The ADL said in a statement that it "deeply mourns the loss of our longtime national director," without providing details ...

For almost three decades, he led the Anti-Defamation League, winning access to presidents and prime ministers and meeting with Pope John Paul II.

The national director of the Anti-Defamation League, who died May 10, credited his Polish Catholic nanny Bronisława Kurpi with saving his life during the Holocaust.

Abraham Foxman at the Anti-Defamation League Entertainment Industry Dinner Honoring Roma Downey And Mark Burnett at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 8, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by ...