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Trump envoy’s push to eliminate standalone Holocaust office divides Jewish leaders

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun of the Trump administration is leading an effort to merge the State Department's Office of the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues into his office, which focuses on fighting antisemitism. 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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HolocaustTrump AdministrationState DepartmentJewish LeadersLegislationJerry NadlerEfficiencyYehuda KaplounSehi

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New York, United States
"Ellen Germain, U.S. special envoy on Holocaust issues, listens during a panel before a screening of The U.S. and the Holocaust at the United Nations in New York, Feb. 9, 2023."

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