Thursday, 4:30 PM
Regional ADL votes to reinstate fired leader
By Keith O'Brien, Globe Staff
The regional board of the Anti-Defamation League voted today to ask the national office reinstate its fired leader, Andrew H. Tarsy, and urged the organization's national policy-making body to support a Congressional resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide that began in 1915.
Abraham H. Foxman, the ADL's national director, declined to comment today on how this vote would affect Tarsy, saying it was a "management issue." But he confirmed that the ADL's national policy-making body will take up the Congressional resolution issue when it meets in New York in early November.
"All they had to do was ask," Foxman said. "That's our procedure."
Before returning to New York late Tuesday, Foxman spent roughly 24 hours in Boston, trying to repair a fractured Jewish community outraged over his recent comments. The statement issued Tuesday by the ADL acknowledging the Armenian genocide was well received, Foxman said, and his visit to Boston was productive and helped the organization move forward.
"I felt people listened, were willing to listen, were willing to discuss," he said "There was very little anger, very little heat, a great deal of sensitivity and exchange."
