At Abraham Foxman’s funeral, an elegy for the last generation with direct ties to the Holocaust
The longtime ADL helped define American Jewish leadership in the second half of the 20th century
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Antisemitism Decoded Abe Foxman built the Jewish establishment. He died troubled by what it had become
The longtime Anti-Defamation League was frusturated that his successors shied away from condemning Trump for enabling antisemitism
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Opinion How Jesse Jackson changed his mind about Jews — and what Abe Foxman made of it
The late civil rights leader 'was the guy who couldn't pass the synagogue without going in,' the longtime ADL director said in a new interview with the Forward
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Fast Forward Abe Foxman: If Smotrich and Ben-Gvir get their way, Israel will lose me and American Jews
Foxman said he was 'optimistic" Netanyahu would resist the demands of extremist coalition partners
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Fast Forward Longtime Israel Advocates Warn Netanyahu That Expelling Africans Is Bad PR
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Five prominent Israel advocates, including Abraham Foxman and Alan Dershowitz, warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “incalculable damage” to Israel’s reputation should he press ahead with a plan to deport nearly 40,000 African migrants. “We, a group of ardent Zionists, who have devoted our lives to defending the good name of the…
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Fast Forward Will Jared and Ivanka Seize Their ‘Mordechai And Esther’ Moment To Rein In Trump?
Former Anti-Defamation League leader Abraham Foxman thinks now may be Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s “Mordechai and Esther moment.” Amid the uproar over President Trump’s blaming “both sides” for violence in Charlottesville, Foxman urged the president’s daughter and son-in-law to act like the legendary queen of Persia and her uncle, who famously blocked King Ahasverus…
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Opinion The Jewish Right Is Dead Wrong For Downplaying Anti-Semitism
Even though nearly half of the country’s Jewish community centers have received bomb threats; swastikas have defaced schools, colleges and synagogues, and cemeteries have been desecrated, there still seems to be a question about whether America is really experiencing a surge of anti-Semitism. Mystifyingly, other Jews are asking the question. While those skeptics decry the…
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News How Abe (Foxman) Bonded With Rupert (Murdoch) — at a $8,850-a-Week California Spa
Former Anti-Defamation League leader Abraham Foxman is viewed by many as a Jewish leader with a unique common man’s touch. But that has not hindered his twice-yearly visits, over two decades, to the exclusive Golden Door, a secluded spa on 600 acres of hills, meadows and gardens 35 miles north of San Diego, from where…
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