Israeli-American Council launches merch campaign to combat Kanye’s hate Part of the “Hate Is Out of Fashion” campaign, a white shirt is being sold with a black token replacing a Star of David with the Nazi hate symbol. Feb. 13, 2025
‘So important to teach American Jews what it is to be Israeli,’ Elan Carr says The CEO of the Israeli American Council told JNS about being on the front lines of the fight to protect Jews on American campuses, in Congress and elsewhere. Alex Traiman Aug. 12, 2024
Thousands support Israeli hostages held by Hamas at ‘Bring Them Home’ rally “The whole world stands together in outrage,” said Elan Carr, CEO of the Israeli-American Council, as he spoke in Times Square, in the heart of New York City. Elishama Marmon Oct. 20, 2023
Former US special envoy Elan Carr to lead Israeli-American Council The experienced diplomat’s own parents helped found the group. Sept. 18, 2023
Kansas proclaims May as Jewish American Heritage Month “Kansas is made stronger by our Jewish residents and their many contributions,” said Gov. Laura Kelly. April 5, 2023
Former Trump allies condemn meeting with Ye and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes “To my friend Donald Trump, you are better than this,” said President Donald Trump’s former Ambassador to Israel David Friedman. Eliyahu Friedman Dec. 2, 2022
Elan Carr: Jewish American Heritage Month passes without enough fanfare The former State Department anti-Semitism envoy is on a mission to increase American philosemitism, in part by highlight Jewish contributions to the success of the United States. Mike Wagenheim June 1, 2022
Jews need to unite and ‘go on the offensive’ against anti-Semitism, assert leaders “We would never have imagined that these things would be said … in classrooms, never mind by radical-left campus groups, but preached by professors in class, in high schools in Manhattan, on the best college campuses … in polite company, and really, really propagated in a way in the halls of Congress as well,” said Elan Carr, former Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. Dmitriy Shapiro Jan. 28, 2022
Former anti-Semitism envoys, leaders coach students on reversing Jew-hatred on campus “You know how you play offense? You shout from the rooftops what Jewish history means and what the values of Judaism are that are inextricably linked to the very fabric, the very DNA, of the United States of America,” said Elan Carr, former envoy for anti-Semitism during the Trump administration. Dmitriy Shapiro Oct. 25, 2021