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'''Abraham H. Foxman''' (born ]) is the current National Director and ] of the ] of ]. Mr. Foxman has worked for the Anti-Defamation League since 1965 and was promoted to National Director in 1987. '''Abraham H. Foxman''' (born ]) is the current National Director and ] of the ] of ]. Mr. Foxman has worked for the Anti-Defamation League since 1965 and was promoted to National Director in 1987.


Born in ], Foxman was saved from the ] by his Polish Catholic nanny who had him baptized into the ] church and raised him Catholic until the end of the Holocaust. Born in ], Foxman was saved from the ] by his Polish Catholic nanny who had him baptized into the ] church and raised him Catholic until the end of the Holocaust. Most of his family was not as fortunate as him and were murdered in Nazi ].


He arrived in ] in 1950 with his parents and graduated from Yeshiva of Flatbush, in ], and earned a ] degree in ] from the City College of the City University of New York and graduated with honors in history. Mr. Foxman also holds a law degree from ], and did graduate work in Jewish studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary and in international economics New York's New School for Social Research. He arrived in ] in 1950 with his parents and graduated from Yeshiva of Flatbush, in ], and earned a ] degree in ] from the City College of the City University of New York and graduated with honors in history. Mr. Foxman also holds a law degree from ], and did graduate work in Jewish studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary and in international economics New York's New School for Social Research.

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Abraham H. Foxman (born 1940) is the current National Director and chairman of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. Mr. Foxman has worked for the Anti-Defamation League since 1965 and was promoted to National Director in 1987.

Born in Poland, Foxman was saved from the Holocaust by his Polish Catholic nanny who had him baptized into the Roman Catholic church and raised him Catholic until the end of the Holocaust. Most of his family was not as fortunate as him and were murdered in Nazi concentration camps.

He arrived in America in 1950 with his parents and graduated from Yeshiva of Flatbush, in Brooklyn, New York, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the City College of the City University of New York and graduated with honors in history. Mr. Foxman also holds a law degree from New York University School of Law, and did graduate work in Jewish studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary and in international economics New York's New School for Social Research.

Foxman has worked with many world leaders including past U.S. Presidents, the current U.S. President George W. Bush, and many Middle East leaders as well as Pope John Paul II.

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