Trump nominates Yehuda Kaploun as US envoy to combat Jew-hatred "Yehuda is a successful businessman and staunch advocate for the Jewish faith, and the rights of his people to live and worship free from persecution," the president said. JNS Staff April 11, 2025
Trump is right on anti-Semitism Does spelling really count? With or without a hyphen, the growing international scourge is a crisis. Mitchell Bard March 19, 2025
Betrayal: Lipstadt’s silence about the Biden administration’s failure on antisemitism The historian and former State Department envoy didn’t speak out when it mattered. Her partisanship and unwillingness to address the root cause of campus antisemitism is a tragic failure. Jonathan S. Tobin March 5, 2025
Lipstadt hopes next Jew-hatred monitor is ‘barn builder, not barn burner’ “There are officials inside the U.N. who have engaged in overt antisemitism, but I don’t want to throw the baby out with the bathwater,” the outgoing U.S. envoy told reporters. Mike Wagenheim Jan. 15, 2025
Lipstadt to visit Israel in last overseas trip as US special envoy The U.S. special envoy for monitoring Jew-hatred is scheduled to meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Jan. 7, 2025
Special envoy Lipstadt traveling to Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UAE The trip aims to promote interfaith understanding and religious tolerance. Dec. 4, 2024
CAIR, which blamed Israel for being attacked on Oct. 7, calls for Lipstadt to be fired for beeper ‘joke’ The U.S. envoy on fighting Jew-hatred said at the Israeli-American Council summit that the attack on Hezbollah beepers proves that Israel isn't weak. Sept. 23, 2024
Thirty-six states adopt Jew-hatred guidelines amid global resurgence Israel's special envoy praised the inclusion of the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism in the document. Joshua Marks July 18, 2024
Lipstadt to travel to South America for antisemitism forum, AMIA memorial The U.S. envoy is headed to South America to help launch the “Global Guidelines for Countering Antisemitism” plan. July 12, 2024
