Democratic pro-Israel group exposes rift among liberals over anti-Semitism envoy
In a now-deleted tweet, the Democratic Majority for Israel wrote that Nancy Kaufman, the former head of the National Council for Jewish Women, has too often “enabled, rather than battled, anti-Semitism.”
Nancy Kaufman, former CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, speaks at women s march in New York at Central Park West in 2018. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock.
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(May 6, 2021 / JNS) A Democratic pro-Israel group exposed a rift among liberals over who should be the Biden administration’s choice for the next anti-Semitism envoy.
In a now-deleted tweet earlier this week, the Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI) wrote on Twitter that Nancy Kaufman, the former head of the National Council for Jewish Women, has too often “enabled, rather than battled, anti-Semitism.”
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WASHINGTON – Several of the leading organizations in the American-Jewish establishment have begun to fight back against efforts to incorporate new definitions in the U.S. government’s fight against antisemitism, appealing directly to the Democratic lawmakers pushing the move as the Biden administration prepares to appoint a special envoy on antisemitism.
While the lawmakers do not explicitly reject the current definition based on the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition, which was adopted by the Trump administration in September 2018, they call on Blinken to “use all the tools at your disposal, including these two new definitions.”
Will next anti-Semitism envoy address progressive push to sideline IHRA definition?
Will next anti-Semitism envoy address progressive push to sideline IHRA definition?
“Too often in Democrat and leftist circles, we witness a singular focus on white supremacy to the exclusion of radical leftist anti-Zionism and radical Islamist Jew-hatred,” said Ellie Cohanim, deputy special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism during the Trump administration.
(April 28, 2021 / JNS) With anti-Semitism on the uptick, the role of the next U.S. Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism will take on more importance than ever. However, fault lines have been emerging within the Democratic Party over how to define and combat Jew-hatred.
Energy sanctions can prevent a new Russian offensive in Ukraine UkraineAlert by Ariel Cohen and David Pasmanik
A full moon rises over Gazprom Neft s oil refinery in Omsk, Russia, February 10, 2020. (REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko)
A major Russian military buildup on the border with Ukraine has recently sparked fears of a potentially dramatic escalation in the simmering seven-year conflict between the two countries. Although tensions have eased somewhat following Moscow’s April 22 announcement of troop withdrawals, the threat of a new Russian offensive remains.
What would be the likely objectives of any fresh Russian advances in Ukraine? Aside from power projection and the opportunity to leave Ukraine landlocked by cutting access to the Black Sea, Moscow could be seeking to seize the North Crimean Canal, which supplied Crimea with up to 80% of its fresh water supply until it was blocked by Ukraine in 2014. The Kremlin’s ultimate goal may be to gain
Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) speaks during a Senate Small Business Committee hearing on coronavirus relief aid and “Implementation of title I of the CARES Act.”, in Washington, U.S., June 10, 2020. Al Drago/Pool via REUTERS
JNS.org – A bipartisan group of senators on Monday urged US President Joe Biden to quickly nominate a candidate to serve as the US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism and confront rising antisemitism worldwide.
The senators, who make up the Senate Bipartisan Task Force on Combating Antisemitism, sent Biden a signed letter explaining the urgent need for the nomination. The letter was organized by Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.).