Jonny Gould’s Jewish State

18: US Special Envoy Elan Carr: The White House fight against antisemitism

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US Special Envoy Elan Carr’s White House role is to monitor and combat global antisemitism.

But the tragedies of the Pittsburgh and Poway synagogue attacks have ensured his focus has become more domestic.

He was appointed by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in February 2019.

Mr Carr's message is like Jonny Gould's Jewish State's: unity; for the Jewish community to stand together to fight anti-Jewish hatred - and to bridge the gap in an increasingly polarized America to work on bi-partisan solutions.

He is an Iraq war veteran, a former deputy US attorney in LA and a Republican in an historically Democratic district of the House of Representatives.

Elan is of Iraqi Jewish heritage and served the US military in Baghdad, lighting Chanukah candles and leading Shabbat services in the palace of deposed President Saddam Hussein.

We discuss issues of free speech, protected and unprotected speech plus where he sees the role of the IHRA definition of antisemitism in the future protections of Jewish people, and by extension safeguards to western society itself.

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