Tag Archives: Deborah Lipstadt
‘Appalled’: US, Israel, Jewish groups slam UN official for past antisemitic rhetoric
Officials from Israel and the US on Wednesday decried antisemitic comments by a UN Palestinian rights investigator, with some questioning whether she should remain in her position. Read more » »
Israel: Disband UN Gaza war probe over member’s ‘antisemitic comments’
A spokesperson for Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday slammed comments by a member of the ongoing UN Commission of Inquiry into last year’s 11-day war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza last year and called for the committee to be disbanded. Read more » »
Deborah Lipstadt confirmed as US special envoy on anti-Semitism
(March 31, 2022 / JNS) Deborah Lipstadt, U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominee to the position of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, was officially confirmed to the position by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday night. Lipstadt’s nomination was brought to the floor of the Senate by Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Applauds Confirmation of Deborah Lipstadt as Anti-Semitism Special Envoy
(Washington, D.C., March 31, 2022)–B’nai B’rith International President Seth J. Riklin and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: We applaud the U.S. Senate for confirming Deborah Lipstadt as the State Department’s special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism. Read more » »
At Senate hearing, Lipstadt defends record, vows to fight anti-Semitism ‘without fear or favor’
Holocaust historian and Emory professor Deborah Lipstadt dismissed partisanship, saying she has called out anti-Semitism on both sides of the aisle. She did acknowledge that some of her posts had not been “as nuanced” as she would have liked. (February 8, 2022 / JNS) The Biden administration’s nominee Deborah Lipstadt to lead the U.S. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Urges Swift Confirmation of Deborah Lipstadt as Anti-Semitism Special Envoy
(Washington, D.C., Feb. 8, 2022)–B’nai B’rith International President Seth J. Riklin and CEO Daniel S. Read more » »
Jewish groups urge Senate to approve anti-Semitism envoy amid stalled nomination
It is the latest in a series of calls by American Jewish organizations to confirm Holocaust historian, author and professor Deborah Lipstadt. (November 11, 2021 / JNS) 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. Read more » »
Jewish groups urge approval of anti-Semitism envoy, citing Republican recalcitrance
“The hold on Lipstadt’s confirmation must be lifted quickly so she may assume the post and commence this important work,” wrote B’nai B’rith president Charles Kaufman and CEO Dan Mariaschin in a statement. (November 5, 2021 / JNS) Jewish organizations are calling on the U.S. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Calls on Senate Republicans to Lift Hold on Lipstadt Confirmation
(Washington, D.C., Nov. 5, 2021)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: We call on Senate Republicans to lift the hold on Deborah Lipstadt’s confirmation as special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism. Read more » »
Biden to nominate Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt as next anti-Semitism envoy
Lipstadt’s nomination was hailed by numerous Jewish organizations, which over the past months had been lobbying the White House to appoint a candidate as violent acts of anti-Semitism. Read more » »
