(Jewish News of Northern California) The American Jewish Committee and two figures in the Bay Area Jewish community have come out in defense of a nominee for a federal position who has been accused by GOP lawmakers of holding anti-Israel sentiments.
Dilawar Syed was nominated March 3 by President Joe Biden to be deputy administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. If confirmed, he would become the highest-ranking Muslim American in the Biden administration.
Syed is a Pakistani American businessman from Redwood City who is the president and CEO of the Lumiata, a health care analytics company based in San Mateo. He also is the founding chairman of the 2-year-old California Entrepreneurship Task Force and, from 2010 to 2014, he advised President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
