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Jewish groups urge Senate to approve anti-Semitism envoy amid stalled nomination

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Some 21 Jewish organizations wrote to the heads of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday urging them to swiftly approve Deborah Lipstadt as the next anti-Semitism envoy. “As Jewish organizations dedicated to protesting the...
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Jewish groups urge approval of anti-Semitism envoy amid concern over past tweets

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Jewish organizations are calling on the U.S. Senate and its Foreign Relations Committee to hold a hearing on and confirm historian, author and Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt for the role of U.S. Special...
Thomas Nides in Islamabad April 4, 2012. Credit: U.S. Embassy Pakistan/Flickr.

Ambassador to Israel’s confirmation delayed by GOP objection amid partisan rancor

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U.S. President Joe Biden’s pick to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides was delayed from confirmation along with other U.S. State Department nominees due to objection from one Senate Republican. Senate Foreign Relations chairman Sen....
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Envoy will first need to root out anti-Semitism in the Democratic Party

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U.S. President Joe Biden’s choice of Emory Professor Deborah Lipstadt as America’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism has not been greeted with the unqualified approval that might have been expected for such...
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Biden nominates Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt as next anti-Semitism envoy

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After months of pressure from Jewish communal organizations to appoint someone to the position, the Biden administration on Friday nominated Deborah Lipstadt to serve as the U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism. Lipstadt,...
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Will next anti-Semitism envoy address progressive push to sideline IHRA definition?

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With anti-Semitism on the uptick, the role of the next U.S. Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism will take on more importance than ever. However, fault lines have been emerging within the Democratic Party over...
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What is it with J Street and anti-Semites?

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Why does J Street keep honoring and defending individuals who have made anti-Semitic remarks? The latest is former President Jimmy Carter, who will receive an award from J Street at its upcoming convention on April...
Nancy Kaufman, former CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, speaks at women's march in New York at Central Park West in 2018. Credit: lev radin/Shutterstock.

Will the State Department’s new anti-Semitism monitor give a pass to anti-Semites?

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In recent weeks, an attempt to derail a consensus about the definition of anti-Semitism has received serious support from the Jewish left. The mainstream Jewish community, in addition to the United States and a...