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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News Remembering Abe Foxman, the longtime ADL leader known as the ‘Jewish pope,’ who always answered my calls
Foxman, who died at 86, mixed blunt political analysis with personal warmth, Yiddish and weekly Shabbat greetings
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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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News Abe Foxman Fears ‘Major Calamity’ Could Send Unstable Trump Over The Edge
To gauge the deepest fears of Abraham Foxman, ask him if he worries about how President Trump might react to a major terror attack on American soil. Turning dark, the legendarily genial retired leader of the Anti-Defamation League said such a “calamity” might spur Trump to seek to vastly expand his executive powers in an…
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News Abe Foxman Says Wave Of Anti-Semitic Hate Is No ‘Crisis’ — And Jews Should Lay Off Trump
Abraham Foxman has been delivering a surprising message to Jewish leaders in recent weeks: Stay calm and lay off President Trump. “I’m telling them: ‘Cool it, cool it,’” he said, “But it’s very tough. People are very emotional.” The former national director of the Anti-Defamation League, who had spent a lifetime calling out any expression…
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Fast Forward Former Envoy Calls Trump’s Plan To Nix Anti-Semitism Post A ‘Disaster’
News that President Trump plans to eliminate the office of the special envoy to counter anti-Semitism as part of his planned budget cuts was met with some serious pushback from Jewish leaders — and from the last person to hold the position. “I can’t believe someone at the White House won’t have better sense… This is…
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Fast Forward Abe Foxman Blasts David Friedman for ‘Ugly’ Attack on Anti-Defamation League
WASHINGTON – Abraham Foxman, the retired Anti-Defamation League director, said language that President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Israel directed at the group is “unacceptable” and “ugly.” “Ambassador-designate Friedman’s ugly language in describing ADL, its current CEO, and J Street is unacceptable and it undermines the need for unity in our community to face…
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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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