Washington, DC – U.S. Secretary Of State Names Anti-Semitism Adviser

Washington, DC – The U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, is due to announce the appointment of Gregg Rickman as her senior adviser on anti-Semitism, JTA has learned.

The position stems from 2004 legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) and Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) that expanded State Department monitoring of anti-Semitism.

Rickman, for years a top Republican congressional aide, wrote a book about his years in the 1990s directing the Senate Banking Committee’s investigation of the role the Swiss Banks played in the Holocaust. His job will be to make sure bilateral relations with other nations and international organizations address any concerns about anti-Semitism.