Jerusalem Post: Internal Concerns at State Department Over Anti-Semitism Envoy Candidate

He too was a political ally of the president who appointed him, having worked on President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, in the Clinton administration and for the National Jewish Democratic Council.

Halie Soifer, executive director of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, questioned why Trump has taken so long to make the appointment. “Given President Trump’s blatant refusal to condemn neo-Nazis and their supporters in the immediate aftermath of Charlottesville, the fact that the Trump administration took so long to fill this post comes as no surprise,” Soifer told the Post.

“We hope the new envoy will convince President Trump to take concrete actions to combat antisemitism wherever it manifests itself.”

“Until this point in his presidency,” she added, “Trump’s silence in the face of hatred has been deafening.”