Tag: Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism
Democrats accuse Republican leader of whipping votes against anti-Semitism nominee Deborah Lipstadt
Ahead of a likely vote on the nomination for Deborah Lipstadt to serve as the U.S. State Department’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, how many Republicans, if any, will vote to favorably...
Lipstadt confirmation vote for US anti-Semitism envoy stalled by senator’s objection
The confirmation vote for Deborah Lipstadt to serve as the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism was delayed on Tuesday after Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) objected to her nomination.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee,...
Politics and combating anti-Semitism don’t mix
At a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise around the globe, the office of the U.S. State Department’s Special Envoy for Combating and Monitoring Anti-Semitism ought to be filled. Indeed, the Biden administration...
Biden administration appoints Aaron Keyak as deputy anti-Semitism envoy
Democratic consultant Aaron Keyak, 36, has been appointed to serve as U.S. Deputy Envoy to Monitor and Combat anti-Semitism after recently directing U.S. President Joe Biden’s Jewish outreach during the 2020 election campaign.
As first reported in The...
Jewish groups urge Senate to approve anti-Semitism envoy amid stalled nomination
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...
Jewish groups urge approval of anti-Semitism envoy amid concern over past tweets
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...
Envoy will first need to root out anti-Semitism in the Democratic Party
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...
Biden nominates Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt as next anti-Semitism envoy
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,...
Pressure builds on Biden administration over lack of key Jewish appointments
For months, Jewish organizations in the United States have been lobbying to appoint a White House Jewish liaison. And after numerous meetings between Jewish organizational leaders and administration officials when violence erupted last month...
Democratic pro-Israel group exposes rift among liberals over anti-Semitism envoy
A Democratic pro-Israel group exposed a rift among liberals over who should be the Biden administration’s choice for the next anti-Semitism envoy.
In a now-deleted tweet earlier this week, the Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI)...