Rabbi Meir Kahane
Meir Kahane was born in New York City in 1932. He was educated at Mir Yeshiva . He received degrees from New York Law School and New York University. He was ordained as a Rabbi in 1956.
Rabbi Kahane founded the Jewish Defense League (JDL) in 1968. He emigrated to Israel in 1971, where he founded the Israeli chapter of JDL as well as the Kach political party.
He was married and had one son, Binyamin. After his father's death, Binyamin led the movement until the and his wife were killed by Palestinian gunmen on December 31, 2000.
Active in both politics and political violence, Rabbi Kahane served in parliament and in jail and is the author of 15 books.
In 1990, Rabbi Kahane was assassinated in New York City. El Sayyid Nosair was convicted of crimes connected with this murder.
Bibliography
Cohen-Almagor, Raphael and Geoffrey Marshall. The Boundaries of Liberty and Tolerance: the Struggle Against Kahanism in Israel. University Press of Florida, 1994
Friedman, Robert I., The False Prophet: Rabbi Meri Kahane: From FBI Informant to Knesset Member. Lawrence Hill, 1992
Gorny, Yosef. Zionism and the Arabs, 1882-1948: A Study of Ideology. Oxford Clarendon Press, 1987
Kahane, Meir. Israel: Revolution of Referendum. Barricade Books, 1991
Kahane, Meir. The Jewish Idea. Institute for Publication of the Writings of Rabbi Meri Kahane, 1996 (vol 1), 1998 (vol 2)
Kahane, Meir. Listen World, Listen Jew. Institute for Publication of the Writings of Rabbi Meri Kahane, 1995
Kahane, Meir. On Jews and Judaism. Institute for Publication of the Writings of Rabbi Meri Kahane, 1993
Kahane, Meir. The Story of the Jewish Defense League. Institute for Publication of the Writings of Rabbi Meri Kahane, 2000
Kahane, Meir. They Must Go. Grosset & Dunlap, 1981
Medoff, Rafael, Shaim Waxman and Jon Woronoff, editors. Historical Dictionary of Zionism. Scarecrow, 2000.
Simonnot, Philippe and Raphael Mergui. Israel's Ayatollahs: Meir Kahane and the Far Right in Israel. Al Saqi, 1987
Links
Official Kahane Web Site
http://www.kahane.org/
Biography of Rabbi Meir Kahane
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/3141/bio.htm
Masada2000
Rabbi Meir Kahane - The Arabs MUST Go!
Includes videos of speeches
http://www.masada2000.org/kahane.html
New Kach Movement
http://www.newkach.org
PUBLICATION DATE:
December 2001
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20011201