Many colleges accused of tolerating antisemitism on their campuses have been settling with federal civil rights investigators in the weeks before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who urged a tougher response to campus protests against the war in Gaza.

Many colleges at the center of the highest-profile cases, such as Columbia and Cornell, face investigations that remain unresolved.

Lipstadt first drew international attention for her defeat of a libel suit filed by British author David Irving, whom she accused of Holocaust denial in her 1996 book, “Denying the Holocaust.” The case was the basis for a 2016 film in which actor Rachel Weisz portrayed Lipstadt (and received accent coaching from her).

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and Dov Hikind, close to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., hope to be on the shortlist to replace Ambassador Deborah E. Lipstadt.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Hanukkah reception and executive order against antisemitism signing in the East Room of the White House in Washington, US, December 11, 2019 (credit ...

The swearing-in of a new president is one of the most treasured rituals in American politics. And it’s one that, a little-known history shows, has been meaningfully shaped by Christian nationalism — and with it,

Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, the Biden administration’s special envoy for antisemitism, struck a remarkably optimistic tone Tuesday on the question of how President-elect Donald Trump’s team ...

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The Anti-Defamation League brought on Ballard Partners to assist with its work on antisemitism policy going into the new presidential administration

As he assumes the presidency for a second time, Donald Trump brings with him a broad expanse of business relationships and financial entanglements — and the possibility that those associations could influence his decision-making in the White House.

The Biden administration and the 118th Congress—particularly the Senate—failed the American Jewish community. The reelection of President Donald Trump and the Republican reclamation of both chambers represents a crucial opportunity to do better, and to reset federal policies on unlawful antisemitism.