Lauren Markoe

Jan 16, 2025 | timesofisrael.com | Lauren Markoe

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Jan 16, 2025 | timesofisrael.com | Lauren Markoe

(JTA) WASHINGTON — In her last week in office, Deborah Lipstadt, whom US President Joe Biden charged with fighting antisemitism around the world, expressed doubt as to whether the incoming Trump administration will be up to the challenge. “I certainly hope so — I don’t know,” said Lipstadt, during her final roundtable with the Jewish press at the State Department after 15 months of spiking bigotry against Jews globally.

Jan 14, 2025 | jpost.com | Lauren Markoe

She “brought expertise, gravitas, and determination” to the role “during one of the most challenging periods for the Jewish people in decades,” said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.

Jan 6, 2025 | jewishaz.com | Lauren Markoe

(JTA) — Announcing his deputy envoy for Middle East peace, President-elect Donald Trump made it clear that he chose Morgan Ortagus reluctantly. Trump said he picked Ortagus, a spokesperson at the State Department when it was led by Mike Pompeo — who in 2024 considered running against him — because others lobbied hard for her. “These things usually don’t work out,” the Friday statement from Trump read, “but she has strong Republican support, and I’m not doing this for me, I’m doing it for them.

Jan 5, 2025 | jta.org | Lauren Markoe

Announcing his deputy envoy for Middle East peace, President-elect Donald Trump made it clear that he chose Morgan Ortagus reluctantly. Trump said he picked Ortagus, a spokesperson at the State Department when it was led by Mike Pompeo — who in 2024 considered running against him — because others lobbied hard for her. “These things usually don’t work out,” the Friday statement from Trump read, “but she has strong Republican support, and I’m not doing this for me, I’m doing it for them.