Abraham Foxman, Longtime ADL Leader, Funeral Held at Park Avenue Synagogue

The funeral for Abraham Foxman was held on Tuesday at Park Avenue Synagogue in Manhattan, New York. Foxman, who died prior to May 14 2026, had led the Anti-Defamation League for 28 years. Abraham Foxman helmed the Anti-Defamation League from 1987 to 2015.

During that period he embodied an era when bipartisan support for Israel was a given and Jewish communal organizations held moral authority as arbiters of antisemitism, Haaretz reported. A photograph of Abe Foxman was taken in Rome in 2004, a time when antisemitism was still viewed by many as a proxy for anti-Americanism, according to the image credit from Corrado Giambalvo/AP.

The image accompanied coverage of his death.

Haaretz reported on the funeral and Foxman's legacy in an article published at 10:11 PM on May 14 2026 IDT by Joshua Leifer. The piece described Foxman as the longtime leader of the Anti-Defamation League who represented a now-passing generation of American Jewish institutional leadership.

The coverage noted Foxman's central role in an establishment that once operated with broad consensus on Israel policy and communal responses to antisemitism.

His tenure at the ADL coincided with periods when such organizations were widely accepted as authoritative voices on those issues. Funeral services drew participants to the Park Avenue Synagogue, a prominent Manhattan congregation long associated with the city's Jewish leadership circles. The timing on Tuesday came days after Foxman's death became public.

Foxman's death marks the end of a distinct chapter for the American Jewish establishment. The organizations he helped shape navigated an environment in which support for Israel enjoyed consistent backing across party lines in the United States.