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2025-04-11 Home Front: Politix

Trump picks Miami-based rabbi and businessman as US envoy for combatting antisemitism

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Posted by trailing wife 2025-04-11 2025-04-11 01:49|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ] Top

#1 Trump announces picks for ambassadorships to combat antisemitism and promote religious freedom

Posted by Skidmark 2025-04-11 06:06|| 2025-04-11 06:06|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2025-04-11 08:52|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2025-04-11 22:40|| Front Page Top

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