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Yehuda Kaploun

Pro-Palestinian activists protest with a football-shaped sign and a Palestinian flag outside Wembley Stadium to demand that the Football Association issue a public statement calling for the Israeli Football Association (IFA) to be suspended from participation in UEFA and FIFA tournaments, on October 2, 2025 in London, United Kingdom. (Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images via JTA)
April 18, 2026, 6:56 am
Trump antisemitism envoy: US will bar World Cup attendees tied to antisemitism abroad
People who want to sow discord in this country are not welcome, Yehuda Kaploun says, while denying report claiming US will ban specific European politicians
By Grace Gilson
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks during a news conference in Blaine, Minnesota, January 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
January 28, 2026, 8:47 am
‘Anne Frank was in Amsterdam legally’: Trump antisemitism envoy refutes Walz ICE comparison
Kaploun says Minnesota governor’s comment over crackdown ‘cheapens the horror of the Holocaust’; US Holocaust Museum blasts ‘false equivalencies’
By Andrew Lapin
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt (left) seen after receiving the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen 2024 (Karlspreis) on May 9, 2024, in Aachen, western Germany. (Ina Fassbender/AFP); Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun arrives at a US Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be the special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, November 19, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
January 24, 2026, 6:36 am
US antisemitism envoy feuds with prominent European rabbi, drawing praise from Elon Musk
Pinchas Goldschmidt attributes rise of far right ‘to the insecurity felt by the so-called old Europeans’ over Mideast migrants, as Yehuda Kaploun says mass migration to blame for growing Jew hatred
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun arrives to a US Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be the special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, November 19, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
December 19, 2025, 6:51 pm
US Senate confirms Chabad rabbi as Trump’s antisemitism envoy
Senators split along party lines to approve Yehuda Kaploun for post amid surging Jew-hatred in the United States and overseas
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Donald Trump and Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun light a candle during an October 7th remembrance event at the Trump National Doral Golf Club, on October 7, 2024, in Doral, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)
November 19, 2025, 6:48 am
Group of House Democrats urges Senate to oppose Trump’s pick for antisemitism envoy
Ahead of confirmation hearing, letter sent to senators cites Hasidic Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun’s comments against Democrats, including that Jews who back the party are under ‘curse’
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Then-Republican presidential nominee President Donald Trump talks with Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun at an event marking one year since the October 7 Hamas atrocities, October 7, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
July 16, 2025, 5:12 am
Post of envoy to combat antisemitism remains unfilled 6 months into Trump’s 2nd term
US president tapped Hasidic fixer Yehuda Kaploun for the ambassador-level role, but GOP-controlled Senate has yet to schedule a confirmation hearing despite rising Jew hatred worldwide
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Then-Republican presidential nominee President Donald Trump lights a candle with Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun at an event marking one year since the October 7 Hamas atrocities, October 7, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 19, 2025, 1:50 am
The rise of Yehuda Kaploun: How a Hasidic fixer became Trump’s antisemitism czar nominee
For decades, the candidate has kept a low profile while active in Jewish life, business and politics. Now, as he awaits Senate confirmation, the community he served is noticeably quiet
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
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