Iranian Jew at ‘imminent risk’ of execution after appeal rejected

A Jewish man on death row in an Iranian prison for killing a man in a brawl two years ago in self-defence is at “imminent risk of execution” after Iran’s Supreme Court rejected his appeal. Read more

Lipstadt slams Ayatollah Khamenei’s tweet about ‘Zionist merchants’

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was denounced by Deborah Lipstadt, the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, on Thursday for tweeting about “Zionist merchants.” Read more

Yair Lapid meets Deborah Lipstadt

Israel’s Prime Minister Yair Lapid has met with US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt. Read more

Source: Republican leader whips up votes against antisemitism nominee Deborah Lipstadt

Ahead of a likely vote on the nomination for Deborah Lipstadt to serve as the U.S. State Department’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, how many Republicans, if any, will vote to favorably report her nomination out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee remains to be seen. Read more

Lipstadt defends record, vows to fight anti-Semitism ‘without fear or favour’

The Biden administration’s nominee Deborah Lipstadt to lead the U.S. State Department’s office that monitors and combats anti-Semitism appeared in the Senate on Tuesday for her confirmation. Read more

Envoy will first need to root out antisemitism in the Democratic Party

U.S. President Joe Biden’s choice of Emory Professor Deborah Lipstadt as America’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism has not been greeted with the unqualified approval that might have been expected for such an appointment. Read more

Biden nominates Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt as next antisemitism envoy

After months of pressure from Jewish communal organizations to appoint someone to the position, the Biden administration on Friday nominated Deborah Lipstadt to serve as the U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism. Read more

Lipstadt in Australia

Deborah Lipstadt was sued by Holocaust-denier David Irving for libel in an English court in 1996. She won her case proving that the Holocaust happened. Read more