When Deborah Lipstadt was nominated last summer to lead an expanded State Department office as an ambassador to monitor and confront antisemitism abroad, the appointment appeared ready to sail through. Professor Lipstadt is a renowned scholar of the Holocaust , the author of six books , and an expert on contemporary antisemitism in all its shapes and forms. “It’s mind-blowing that she has not been confirmed,” says Pamela Nadell, Director of the Jewish Studies Program at American University. “I thought fighting anti-Semitism was the one issue that wasn’t partisan.” Lipstadt is one of hundreds of Biden appointees to Senate-confirmed positions...