Posts Tagged: abraham foxman
Silent Majority Needs Encouragement in Fight Against Antisemitism
JNS.org - For anyone unaware of Europe’s antisemitism problem, CNN’s “Anti-Semitism in Europe Poll 2018,” released this week, would have made for grim reading on many levels. Polling...
‘One Less Holocaust Denier on This Earth:’ Robert Faurisson, Notorious French Nazi Apologist, Dead at 89
Robert Faurisson -- the French academic honored by the Iranian regime and convicted in France during a four decade-long career as one of the world's leading...
Ex-ADL Chief at Jerusalem Antisemitism Conference: Technology Has Created a Tsunami of Hate Speech
Abraham Foxman, the former longtime head of the Anti-Defamation League, seemed decidedly unretired at the 6th Global Forum on Antisemitism in Jerusalem on Sunday. Holding...
Major Mainstream Jewish Groups Slam Trump Over Questioning of Taking Immigrants From ‘S**thole’ Countries
A number of top mainstream US Jewish groups have criticized President Donald Trump following his reported questioning on Thursday of taking immigrants from what he...
End the Gorka Calumny
This past week has been both solemn and happy in Israel. Israel mourned and remembered more than 23,500 of her best men and women who...
Former ADL Chief Abraham Foxman Warns Against ‘Politicization’ of Antisemitism; Calls Sarsour a ‘Bigot’ Who Should Not Have Received CUNY Invite
For the community of scholars, activists and advocates involved in combating antisemitism, there is always an occupational hazard of concentrating on one particular event or issue at...
Major Jewish Organization Takes Heat Over Defense of Potential DNC Chief With Anti-Israel Record
A major Jewish organization is facing criticism, after its leader issued a statement on Tuesday that was interpreted by some as a show of support...
Shame on the Anti-Defamation League
Irrespective of one’s personal opinion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s videotaped remarks on Palestinian “ethnic cleansing” of Jews from any future Palestinian state, Anti-Defamation League...
Abe Foxman’s Retirement is the End of an Era
I received a call recently from Abe Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, in which he castigated me for not consulting him in advance...
Why Anti-Semitic Statements by Celebrities Matter
Here at the Anti-Defamation League, we get it all the time. Most recently when we criticized Jarryd Hayne, a former Australian rugby star and now a running...
A Look Back With Departing ADL Chief Abraham Foxman (INTERVIEW)
Looking back after 50 years of service at the Anti-Defamation League, retiring national director Abraham Foxman expressed passionate worry about the safety and security of...
Why Won’t Jewish Leaders Fight BDS?
Press reports about the dinner in Washington last week honoring Abe Foxman's 50 years as head of the ADL had the White House Chief of...
Jewish Leaders Are Turning Against Obama on Israel
American Jewish leaders who supported the Oslo Accords or have criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are now strongly challenging the Obama Administration's policy toward Israel....
Jewish 100, 2014: Abraham Foxman – Community
Abraham Foxman National director of the Anti-Defamation League Although he announced that he would step down in early 2015 as the national director of the Anti-Defamation League,...