Sunday, July 27 | Newburgh location given after registration
Levine Speaker Series presents.... Ron Kampeas
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Ron Kampeas was the Jewish Telegraphic Agency's Washington bureau chief for more than two decades until his retirement at the end of 2024. He worked previously at The Associated Press, where he spent more than a decade in its bureaus in Jerusalem, New York, London and Washington. He has reported from Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, Bosnia and West Africa. While living in Israel, he also worked for the Jerusalem Post. He has won multiple Rockowers, Jewish media’s premiere journalism award. He led JTA’s political coverage of every election since 2004, and is unmatched as an expert on the involvement of Jews in the American political discourse. He is a dynamic speaker and has frequently appeared as an analyst on TV in the United States, Europe and throughout the Middle East. He broke major stories, including on the abuse of espionage laws in the United States and Israel. Over his career he has interviewed a diverse array of personalities including Yehuda Amichai, Barack Obama, Olivia Newton John, the Taliban’s education minister and the Wiggles.