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Ron Kampeas

Ron Kampeas is the D.C. bureau chief at the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Barney Frank speaks during PFLAG National's Love Takes Justice event at AFT Headquarters on Nov. 18, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for PFLAG)
Posted inPolitics

Barney Frank’s final warning on Israel: ‘America’s effort should be to support the opposition to Netanyahu’

by Ron Kampeas May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

(JTA) — Barney Frank, for years the progressive conscience of his party who died on Tuesday night, had one last piece of advice for Democrats as he entered hospice care […]

Former Rep. Barney Frank attends a bill enrollment ceremony after the House passed the Respect for Marriage Act in the U.S. Capitol, Dec. 8, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Barney Frank, irascible Jewish progressive who wrote landmark finance bill, dies at 86

by Ron Kampeas May 20, 2026May 20, 2026
Abe Foxman at an Anti-Defamation League event at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, May 8, 2014. (Michael Kovac/WireImage/Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Abraham Foxman, transformative longtime director of the ADL, dies at 86

by Ron Kampeas May 11, 2026May 11, 2026
Ali Khamenei
Posted inAnalysis

Khamenei long obstructed peace for Israel. But his influence was waning before his assassination.

by Ron Kampeas March 2, 2026March 2, 2026
Martin Luther King Day March in Denver
Posted inNews

ADL removes ‘Protect Civil Rights’ from website as it narrows its mission amid right-wing attacks

by Ron Kampeas October 30, 2025October 30, 2025
Charlie Kirk speaking at an event
Posted inPolitics

Netanyahu and U.S. Jewish leaders mourn Charlie Kirk

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Ron Kampeas September 10, 2025September 10, 2025
Jeffrey Epstein's face in a metaphorical horseshoe
Posted inCulture

Antisemitic conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein proliferate — and go mainstream

by Ron Kampeas August 1, 2025August 1, 2025
Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, speaks to a briefing on Jewish security in the U.S. Capitol, Sept. 12, 2023. (Chris Williams/JFNA)
Posted inPolitics

Support and tension mix in U.S. lawmakers’ responses to strike on Iran

by Ron Kampeas June 13, 2025June 13, 2025
smoke rises from night sky
Posted inIsrael

As Iran fires back, question looms: How readily will U.S. come to Israel’s defense this time?

by Ron Kampeas June 13, 2025June 13, 2025
People drive past an anti-Israel billboard featuring the shape of a traditional Yemeni dagger made of map pins and sentences reading "All targets are within reach" in Hebrew and "All targets are available, now Yemeni missiles" in Persian, in Tehran's Palestine square on May 5, 2025. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Israel strikes Iran: How we got here — and what happens next

by Ron Kampeas June 12, 2025June 12, 2025

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