Holly Huffnagle
Antisemitism in America
Summary
Holly Huffnagle serves as the US Director for Combating Antisemitism for the American Jewish Committee, which is one of the oldest Jewish organizations in the United States. In this conversation, Holly and Carly Maisel discuss many aspects of American antisemitism, both throughout history and its continued existence and impact today.
Holly Huffnagle
Holly Huffnagle serves as the American Jewish Committee’s US director for combating antisemitism. Previously, Holly was the assistant director of AJC Los Angeles, overseeing international relations and all projects and programs related to monitoring and combating antisemitism. Before coming to AJC, Holly served as the policy advisor to the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism at the US Department of State and as a researcher at the Mandel Centre of Advanced Holocaust Studies at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. She received her master’s degree from Georgetown University where she focused on 20th-century Polish history and Jewish-Muslim relations before, during, and after the Holocaust. She was a Scholar-in-Residence at Oxford University with the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy and has appeared in media outlets ranging from NBC, ABC, and Deep Dive Fox Nation, and has published articles in Times of Israel, Fox News, and other publications in the US. Holly received her BA in history from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California.
Carly Maisel
Carly Maisel is the global CEO of Kirsh Philanthropies.