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| Trump picks Miami-based rabbi and businessman as US envoy for combatting antisemitism |
| 2025-04-11 |
| [IsraelTimes] US president says Chabad-linked Yehuda Kaploun, who was a fundraiser and campaign surrogate for him, ‘will be the strongest Representative for Americans and Jews across the Globe’ Not an important role in general, even more so since most of President Trump’s appointments agree that Jew-hate is unacceptable. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 You remember correctly, Lord Garth. Wikipedia But she was fighting against an administration who only liked a certain kind of Jew, and disliked Israel — so she got to make her noises, but not to be effective even were she the effective type. Generally speaking, it’s a figurehead post. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2025-04-11 22:40 |
| #2 I think the Biden appointee for this was Deborah Lipstadt. She was a decent research academic but utterly incapable of understanding the dynamic of organized antisemitism that existed then and still exists in the USA (and even worse elsewhere). |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2025-04-11 08:52 |
| #1 Trump announces picks for ambassadorships to combat antisemitism and promote religious freedom |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-04-11 06:06 |