Doug Emhoff
Susan Rice, Liz Sherwood-Randall and Douglas Emhoff are working to “counter antisemitism, Islamophobia and related forms of discrimination and bias.”
“The kinds of things that we were telling others to do, we need to look inside and do it ourselves,” AJC spokesman Kenneth Bandler told JNS.
Public servants from across the federal government assemble to fight Jew-hatred.
Doug Emhoff, who has emerged as the Biden admin’s point man on Jew-hatred, to travel to Krakow and Berlin.
Senior Biden administration officials are set to meet with U.S. Jewish leaders on Wednesday.
White House Jewish Liaison Chanan Weissman served as master of ceremonies and led a type of order modeled on the seder, featuring Jewish administration officials, leaders and celebrities.
William Daroff, CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, applauded the opportunity U.S. President Biden took “to speak about the scourge of anti-Semitism facing our nation and to shine a light on anti-Semitism is a message that all of America must hear.”
“There was a lot of heart here this time that I haven’t heard in a while. I think people are really starting to appreciate what we have here as Jews, compared to where we could be in other countries and stuff,” said Willetta Lee of Virginia.
“We also talked about more resources for security, both through the Department of Homeland Security and through the Justice Department,” said Nathan Diament, executive director of the Orthodox Union Advocacy Center.
