Abe Foxman, advocate for American Jews as longtime head of Anti-Defamation League, dies at 86
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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2004 file photo, Abe Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, speaks to reporters at the ADL's office in New York. (AP Photo/David Karp, File)FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2004 file photo, Abe Foxman, director of the U.S. Anti-Defamation League, delivers his address on the second day of a two-day conference on anti-Semitism, in Rome. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2006 file photo, Abe Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, a U.S. group that fights racism and anti-Semitism, delivers a speech after he was awarded with the medal of Knight in the Legion of Honor order by French President Jacques Chirac, during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)FILE - In this June 17, 2015 photo, Jonathan Greenblatt, left, incoming national director for the Anti-Defamation League, talks with Abe Foxman, current director of the ADL, during a reception for a special dinner in Foxman's honor in New York. AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)FILE - In this June 17, 2015 photo, Anti-Defamation League National Director Abe Foxman, center, greets ADL education committee co-chair Charlotte Frank, right, and Fred Malek during a reception for a dinner in Foxman's honor in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2004 file photo, Abe Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, speaks to reporters at the ADL's office in New York. (AP Photo/David Karp, File)