Ahead of US President Joe Biden’s trip to the Middle East, the State Department was also preparing for the first trip abroad for its Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism (SEAS), Ambassador Deborah E. Lipstadt. According to Lipstadt, her trip to the Middle East – which included stops in Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates – was meant to combat anti-Semitism in the region. “I’m trying to see if there are ways we can address the normalizing of the treatment of the Jew and Jewish history and culture,” Lipstadt told the Religion News Service. “Jews have a rich history in …