Abe Foxman, 1940-2026
Government
When a Pew poll in 2013 of American Jewish views on religion and politics and Israel showed stark divisions, with only 38 percent saying they believed Israel was making a sincere effort to make peace with the Palestinians, reporters and others questioned why mainstream Jewish organizations remained resolute advocates for the Jewish state. Abe Foxman, then the head of the Anti-Defamation League, responded in his usual blunt, cheerful, informal fashion: “You know who the Jewish establishment
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