Senate Confirms Rabbi Kaploun as Trump Antisemitism Envoy

[ad_1] The Senate has confirmed Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun because the Trump administration's particular envoy to watch and fight antisemitism.

The ambassador-level State Division position is aimed toward coordinating U.S. efforts to confront antisemitism globally.

Kaploun was confirmed Thursday as a part of a sweeping Senate vote that additionally accepted 95 different Trump nominees throughout nationwide safety, overseas coverage, regulation enforcement, and protection areas as Republicans moved to clear a backlog of govt department appointments.

Different confirmations within the vote included Tammy Bruce as deputy U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, in addition to a number of inspectors basic and senior labor and protection officers.

Kaploun, a Miami businessman and follower of the Chabad Hasidic motion who labored on President Donald Trump's 2024 marketing campaign, will fill a submit that had been vacant throughout a interval marked by spikes in antisemitic incidents in the USA and overseas.

"President Trump made a powerful selection in nominating Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun to serve," World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder stated Thursday in a press release. "I'm deeply grateful to the President for guaranteeing this crucial place is crammed by a devoted fighter in opposition to anti-Jewish hatred.

"As we noticed this week in Sydney, antisemitism is world, coordinated, and emboldened, and it calls for management that understands the stakes and the duty of this position. The WJC serves Jewish communities in multiple hundred nations, and I sit up for participating with Rabbi Kaploun as he works to guard them from the grave threats they face right this moment."

Born in Israel and raised in New Haven, Connecticut, Kaploun is the second Hasidic Jew to be accepted by the Senate for a senior administration place, Jewish Information Syndicate reported.

Mitchell Silk, a member of the Nadvorna Hasidic sect, was confirmed as assistant Treasury secretary for worldwide markets in 2020 in the course of the first Trump administration.

Kaploun testified in November that schooling and bipartisan engagement are central to combating antisemitism, a theme he reiterated in interviews and hearings main as much as his affirmation.

"We're assured that Rabbi Kaploun, a proud American Jew, will unflinchingly confront the world's oldest hatred wherever it seems, and clarify that the USA is not going to compromise with antisemitism," the Republican Jewish Coalition wrote on X.

Kaploun was confirmed regardless of Democrat opposition.

Critics argued that his previous statements and political exercise mirrored an overtly partisan method and raised issues about his capability to serve credibly in a job that has historically sought bipartisan belief.

"As antisemitism continues to rise and manifest in violent, lethal assaults, this workplace should stay totally resourced and prioritized," Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, stated in a press release. "Rabbi Kaploun is a lifelong advocate for the Jewish individuals and I am assured he'll do nicely on this position.

"We thank the Senate for confirming this nomination and performing to take action swiftly following the Bondi Seashore assault. AJC seems to be ahead to working with Rabbi Kaploun as he steps into this crucial position."

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