Rivers should apologize for Holocaust reference on E! show, ADL says

Published on February 27, 2013

The Anti-Defamation League called on "Fashion Police" host Joan Rivers to apologize for a Holocaust reference she made on the show.

Designer John Galliano dresses as Chasid for N.Y. Fashion Week show

Published on February 13, 2013

John Galliano, the former Christian Dior fashion head who was fired after making anti-Semitic slurs in a Paris cafe, dressed as a Chasidic Jew at New York Fashion Week.

Benedict’s papacy: a period of close Jewish relations with occasional bumps

Published on February 11, 2013

Pope Benedict XVI’s eight-year reign as head of the world’s 1 billion Catholics sometimes was a bumpy one for the Vatican’s relations with Israel and the wider Jewish community. But it was also a period in which relations where consolidated and fervent pledges made to continue interfaith dialogue and bilateral cooperation.

ADL calls on conservatives to keep Nazi analogies out of gun debate

Published on January 25, 2013

The Anti-Defamation League called on conservatives to keep Nazi analogies out of the gun control debate.

ADL lauds ‘redemption’ of disgraced designer Galliano

Published on January 18, 2013

The Anti-Defamation League said disgraced designer John Galliano has changed his beliefs and now understands the evils of anti-Semitism.

The Hagel dialectic: Defenders and detractors tussle over Israel record

Published on December 19, 2012

The expected nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel as the next defense secretary has sparked an outcry from segments of the pro-Israel community.

In wake of Gaza conflict, anti-Israel activity on campus is rising, ADL says

Published on November 27, 2012

More than 100 anti-Israel demonstrations have been held in the United States in the wake of Israel's Gaza military operation, with more than one-third on college campuses, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

ADL honors Pakistani teen shot for advocating education for females

Published on October 16, 2012

The Pakistani teenage girl who was shot in the head for speaking out against the Taliban was honored at an Anti-Defamation League concert.

Foxman: Draft Israeli Arabs, haredim to defend their neighborhoods

Published on August 17, 2012

Israel should consider drafting its Arab and Haredi population to defend their neighborhoods, according to a prominent American Jewish leader.

Jewish Dems’ call on GOP to cut off Adelson’s giving revives civility talk

Published on July 10, 2012

Sheldon Adelson, whose cash and rhetoric has hit candidates hard this election cycle, just got swiped himself.

Russell Simmons calls for truce with ADL’s Foxman

Published on June 25, 2012

Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons has called for a truce with Abraham Foxman, the national director of the Anti-Defamation League.

Foxman slams Simmons for likening him to Farrakhan

Published on June 22, 2012

Abraham Foxman said Russell Simmon's likening of the Anti-Defamation League's national director to Louis Farrakhan was "outrageous and ugly."

Ford Foundation awards $500,000 grant to ADL

Published on May 16, 2012

The Ford Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to the Anti-Defamation League to support research on anti-immigrant groups and continue anti-bias training for educators.

Foxman: Be wary of anti-Muslim Israel lovers

Published on July 27, 2011

Jews and Israel should be wary of anti-Muslim extremists who claim to embrace Israel and Zionism, Anti-Defamation League national director Abraham Foxman said.

There Is Nothing Like Home

By Rabbi Elazar Muskin
Published on February 22, 2007

By the time they left the synagogue, Abraham Foxman had made up his mind. When he returned to the nursemaid's home he announced that he wanted to be Jewish because he liked the "Jewish Church." There he said, they "celebrate life."

Garbage Mouth

By Rob Eshman
Published on December 16, 2004

When the controversy over Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" first erupted, Jewish leaders like Abraham Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League angered Christians by coming out forcefully against the movie.

William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, took umbrage. "A lot of Catholics in this town are saying, 'Is that how Jews are looking at us,'" he told The Jewish Week, "'that you scratch a Catholic and out comes a latent anti-Semite?'"

Last week, Donohue provided the answer to his rhetorical question. And the answer is, in his case, yes.

L.A. ADL Talks of Split

By Wendy J. Madnick
Published on January 17, 2002

Following the recent dismissal of Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Regional Director David Lehrer, Los Angeles members continued to discuss the prospect of splitting off from the New York organization. Close to 100 people attended the meeting of the executive board of the Pacific Southwest Region of the ADL on Wednesday, Jan. 9, to discuss Lehrer's dismissal.

Following the Leader

Published on March 23, 2000

Not long after he took over as national director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Abraham Foxman was asked to fly to Geneva and head off an international crisis. It set the tone for what's come since.