Mini-gloat: Our website consistently outranks the (annual budget: $60m) ADL website on the World Wide Web 

Website note: Abraham Foxman, wealthy and controversial chief of the Anti Defamation League, likes to refer to himself as a “Holocaust survivor.” As a biography on this website shows, he was not even born when Hitler invaded his native Poland, and he was looked after by Polish Catholics throughout the war; his parents also “survived”. Author, “Never Again? The Threat of the New Anti-Semitism,” foreword by Elie Wiesel ($24.95, 304 pages).

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… on Abraham Foxman The boss of crusade against anti-semitism confesses to press that his organisation took huge bribe to influence US President to pardon billionaire Jewish fraudster | — says “The guy who gives you $100 doesn’t get as much attention as the guy who gives you $10,000” | — admits ADL took Marc Rich’s $100G before pushing pardon: sees “no connection” | ADL’s Foxman grovels, March, 2001 |–New York Daily News assails ADL, “Jewish Leaders’ Unpardonable Role” in Jan. 2001 Marc Rich corruption scandal | Elie Wiesel denies he Threw Weight into Campaign to Secure Pardon for Mega-Fraudster Rich (but he did) | Marc Rich Linked To $9 Billion Russian Jewish mafia Money Laundering Investigation | Walter Reich and Charles Krauthammer on Bill Clinton’s pardoning of tax-fraudster Marc Rich

Contact: Myrna Shinbaum, 212-885-7747, Todd Gutnick, 212-885-7755, Peter Hoffman, 212-885-7715, all of the Anti-Defamation League

News Advisory: — Agenda Items:

Rise in Global Anti-Semitism, Update on Mideast Crisis, Panel Discussion on Mel Gibson‘s “The Passion”

WHO: Anti-Defamation League (ADL) WHAT: ADL National Commission Meeting

WHERE: The Plaza Hotel, Fifth Avenue at Central Park South, New York City

WHEN: Thursday, November 6 – Friday, November 7, 2003 —

PRESS CREDENTIALS REQUIRED

The alarming rise in global anti-Semitism, the repercussions of the upcoming film “The Passion of Christ” and the Mideast crisis are among the issues slated for ADL’s 90th annual meeting in New York City. ADL leaders from across the country will hear from policymakers, journalists and senior government officials.
The Following Events Are Open to the Media: (Program still in formation)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6 [2003] 10:30 a.m.
— Opening Address: Baroque Ballroom — Why Anti-Semitism Now?
— Abraham H. Foxman, ADL national director and author, Never Again? The Threat of the New Anti-Semitism 11:30 a.m.
— Anti-Semitism: The U.S. Government Response — Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla., Member U.S. Delegation, OSCE Meeting on Anti-Semitism — Lorne Craner, assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor

12:45 p.m. — GRAND BALLROOM — Presentation of the ADL Courage to Care Award to Dr. Pentelis-Vasileios Nikolaou, son of Dr. Kostas Nikolaou, Greek Rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust

1:30 p.m. — GRAND BALLROOM — Presentation of the ADL Daniel Pearl Award to Thomas L. Friedman, foreign affairs columnist, The New York Times [FPP Website note: The murdered journalist Pearl, often described as a US reporter, was an Israeli citizen, and US newspapers were asked not to reveal this fact:  “Family’s anger, as Ha’aretz reveals that murdered WSJ journalist Daniel Pearl was Israeli citizen“]

2:30 p.m. — BAROQUE BALLROOM — Mel Gibson’s “The Passion” A Conversation on its Implications for Jews and Christians —
Paula Fredriksen, professor of theology, Boston University — Sister Mary C. Boys, professor of Judeo-Christian Studies, Union Theological Seminary Moderator: Abraham H. Foxman, ADL national director

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7
9:30 a.m. — BAROQUE BALLROOM — The Islamic World: A Wake-Up Call for Change
— Irshad Manji, journalist, TV producer and author of Canadian bestseller, The Trouble With Islam
10 a.m. — Israel and the Palestinians: Where Are We Going? — Ambassador Dan Gillerman, Israeli U.N. Representative
10:30 a.m. — Israel’s Fence: Is It a Good Neighbor Policy? — David Makovsky, senior fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
11 a.m. — BAROQUE BALLROOM Keynote Address: Attorney General John Ashcroft –– NOTE: CAMERA SET-UP AT 9 A.M.
12:30 p.m. — GRAND BALLROOM — Presentation of the ADL Klinghoffer Award to Kevin Donovan, former assistant director, New York Field Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, for his role in counterterrorism investigations
1:15 p.m. — Presentation of the ADL Hubert H. Humphrey First Amendment Freedoms Prize to Floyd Abrams, First Amendment Attorney
1:45 p.m. — BAROQUE BALLROOM — Church-State Separation: The Current Landscape — Isaac Kramnick, professor of government, Cornell University

EDITORS NOTE: Abraham H. Foxman, ADL national director, will be available for interviews by appointment