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President Joe Biden.\u00a0 (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images via JTA.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Ron Kampeas<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON\u00a0\u2014 After months of speculation, President Joe Biden has chosen Chanan Weissman as White House liaison to the Jewish community.<\/p>\n

Weissman, 37, was President Barack Obama\u2019s Jewish liaison in the last months of his presidency. Sources close to the White House on Thursday confirmed the choice.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to have Chanan Weissman serve as the White House\u2019s liaison to the Jewish community,\u201d a White House official told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. \u201cChanan will provide strong leadership in the administration\u2019s efforts to partner with Jewish leaders, organizations, and community members to combat antisemitism and hate; serve people in need; support the US-Israel relationship; and promote dignity, equality, and opportunity for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Weissman\u2019s LinkedIn profile says he has since May been director of technology and democracy at the White House\u2019s National Security Council. It\u2019s not yet clear if he will maintain that position as he assumes the role of Jewish liaison.<\/p>\n

Jewish groups have been pressing the White House to name a Jewish liaison and a State Department antisemitism monitor as antisemitism has spiked in recent months. Last week,\u00a0Biden nominated Deborah Lipstadt<\/a>, a noted Holocaust historian, to be the antisemitism monitor.<\/p>\n

The Anti-Defamation League praised the appointment, although the White House had yet to formally make the announcement on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cEspecially in light of the recent rise in antisemitic incidents, we\u2019re pleased the White House has chosen Chanan Weissman to finally fill the position of liaison to the Jewish American community,\u201d Jonathan Greenblatt, the ADL CEO, said in a statement. \u201cThis will improve the Biden Administration\u2019s ability to foster relationships with the Jewish community and work with stakeholders to address concerns such as antisemitism and extremism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Weissman\u00a0first came to the role in April 2016<\/a>\u00a0after a long stint working in the office of the antisemitism monitor, who was at the time Ira Forman.<\/p>\n

Weissman returned to the State Department with Donald Trump\u2019s assumption of the presidency in 2017 as a career hire, not a political appointee, and remained in the department in various capacities through April.<\/p>\n

The graduate of Georgetown\u2019s School of Foreign Service has also worked at the Pentagon on Middle East issues. He is from Baltimore, where he graduated from Beth Tfiloh, a Jewish community day school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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