Will State Department’s new antisemitism monitor give antisemites a pass? – Jewish Democrats are competing for the post, but if progressives get their way, the pick may not uphold a definition of Jew-hatred that applies to the left as well as the right. | israelhayom.com

In recent weeks, an attempt to derail a consensus about the definition of antisemitism has received serious support from the Jewish left. The mainstream Jewish community, in addition to the United States and a number of other nations, has embraced the definition put forward by the International Holocaust Remembrance Association. But two new definitions have emerged to challenge that text. This controversy may also play a role in both the selection of a new head of the State Department’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat antisemitism and the future role of that office.