Deborah Lipstadt
Jewish groups urge Senate to hold hearing on antisemitism envoy
By Yonat Shimron — November 5, 2021
(RNS) — Biden nominated Deborah Lipstadt to the post of antisemitism envoy in July. But Republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said they're examining some of her past tweets.
The thing about dead Jews
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 6, 2021
(RNS) — What is it about Jewish suffering that is so attractive?
White House appoints liaison to Jewish community
By Yonat Shimron — August 6, 2021
(RNS) — Chanan Weissman also served as President Barack Obama's Jewish liaison during the last year of his presidency.
A modern heroine fights antisemitism
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 1, 2021
(RNS) — If I had posters of heroes and heroines on my wall, Deborah Lipstadt would be there.
Debbie Friedman is still singing
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 26, 2021
No one changed modern worship like Debbie. May her memory be a blessing.
I stand with Bari Weiss
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 15, 2020
(RNS) — The former New York Times writer is a committed Jew and Zionist — and an endangered centrist.
Stop blaming ‘them’ for antisemitism
By Jeffrey Salkin — December 31, 2019
(RNS) — This “new” Jew hatred is neither from the left or the right. It’s far more complicated than that.
Anti-Semitism is a public health crisis
By Jeffrey Salkin — December 4, 2019
(RNS) — Let's start treating Jew hatred the way we treated cigarette smoking. Make it taboo.
Why did Robert Bowers attack Tree of Life synagogue?
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 23, 2019
(RNS) — Jews' pesky determination to bring an ethical, spiritual vision to the world has made us a target since ancient times.
Mayor de Blasio doesn’t understand antisemitism
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 7, 2019
If you are only seeing antisemitism from your political foes, you are not paying attention.
Deborah Lipstadt teaches us how to spell antisemitism
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 22, 2019
Trump, Jeremy Corbyn, and the truth about antisemitism in the world today. An essential new book.
Anti-semitism is evil, whatever its source
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 30, 2018
Whatever your politics, don’t ignore the anti-semitism that comes from your side.
Why Mark Zuckerberg is wrong about the Holocaust
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 23, 2018
(RNS) — The Facebook co-founder's refusal to kick Holocaust deniers off his platform masks a larger, ugly trend in American society.
Jews feel stung that JCC bomb threat suspect is one of their own
By Lauren Markoe — March 23, 2017
(RNS) Many worry that the suspect’s identity will lend credence to the claim, put forward frequently by anti-Semites, that Jews exaggerate threats and crimes against them, while undercutting efforts to reduce anti-Semitism at a time when statistics show it is actually rising.
In ‘turbulent times,’ 500 rabbis look for ways to resist and cope
By Lauren Markoe — March 20, 2017
(RNS) In his first few weeks in office, President Trump administration has given progressive-minded rabbis much to resist and counter, and it's exhausting, said one rabbi attending the Central Council of American Rabbis meeting in Atlanta.
