JTA) — The Australian state of New South Wales is closer to banning the swastika. A bipartisan bill authored by an opposition Labor Party member would ban the public display or dissemination of the symbol associated with the Nazis. The bill includes exemptions for those who use the symbol as part of Hindu traditions. The bill…
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