Ron Kampeas
French Minister of National Education and Youth Gabriel Attal talks to media prior an education and youth Ministers Council meeting in the Europa building in Brussels, Nov. 23, 2023. (JTA: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)
January 10, 2024, 11:16 am
Gabriel Attal, France’s new prime minister, says his Jewish ancestry has shaped him
“My father said to me, ‘Perhaps you’re Orthodox but you’ll feel Jewish all your life, mainly because you’ll suffer antisemitism because of your name.”
By Ron Kampeas
X CEO Elon Musk in Washington last month. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP
October 9, 2023, 7:21 am
Activists take aim at X
"We have watched in horror as a new stage in antisemitic discourse has spread like wildfire on one of America's largest social media networks,"
By Ron Kampeas
Senator Dianne Feinstein in 2017.Photo: AP Photo/Susan Walsh
October 9, 2023, 7:11 am
Vale Dianne Feinstein
Feinstein was for years a centrist on Israel, although she was a sharp critic of the country's treatment of non-Orthodox Jews.
By Ron Kampeas
X CEO Elon Musk in Washington last month. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP
September 28, 2023, 3:38 pm
‘Antisemitic discourse has spread like wildfire’: Activists take aim at X
Prominent thinkers and campaigners from across political spectrum say Elon Musk’s social media platform is ‘a breeding ground for antisemitism,’ great danger to Jews
By Ron Kampeas
US Vice-President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff at an Israeli Independence Day reception earlier this year. Photo: Saul Loeb/
September 27, 2023, 7:00 am
Emhoff and Harris talk combating antisemitism
She described "a venom coursing through our country" and said, "We are the antidote."
By Ron Kampeas and TOI STAFF
Elon Musk in Berlin, Mar. 22, 2022. Photo: Patrick Pleul/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
September 5, 2023, 9:52 am
Elon Musk is amplifying a self-declared antisemite’s call to ban the ADL from X
Elon Musk is engaging with white nationalists and antisemites who want to ban the Anti-Defamation League from X, formerly known as Twitter.
By Ron Kampeas
Kanye West in Los Angeles in 2022. Photo: Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin via Getty
August 3, 2023, 9:21 am
Kanye West is back on Twitter
West has agreed to the company's terms for reinstatement: He can not post antisemitic or offensive comment and he will not be allowed to monetise the account.
By Ron Kampeas
The Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, June 26, 2023. Photo: Ron Kampeas
August 3, 2023, 8:11 am
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter sentenced to death
The sentence marks an end to the months-long trial of Robert Bowers, who was convicted in June of murdering 11 Jews during Shabbat prayers on October 27, 2018.
By Ron Kampeas
Photo: Screenshot
May 30, 2023, 10:20 am
Biden to combat antisemitism
The multifaceted and broad strategy to combat antisemitism in the United States has been in the works since December, and the White House has consulted with large Jewish organisations throughout the process.
By Ron Kampeas
Joe Biden shakes hands with Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker at a Chanukah reception at the White House. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images
May 29, 2023, 7:26 am
Biden urged to use IHRA in strategy
... progressive groups are asking the Biden administration to forgo including the definition in a soon-to-be-published strategy to combat antisemitism.
By Ron Kampeas
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt. Photo: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images via JTA
May 12, 2023, 7:18 am
Focus on anti-Zionists, threats to Orthodox Jews
His speech last year drew criticism from the left for marginalising parts of the Jewish community that criticise Israel, and for equating that sector with a stream of extremism...
By Ron Kampeas
Israeli religion reporter Yair Cherki recently came out as gay. Photo: Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90
February 23, 2023, 11:18 am
Israeli religion reporter comes out as gay
What may have been surprising, beyond the content of the announcement itself, was the outpouring of support for Cherki evinced across Israel's political spectrum.
By Ron Kampeas
Nancy and Paul Pelosi in Washington in 2019. Photo: AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File
November 3, 2022, 12:08 pm
Assailant’s conspiracy theories
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband attacked. He was hospitalised but is expected to recover.
By Ron Kampeas
A law enforcement officer lights a candle outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last week. Photo: AP/Jae C. Hong
June 2, 2022, 10:40 am
Jewish groups divided on gun control
'Thoughts and prayers have never been enough; it is past time for action...'
By Ron Kampeas
April 13, 2022, 9:44 am
Farewell, Iago
Gilbert Gottfried, whose foul-mouthed comic persona concealed a content Jewish dad, has died aged 67.
By Ron Kampeas
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