Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt is sworn in by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in her ceremonial office of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on May 24, 2022 Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images By Jacob Kornbluh June 03, 2022 Democratic House members are urging the federal government to double funding for the State Department’s office of the special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill. Rep. Lois Frankel of Florida, who is Jewish, has requested at least $2 million for the office of the special envoy, citing a global rise in antisemitism, a spokesperson confirmed...