Ron Kampeas
Ron Kampeas
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)
May 20, 2026, 11:08 am
Barney Frank’s final warning on Israel: ‘America’s effort should be to support the opposition to Netanyahu’
Frank served in Congress for 32 years until his retirement in 2013.
By Ron Kampeas
Abe Foxman at an Anti-Defamation League event at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., May 8, 2014. (Michael Kovac/WireImage/Getty Images)
May 10, 2026, 8:59 pm
Abraham Foxman, transformative longtime director of the Anti-Defamation League, dies at 86
Over nearly three decades, the Holocaust survivor served as the world’s arbiter on antisemitism.
By Ron Kampeas
"Sojourning at the exclusive Palm Beach Bath and Tennis Club in Florida are L to R; Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte of New York and Newport, and Mr. Paris Singer of London and the Riviera. All socially prominent," Feb. 16, 1927. (Bettman via Getty Images)
April 24, 2026, 12:19 pm
Tucker Carlson calls campaign to shame a country club for barring a Jewish toddler ‘repulsive’
Carlson and his brother did not mention Jews during the segment, but the toddler’s now-grown sister said on the Bulwark podcast that she knew who he was talking about.
By Ron Kampeas
Watchdogs point to the Epstein discourse as a textbook example of "horseshoe theory": where the far ends of the political spectrum come together. (Mugshot of Epstein; horseshoe via Getty Images)
August 1, 2025, 4:47 pm
Antisemitic conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein are proliferating — and going mainstream
Watchdogs point to the Epstein discourse as a textbook example of “horseshoe theory”: where the far ends of the political spectrum come together.
By Ron Kampeas
An IAF Boeing 707 refueling plane and several F-35 and F-15 fighter jets carry out a drill just off the coast of Israel, August 15, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 12, 2025, 9:18 pm
Israel’s strike on Iran: How we got here, what we don’t know and what happens next
In the hours before the strike, some insiders said they thought Israel could be rattling sabers.
By Ron Kampeas
Rep. Nita Lowey in the Capitol, Oct. 16, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
March 17, 2025, 5:36 pm
Nita Lowey, longtime Jewish congresswoman and Middle East peace advocate, dies at 87
Lowey was the first woman to head the House Appropriations Committee.
By Philissa Cramer and Ron Kampeas
A portrait of the writer by sketch artist Emily Goff. (©Emily N Goff, 2023, all rights reserved.)
December 28, 2024, 7:32 pm
The blessing and burden of bearing first witness to Jewish history
A reflection at the close of two decades on the D.C. Jewish news beat
By Ron Kampeas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and other Israeli officials at the Syrian border on Dec. 8, 2024. (Koby Gideon/Israeli Government Press Office)
December 17, 2024, 6:38 pm
Netanyahu visits IDF soldiers in Syria as rebel leaders call for Israelis to exit
Plus, the mother of an American missing in Syria exhorted Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu to stop bombing.
By Ron Kampeas
Yarden Gonen, whose sister Romi Gonen remains captive in Gaza, speaks at a rally in Central Park, New York, Dec. 15, 2024. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters)
December 16, 2024, 9:58 pm
A hostage deal by Hanukkah? Israel, US and Hamas indicate unusual optimism.
Rapid changes in the Middle East appear to have changed negotiations, which are still not assured.
By Ron Kampeas
A view of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia (Shoot from WIthin)
December 14, 2024, 4:16 pm
Biden signs law that could lead to US Jewish history museum joining the Smithsonian
A new law may help ensure the survival of an institution that not so long ago faced bankruptcy.
By Ron Kampeas
December 9, 2024, 9:28 pm
Israeli troops cross into Syrian side of border buffer zone after Bashar Assad’s ouster
The incursion is not an attempt to influence the outcome of the uprising, the Israeli military said.
By Ron Kampeas
The Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea, Melbourne, Australia, April 12, 2018 (Darrian Traynor/Getty Images).
December 5, 2024, 11:09 pm
Melbourne, Australia, synagogue set ablaze, forcing congregants to flee
The attack comes as Australia has experienced a fourfold increase in antisemitic incidents.
By Ron Kampeas
Voting stickers at a polling station in Green Bay, Wisconsin, April 2, 2024. (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
December 4, 2024, 7:54 pm
Almost one month after Election Day, here’s what we know about how Jews voted
Donald Trump won a higher percentage of Jews than in 2020, but not by the margins he predicted.
By Ron Kampeas
First responders stand next to a crater where a rocket fired from Lebanon hit an area in northern Israel's Haifa district on October 31, 2024 (Ahmad Gharabli/ AFP)
November 26, 2024, 4:30 pm
Israel and Lebanon agree to ceasefire in war with Hezbollah
The deal — which would be the longest ceasefire Israel has agreed to since Hamas invaded from Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023 — signals a new phase in Israel’s multi-front war.
By Ron Kampeas
Since the United Arab Emirates made peace with Israel four years ago, Dubai has become an increasingly popular travel destination for Jews. (Envato)
November 26, 2024, 9:40 am
Killing of Israeli rabbi in UAE could strengthen ties between Israel and Arab neighbors, experts say
Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law who led the Abraham Accords negotiations, pledged $1 million to Chabad in UAE in memory of one of its emissaries.
By Ron Kampeas
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