The White House has tapped an Orthodox Jewish man who had served as President Barack Obama’s Jewish liaison during his last year in office to fill that role again in the Biden administration.

Chanan Weissman, 37, currently director for technology and democracy for the National Security Council, will pick up his old job. Weissman has worked for the State Department for most of his career, most recently for the department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.

Jewish groups had asked the White House to name a Jewish liaison in light of growing antisemitism. Recently, the Biden administration chose Deborah Lipstadt, a noted Holocaust historian and Emory University professor, as its special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism. That position, located at the State Department, is intended to advance U.S. foreign policy on antisemitism. Weissman’s job as Jewish liaison is more U.S. and community-relations based. The position is intended to serve as a bridge between American Jews and the White House.