Deborah Lipstadt

Jackson synagogue arsonist unconnected to pro-Palestinian movement

Jewish activists and communities have been engaged in debate over which corner poses the greatest threat, and new incidents are often met with immediate speculation over the attacker’s motivations.

AMBASSADOR DEBORAH Lipstadt, US Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism speaks during 'March For Israel' at the National Mall on November 14, 2023 in Washington, DC.
TEXT MESSAGES between the arson suspect Stephen Spencer Pittman and his father during the attack on Jan. 10, 2025.

Man charged with setting fire to Mississippi synagogue targeted it due to its ‘Jewish ties’

 US-Präsident Donald Trump unterzeichnet den Laken Riley Act im Weißen Haus in Washington, USA, 29. Januar 2025. (Bildnachweis: REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz)

Breaking with recent consensus, Trump makes ‘anti-Semitism’ hyphenated again

 US Antisemitism Envoy Deborah Lipstadt.

Biden's antisemitism envoy rejects Columbia post over campus antisemitism: ‘I won’t be a fig leaf'


US officials slam Hezbollah on anniversary of AMIA, Burgas bombings

Both Lipstadt and Price acknowledged the AMIA attack as the largest antisemitic attack on Jews in more than half a century.

 HOLDING UP images of the victims of the 1994 bombing on Argentina’s AMIA center, to mark the attack’s 25th anniversary, in Buenos Aires, July 18, 2019.

Lipstadt to 'Post': In Saudi Arabia, 'I saw movement in the right direction'

“I'm not naive to think everything is all solved and everything is terrific, but I saw that,” Lipstadt said of her trip to Saudi Arabia.

 US Antisemitism Envoy Deborah Lipstadt.

Antisemitism on the rise, particularly delegitimizing Israel – ADL CEO

A conference intended to address combatting antisemitism devoted a great deal of time to the scale and nature of its contemporary form.

Anti-Defamation League CEO and National Director Jonathan A. Greenblatt

In first trip abroad, US antisemitism envoy traveling to Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE

“Saudi Arabia is a very important country in the Gulf,” she said. “It has shown a willingness and openness to hosting me. We've gotten a very warm reception from them."

Deborah Lipstadt, President Joe Biden's nominee to be antisemitism monitor, testifies in the Dirksen Office building near the U.S. Capitol, Feb. 8, 2022.

'We must abhor antisemitism irrespective of where it comes from' - Lipstadt

More than 1,700 YU students from undergraduate and graduate programs were awarded degrees during commencement season.

  Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University.

Deborah Lipstadt: 'People, orgs. don't take antisemitism seriously'

The Biden administration's new envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism delivered her first speech since being confirmed by the Senate.

 Deborah Lipstadt walks a red carpet for "Denial" during the 11th Rome Film Festival at Auditorium Parco Della Musica in Rome, Oct. 17, 2016.

Biden at 'People's Seder': 'Grateful that families are together again'

US President Joe Biden addressed Passover and the Russia-Ukraine war in Ukraine and Vice President Kamala Harris discussed the spirit of the holiday.

 US President Joe Biden speaks as he visits North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina, US, April 14, 2022.

Senate confirms Deborah Lipstadt to serve as next antisemitism envoy

“It is time for the Senate, at long last, to confirm this nominee to fight antisemitism around the world," said Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA).

 Deborah Lipstadt walks a red carpet for "Denial" during the 11th Rome Film Festival at Auditorium Parco Della Musica in Rome, Oct. 17, 2016.

Senate Committee advances Lipstadt’s nomination as next antisemitism envoy

The final step would be a Senate vote, some eight months after President Biden announced his intention to nominate her to the position.

Deborah Lipstadt, President Joe Biden's nominee to be antisemitism monitor, testifies in the Dirksen Office building near the U.S. Capitol, Feb. 8, 2022.

Congress again postpones Lipstadt's confirmation

Although her nomination was the first item on the agenda, chairman Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) decided to pull her name at the last minute.

US academic Deborah Lipstadt (C) exults 11 April 2000 the High Court in London after winning a libel case brought against her and Penguin publications by British revisionist historian David Irving.