Deborah Lipstadt

Emory University launches new academic center intended to counter rising antisemitism

The Emory Policy Institute on Countering Antisemitism was founded and is led by Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, a University Distinguished Professor, Holocaust historian, and former US special envoy.

Pro-Palestinian students demonstrate on the campus of Emory University on April 25, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia.
AMBASSADOR DEBORAH Lipstadt, US Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism speaks during 'March For Israel' at the National Mall on November 14, 2023 in Washington, DC.

Jackson synagogue arsonist unconnected to pro-Palestinian movement

TEXT MESSAGES between the arson suspect Stephen Spencer Pittman and his father during the attack on Jan. 10, 2025.

Man charged with setting fire to Mississippi synagogue targeted it due to its ‘Jewish ties’

 US-Präsident Donald Trump unterzeichnet den Laken Riley Act im Weißen Haus in Washington, USA, 29. Januar 2025. (Bildnachweis: REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz)

Breaking with recent consensus, Trump makes ‘anti-Semitism’ hyphenated again


Biden calls for ‘swift confirmation’ of Deborah Lipstadt to be antisemitism monitor

In Rosh Hashanah call with rabbis, Biden calls for ‘swift confirmation’ of Deborah Lipstadt to be antisemitism monitor

Holocaust expert and historian Deborah Lipstadt speaks at the New Antisemitism, Holocaust denial and rewriting history conference earlier this week

Biden named historian Deborah Lipstadt as Envoy to Combat Antisemitism

Deborah Lipstadt is Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University and founding director of the Institute for Jewish Studies.

Deborah Lipstadt

The possible future Biden administration: A Jewish guide

A comprehensive list of the names you need to know who are possible candidates for the Biden Administration

Supporters of Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden dance just outside the security perimeter of a planned election celebration as they await his remarks and fireworks in Wilmington, Delaware, US November 7, 2020.

Swastika hung on dorm door of Jewish student at Tufts

The student called the incident a “cowardly act of hatred and ignorance.”

Swastika on a wall (illustrative)

Grapevine June 23, 2019: Woman on an ambucycle

A round of up news from around Israel.

Holocaust expert and historian Deborah Lipstadt speaks at the New Antisemitism, Holocaust denial and rewriting history conference earlier this week

Deborah Lipstadt: Antisemitism is like herpes, it never goes away

Colette Avital explained that while “Holocaust denial was a blunt attempt to say, for example, that there have been no gas chambers, the distortion of history is more subtle and perhaps less noted.”

Holocaust expert and historian Deborah Lipstadt speaks at the New Antisemitism, Holocaust denial and rewriting history conference earlier this week