Abraham Foxman

Some dare call it anti-Semitism

By Jeffrey Salkin — February 11, 2019
(RNS) — If American Jews perceive that the Democratic Party is moving into anti-Israel positions, they will be faced with a major quandary.

Who you calling the anti-Christ, Rudy?

By Jeffrey Salkin — October 10, 2018
Is Rudy Giuliani anti-Semitic? No -- but that's not the whole story.

Lay off the ADL!

By Jeffrey Salkin — April 19, 2018
The attack on the ADL is yet another chapter in a sad pattern that goes back to Karl Marx.

How a businessman is reshaping the Anti-Defamation League in an age of white nationalism

By Yonat Shimron — April 5, 2018
NEW YORK (RNS) —  If Jonathan Greenblatt took the job as head of the ADL thinking he would bring the organization into the 21st century, history had a bigger plan. The rise of white nationalism has given him a challenge his predecessor never had.

Why we can’t ban anti-Semites from the US

By Jeffrey Salkin — August 23, 2016
(RNS) Trump wants to ban anti-Semites from America. Thanks, but it won't work.

Dylann Roof attacked religion, too

By Jeffrey Salkin — June 23, 2015
Sometimes, God sits and weeps. This past week in Charleston was one of those times.

Why do people hate Jews and Judaism? (COMMENTARY)

By Benjamin Blech — May 21, 2015
NEW YORK (RNS) Jews are hated not because they are bad but because they persist in reminding the world of what it means to be good.

Anti-Defamation League names White House official as new leader

By Lauren Markoe — November 6, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) A veteran of the Obama White House will lead the Anti-Defamation League after the retirement of longtime director Abe Foxman.

Survey: One-quarter of the world harbors anti-Semitic sentiment

By Lauren Markoe — May 13, 2014
(RNS) One in four people globally are anti-Semitic, and nearly half the world has never heard of -- or denies or believes the Holocaust is exaggerated -- a new study finds.

Protestant and Jewish leaders try to mend rift

By Lauren Markoe — April 23, 2014
(RNS) Some doubted whether the Protestants and Jews of the Christian-Jewish Roundtable would ever come together again. They did.

COMMENTARY: Anti-Semitism card overplayed in Ukraine

By Abraham H. Foxman — April 18, 2014
(RNS) In Ukraine, manufactured incidents of anti-Semitism have been cynically used to discredit political opponents as anti-Semites, whether they are, or not.

Anti-Semitic incidents continue to decline in US

By Lauren Markoe — April 2, 2014
(RNS) The ADL tracked an overall decline in anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. last year but also a rise in violent anti-Semitic assaults.

10 names to replace Abe Foxman, the ‘Jewish pope’

By Lauren Markoe — February 11, 2014
(RNS) Who can replace the "Jewish pope"? Here are 10 possible names to succeed Abe Foxman at the Anti-Defamation League.

CAIR taps Jewish filmmaker to lead Philadelphia chapter

By Omar Sacirbey — October 17, 2013
(RNS) Jacob Bender is the highest ranking non-Muslim in the Washington-based organization, and the first to lead one of its chapters.

Anti-Semitism on downward slide but still rampant online

By Lauren Markoe — July 24, 2013
(RNS) The growth in online expressions of anti-Semitism may help explain a decrease in incidents of vandalism, where "bigots are more likely to take to the Internet to express themselves anonymously, rather than acting out in a public setting.”
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