Tag: Elan Carr
Former US special envoy Elan Carr to lead Israeli-American Council
The Israeli-American Council has named Elan Carr as its new CEO, set to assume duties on Oct. 1. He succeeds Shoham Nicolet, IAC’s co-founder and CEO for the past eight years.
His history with IAC...
Former Trump allies condemn meeting with Ye and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes
President Donald Trump is under fire by several former allies and GOP officials following his dinner with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, white supremacist Nick Fuentes, and far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos at Mar-a-Lago...
Elan Carr: Jewish American Heritage Month passes without enough fanfare
May is over. Did you know it was Jewish American Heritage Month?
If your answer is “no,” you’re far from alone. It was easy to miss. However, the State Department’s former anti-Semitism envoy is on...
Jews need to unite and ‘go on the offensive’ against anti-Semitism, assert leaders
Jewish leaders at a virtual panel hosted by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, held on Wednesday to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday, were told by experts that the...
Former anti-Semitism envoys, leaders coach students on reversing Jew-hatred on campus
As anti-Semitism continues to rise in the United States, especially on college campuses, speakers at George Washington University who attended an event last week showed students that they have allies against anti-Semitism in both...
Elan Carr to join Heritage Foundation as visiting fellow to combat anti-Semitism
The Heritage Foundation announced on Monday that Elan Carr, former U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, will become a visiting fellow to help advise policymakers and research experts on threats posed by anti-Semitism internationally, and counsel analysts on...
Legal group urges Trump administration to publish list of BDS organizations
The Zachor Legal Institute, a legal think tank and advocacy group, is urging the outgoing Trump administration to publish a list of anti-Israel BDS groups.
In a letter sent to Special Envoy to Monitor and...
Trump administration plans to release list of BDS groups
The Trump administration plans to release a list of organizations that support the anti-Israel BDS movement, a senior Trump administration official told JNS.
The groups are still in the works and being decided this month,...
US, Bahrain sign MOU to combat anti-Semitism and pledge to fight religious intolerance
The United States and Bahrain signed on Thursday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on combating anti-Semitism.
In a small ceremony at the Willard InterContinental in Washington, D.C., the three-year MOU, which will be eligible for...
Report: State Department weighs designating human-rights groups ‘anti-Semitic’
U.S. President Donald Trump may soon declare that several prominent international NGOs, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam are, in fact, anti-Semitic organizations, Politico reported on Thursday.
Citing sources familiar with the issue, the report...