According to Deborah Lipstadt, who was the special envoy for antisemitism throughout a large portion of the Biden administration, she is “pleased” that the Trump administration is working to address this issue.
I’m glad they’re taking it on, since I spent the last three years trying to get the Biden administration to do the same. “I am incredibly happy that it is on their agenda,” she expressed to the New Yorker. According to the news source, the interview with Lipstadt was trimmed to make it longer and easier to understand.
In December, Lipstadt’s return to Emory University was confirmed. She will be back later in the academic year.
Breaking NewsNo answer had been received by the time of publishing from Lipstadt despite Forever Digital’s best efforts to contact him on Wednesday using the email and phone number provided on Emory University’s website.
According to Lipstadt’s interview with the New Yorker, the president’s administration has been “calling universities to account.”
Also, I believe that many Jews (and some non-Jews) are dissatisfied with the actions of colleges after October 7th because they see a strong-to use Passover language-a strong hand being utilized. “Now, whether that hand is being utilized appropriately or not raises certain issues about what’s occurring,” she allegedly added, adding, “a lot of people were glad to see this aggressive attitude. There are a lot of ways in which I feel it goes too far.
She made it clear that many universities have failed to adequately combat antisemitism.
You know what? The colleges and universities just ignored this. They let down the Jewish kids on campus by not taking this matter seriously. They ignored their complaints. They made it so nobody wanted to be there. The results of that failure are now becoming apparent. The fact that the discussion will now center on whether antisemitism is being employed as a tool to combat individuals we dislike is what worries me the most. As reported by the site, she made the observation that antisemitism should not be used as a weapon.
“Antisemitism, not institutions, should be the target of our battle. Opening the door were the institutions. “The New Yorker reports that most universities completely ignored this issue, and now we’re experiencing the repercussions of that,” she said.