Farewell to a civil-rights beacon: Abe Foxman dies at 86
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Abraham Foxman, longtime ADL national director (1987–2015) and Holocaust survivor who grew up hidden as a Jew before emigrating to the U.S., died at 86. Funeral services were planned in New York, with tributes from Jonathan Greenblatt and Israeli leaders highlighting his lifelong fight against antisemitism and commitment to education and antibias work. Foxman authored books and op-eds, shaping American Jewish advocacy and the modern approach to defending civil rights and Israel in the Diaspora.
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