Heritage Florida Jewish News - Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice

Months ago, President Biden nominated longtime Democrat donor Elizabeth Frawley Bagley to serve as ambassador to Brazil. At her confirmation hearing in May, she faced bipartisan condemnation for a 1998 interview in which she claimed that Democrats entertained “stupid” pro-Israel viewpoints because of “the Jewish factor” and echoed old antisemitic tropes, saying, “There is always the influence of the Jewish lobby because there is major money involved.”

The ZOA opposed her nomination and noted that Bagley was among “a long list of President Biden’s antisemitic and Israelophobi...