Deborah Lipstadt
Deborah Lipstadt speaks at a conference arranged by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, May 26, 2022. (Shahar Azran)
March 4, 2025, 1:37 pm
Former antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt says she turned down Columbia job
“I will not be used to provide cover for a completely unacceptable situation,” Lipstadt wrote in The Free Press.
By Philissa Cramer
Deborah Lipstadt and Felix Klein visit the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe during a meeting of special envoys and coordinators to combat antisemitism in Berlin, Jan. 30, 2023. (Wolfgang Kumm/picture alliance via Getty Images)
February 9, 2023, 4:01 pm
‘We have to be here fighting’: Deborah Lipstadt on her Poland-Germany trip with Douglas Emhoff
"Some people say this is just like the 1930s. It is not."
By Toby Axelrod
U.S. Special Envoy for Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt discusses her recent trip to the Middle East with former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro. (Screenshot)
August 3, 2022, 2:27 pm
Deborah Lipstadt says progress underway on combatting antisemitism in Gulf states
U.S. State Department’s special envoy for antisemitism returns from Saudi Arabia.
By Andrew Lapin
Deborah Lipstadt speaks at a conference arranged by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, May 26, 2022. (Shahar Azran)
June 23, 2022, 9:23 pm
Deborah Lipstadt’s first tour as antisemitism monitor will be to Saudi Arabia
"If you had told me a year ago, even after the Abraham Accords, that would be the first place I would go. I would say you're dreaming,"
By Ron Kampeas
Deborah Lipstadt walks a red carpet for "Denial" during the 11th Rome Film Festival at Auditorium Parco Della Musica in Rome, Oct. 17, 2016. (Elisabetta A. Villa/WireImage via Getty Images)
March 31, 2022, 11:04 am
Senate unanimously confirms Deborah Lipstadt as antisemitism monitor
Lipstadt is the first antisemitism monitor to have the role of ambassador, under a law passed by Congress in 2020, which enhances her status overseas.
By Ron Kampeas
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. (Ron Kampeas)
March 29, 2022, 2:41 pm
Senate committee approves Deborah Lipstadt as antisemitism monitor
Republican Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Mitt Romney of Utah joined the Democratic majority in the vote.
By Ron Kampeas
Deborah Lipstadt (Photo by Osnat Perelshtein)
January 19, 2022, 10:53 am
Confirming Deborah Lipstadt is a foreign policy priority
Our country is less safe because of the delayed confirmations of Lipstadt and so many other foreign policy nominees.
By Barbara Goldberg Goldman
Deborah Lipstadt walks a red carpet for 'Denial' during the 11th Rome Film Festival at Auditorium Parco Della Musica in Rome on Oct. 17, 2016. (Photo by Elisabetta A. Villa/WireImage)
January 9, 2022, 7:27 pm
Deborah Lipstadt may be asked to apologize to senator before she’s confirmed as antisemitism envoy
According to a New York Times report, Lipstadt may have to apologize to Sen. Ron Johnson , who she accused of white supremacy.
By Shira Hanau
Deborah Lipstadt (Photo by Osnat Perelshtein)
August 4, 2021, 1:56 pm
Deborah Lipstadt is a good first step
Going forward, the administration has a clarifying opportunity.
Deborah Lipstadt (Photo by Osnat Perelshtein)
July 30, 2021, 10:41 am
Deborah Lipstadt, Holocaust historian, is Biden’s pick for antisemitism envoy
The position's role is tracking antisemitism overseas and lobbying governments to address anti-Jewish bigotry
By Ron Kampeas
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