Arnold Forster
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Arnold Forster (25 June 1912 – 7 March 2010), born Arnold Fastenberg, was an attorney and general council for the Anti-Defamation League.
Life
Fastenberg was born in 1912 in Brooklyn. He attended college and law school at St. John's University. In 1938, Forster, a Zionist and member of the B’nai B’rith, organized a group of lawyers to work on behalf of the Anti-Defamation League. He officially joined the organization in 1940.
He retired from the ADL in 1979 to practice law. In 1983, he represented Ariel Sharon in a libel suite against Time magazine concerning their coverage of Sharon's role in the Sabra and Shatila massacre. Forster wrote his memoir, Square One, in 1988 and co-authored several books with ADL National Director Benjamin R. Epstein giving updates on the activities of anti-Jewish groups and individuals.
Works
- Anti-Semitism (1947)
- A Measure of Freedon (1950)
- The Troublemakers (1952) with Benjamin R. Epstein
- Cross-Currents (1956) with Benjamin R. Epstein
- "Some of My Best Friends…" (1962) with Benjamin R. Epstein
- Danger on the Right (1964) with Benjamin R. Epstein
- The Radical Right: Report on the John Birch Society and its Allies (1967) with Benjamin R. Epstein
- The New Anti-Semitism (1974) with Benjamin R. Epstein
- Square One (1988)
