White House Aide Will Be New ADL National Director

The Anti-Defamation League announced yesterday that its new National Director will be Jonathan Greenblatt who currently serves as Special Assistant to President Obama and Director of the White House Office of Social Innovation & Civic Participation. Greenblatt, the grandson of a Holocaust survivor who escaped Nazi Germany, is described as a social entrepreneur who has had a lifelong commitment to Jewish social causes.  Greenblatt will succeed long-time ADL director Abe Foxman.