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- Abraham Foxman, former Anti-Defamation League (ADL) director, died at 86, ADL said Sunday.
- He joined ADL in 1965, led it from 1987, and retired in 2015 after antisemitism fell to lows.
- ADL chief executive Jonathan Greenblatt called Foxman an iconic Jewish leader who believed America could defeat antisemitism.
- At his 2015 retirement party, Foxman was praised by Obama officials, Thomas Friedman, Rupert Murdoch and United Nations (UN) envoy Samantha Power.
