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Amb. Lipstadt: Muslim advocacy group CAIR has ‘no place in fight against antisemitism’
In interview with JI, Lipstadt talks about her role fighting anti-Jewish hate abroad — and increasingly at home
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Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, during an Economic and Social Council session about “Globalizing Efforts to Combat Antisemitism” at the United Nations World Headquarters on February 9, 2023 in New York City.
When the White House released its long-awaited national strategy to combat antisemitism last spring, Jewish leaders were puzzled by the inclusion of the Council of American-Islamic Relations as one of the organizations primed to take up the fight.
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