{"id":6582,"date":"2023-04-20T02:20:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T02:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emoryhistorynews.wordpress.com\/?p=6582"},"modified":"2023-04-20T02:20:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T02:20:16","slug":"lipstadt-among-times-most-influential-people-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/2023\/04\/20\/lipstadt-among-times-most-influential-people-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Lipstadt Among TIME&#8217;s Most Influential People of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/files\/2023\/04\/lipstadt.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"http:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/files\/2023\/04\/lipstadt.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/files\/2023\/04\/lipstadt.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/files\/2023\/04\/lipstadt-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/files\/2023\/04\/lipstadt-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/files\/2023\/04\/lipstadt-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/files\/2023\/04\/lipstadt-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/files\/2023\/04\/lipstadt-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies, was recently named one of the most influential people in 2023 by TIME. Since last year Lipstadt has served as the U.S. State Department&#8217;s Special Envoy to combat antisemitism. The post positions Lipstadt, who is also associated faculty in the History Department, on the front lines of U.S. government efforts to contest the increasing wave of antisemitism across the globe. Read the biographic entry for Lipstadt, penned by Anti-Defamation League CEO and national director Jonathan Greenblatt, below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;In the Book of Proverbs, there\u2019s a hymn that speaks of a woman of valor\u2014Eshet Chayil\u00a0in Hebrew\u2014one who is strong and righteous and who also provides a safe home where Jewish values and traditions may thrive. As U.S. special envoy, Ambassador\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/4511630\/deborah-lipstadt-denial\/\">Deborah Lipstadt<\/a>\u00a0exemplifies this image, tirelessly working to protect Jewish communities, and to build a world where all are safe and protected.<br><br>&#8220;A distinguished scholar, Deborah has courageously taken on antisemitism on campus, in the courts, and in the halls of power. Now she is battling the \u201coldest hatred\u201d at a moment when anti-Jewish hate has surged to record levels in the U.S. and around the world.<br><br>&#8220;Deborah has aptly noted that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6250830\/remembering-the-holocaust-anti-semitism\/\">antisemitism<\/a>\u00a0might start with the Jews, but it never ends with the Jews. And so her work\u2014fearlessly calling on the international community to ensure that Jews everywhere can live safely and practice their faith freely\u2014is critical not only for Jewish people, but also for ensuring a society free of bigotry and intolerance for all people.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies, was recently named one of the most influential people in 2023 by TIME. Since last year Lipstadt has served as the U.S. State Department&#8217;s Special Envoy to combat antisemitism. The post positions Lipstadt, who is also associated faculty in the History Department, on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1282,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-faculty","category-public-humanities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}