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Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), James Lankford (R-OK), and 20 bipartisan colleagues and members of the Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism, urged President Joe Biden to expeditiously nominate a qualified Ambassador to monitor and combat Anti-Semitism in order to confront the rising level of Anti-Semitism worldwide.
“Tragically, 76 years after the end of the Holocaust, anti-Semitism remains a serious and growing danger for Jews in Europe, the Middle East, the United States, and elsewhere in the world,” the Senators wrote. “According to a study by the Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry, violent anti-Semitic attacks worldwide rose 18 percent in 2019, including at least 53 synagogues and 28 community centers and schools that were targeted.”
“Swiftly nominating a qualified Ambassador to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism will help ensure that the United States remains a leader in combating anti-Semitism internationally and will equip the State Department with a designated senior diplomat to engage foreign governments to track and respond to this growing scourge. We encourage you to move quickly on the nomination, and look forward to working with you,” the Senators concluded.
Background: Joining Rubio, Rosen, and Lankford, in sending the letter were Senators Feinstein (D-CA), Blunt (R-MO), Cortez Masto (D-NV), Cotton (R-AR), Gillibrand (D-NY), Portman (R-OH), Van Hollen (D-MD), Capito (R-WV), Warnock (D-GA), Boozman (R-AR), Booker (D-NJ), Casey (D-PA), Cantwell (D-WA), Scott (R-SC), Cardin (D-MD), Sinema (D-AZ), Coons (D-DE), Kelly (D-AZ), and Murkowski (R-AK).
In January, Rubio’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act of 2019 to enhance the State Department’s role in combating and monitoring anti-Semitism around the world by elevating the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism to the rank of Ambassador, was signed into law.
The full text of the letter is below:
Dear President Biden:
As members of the Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism, we urge you to expeditiously nominate a qualified Ambassador to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism in order to confront the rising level of anti-Semitism worldwide.
Tragically, 76 years after the end of the Holocaust, anti-Semitism remains a serious and growing danger for Jews in Europe, the Middle East, the United States, and elsewhere in the world. According to a study by the Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry, violent anti-Semitic attacks worldwide rose 18 percent in 2019, including at least 53 synagogues and 28 community centers and schools that were targeted.
To combat the rising tide of global anti-Semitism, the State Department’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism works to promote accurate Holocaust education, improve the safety and security of at-risk Jewish communities, ensure foreign public officials condemn anti-Semitic discourse, and strengthen foreign judicial systems in their prosecution of anti-Semitic incidents. The Special Envoy is responsible for developing and implementing policies and projects to combat global anti-Semitism by working closely with foreign governments, intergovernmental organizations, and civil society. Additionally, the Special Envoy coordinates and assists in developing the reports on anti-Semitism within the State Department’s annual Human Rights Reports and International Religious Freedom Report.
As you know, the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act of 2019 (PL 116-326), which passed both the House of Representatives and Senate unanimously and was signed into law on January 13, 2021, elevated the Special Envoy position to the rank of Presidentially-appointed and Senate-confirmed ambassador, reporting directly to the Secretary of State. It also requires the Ambassador to be a person of recognized distinction in the field of combating anti-Semitism.
Swiftly nominating a qualified Ambassador to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism will help ensure that the United States remains a leader in combating anti-Semitism internationally and will equip the State Department with a designated senior diplomat to engage foreign governments to track and respond to this growing scourge. We encourage you to move quickly on the nomination, and look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,