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'


Lipstadt Committee confirmation scheduled for Wednesday

After an eight-month delay, Deborah Lipstadt is expected to be nominated by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday. If confirmed, she will wait for a final full Senate vote.

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.

Senate committee holds a hearing on Deborah Lipstadt nomination

“Branding Israel an apartheid state is more than historically inaccurate,” she said. “I believe it's part of a larger effort to delegitimize the Jewish state.”

Holocaust expert and historian Deborah Lipstadt speaks at the New Antisemitism, Holocaust denial and rewriting history conference earlier this week

Senate committee to hold confirmation hearing on Lipstadt's nomination

Deborah Lipstadt was nominated in July, but numerous delays blocked a Senate committee vote on her nomination.

Holocaust expert and historian Deborah Lipstadt speaks at the New Antisemitism, Holocaust denial and rewriting history conference earlier this week

After delays, Deborah Lipstadt, Biden’s antisemitism monitor nominee, to get confirmation hearing

The antisemitism monitor is responsible for reporting on antisemitism overseas and pressing governments to adopt measures to mitigate antisemitism.

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.

Jewish Federations urge senators to hold a hearing on Lipstadt’s nomination 'without delay'

In light of the recent hostage crisis in Colleyville, Texas, 96 Jewish organizations called on lawmakers to hasten Professor Lipstadt’s nomination as Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism.

 Deborah Lipstadt.

Deborah Lipstadt may apologize to US senator before confirmation as antisemitism envoy

Other Republican lawmakers have faulted her for appearing in an ad during the 2020 presidential race likening former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric to those of the Nazis in the 1930s.

Holocaust expert and historian Deborah Lipstadt speaks at the New Antisemitism, Holocaust denial and rewriting history conference earlier this week

Aaron Keyak tapped for Deputy Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism

Keyak is expected to start his role on Monday and to serve as an acting envoy.

Holocaust expert and historian Deborah Lipstadt speaks at the New Antisemitism, Holocaust denial and rewriting history conference earlier this week

Senate urged to appoint Deborah Lipstadt as antisemitism monitor without delay

Deborah Lipstadt was nominated to be the antisemitism monitor by US President Joe Biden.

Deborah Lipstadt

If you spell it ‘antisemitism,’ then remove hyphen from ‘anti-Zionism’

Why do hyphens matter? Lipstadt argues that “antisemitism” is misleading because it denotes hatred of Semites, not Jews.

PROTESTING OUTSIDE a meeting of the British Labour Party’s National Executive, which was set to discuss the party’s definition of antisemitism, in London in September 2018

Biden calls for ‘swift confirmation’ of Deborah Lipstadt to be antisemitism monitor

In Rosh Hashanah call with rabbis, Biden calls for ‘swift confirmation’ of Deborah Lipstadt to be antisemitism monitor

Holocaust expert and historian Deborah Lipstadt speaks at the New Antisemitism, Holocaust denial and rewriting history conference earlier this week