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Kaploun leans on personal story and Holocaust education in bid to become Trump’s antisemitism envoy

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, President Trump's nominee for U.S. antisemitism envoy, emphasized Holocaust education and fighting global antisemitism during his Senate confirmation hearing. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Donald TrumpHolocaust EducationOrthodox UnionSenate ConfirmationJudeo Christian ValuesInternational Holocaust Remembrance AllianceNick FuentesBipartisan SupportAntisemitism EnvoyYehuda Kaploun

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Doral, Florida, United States
"Donald Trump and Yehuda Kaploun light a candle during an Oct. 7 remembrance event at the Trump National Doral Golf Club in Doral, Florida on Oct. 07, 2024."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Kaploun told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in an opening statement that drew heavily on his personal encounters with antisemitism from childhood taunts in Brooklyn to the Crown Heights riots and the deaths of family members on 9/11 and Oct. 7."
New York, United States
"Kaploun told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in an opening statement that drew heavily on his personal encounters with antisemitism from childhood taunts in Brooklyn to the Crown Heights riots and the deaths of family members on 9/11 and Oct. 7."
Miami, Florida, United States
"Kaploun, a Hasidic rabbi, Miami-based businessman and Trump ally, cast antisemitism as a symbol of a larger hatred and warned that societies that tolerate it invite broader violence."
United States
"Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, President Donald Trumps nominee to serve as U.S. antisemitism envoy, pledged to elevate Holocaust education and combat what he called a global problem of ignorance-driven antisemitism during a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, while sidestepping the more partisan controversies that prompted a rebuke from a group of House Democrats ahead of the session."

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