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ADL’s Abe Foxman dead

May 11, 2026

Abraham (Abe) Foxman, a Holocaust survivor who headed the Anti-Defamation League from 1987 to 2015, died on May 10 at the age of 86.

Abraham was born in 1940 in Baranovichi (then Poland, now Belarus). During the Nazi occupation, he was saved by a Catholic nanny. His parents also survived and emigrated with him to the United States.

He lived in New York sing 1950. He graduated from Flatbush, City University College of New York and New York University Law School. In 1965, he joined the ADL, where he held the position of Assistant Director for Legal Affairs, and in 1987 he became the National Director.

Foxman has his wife Golda, children Michelle and Ariel, son-in-law Brandon Cardet-Hernandez and grandchildren Cielo, Leila, Gideon and Amirit.

Source: https://stmegi.com/posts/138500/ushel-iz-zhizni-mnogoletniy-glava-antidiffamatsionnoy-ligi-avraam-foksman/