Meir Kahane

Meir David Kahane (Hebrew: מאיר דוד כהנא, Kahane being a variation on Cohen or "priest"; also known by the pseudonym Michael King) (August 1, 1932–November 5, 1990), was an American Orthodox rabbi, author, political activist, and eventually a member of the Israeli Knesset. On both sides of the Atlantic Kahane was known for his strong political and nationalist views, most apparent in his ideal of a theocratic "Greater Israel" but also evident in his clandestine work with the mafia, FBI, and Mossad. Kahane founded two controversial movements: the Jewish Defense League (JDL) in the United States and the Kach political party in Israel. The latter was declared a racist party by the Israeli government and in 1988 removed from the Knesset, and the former was formally listed as a terrorist organization by both the FBI and the U.S. State Department.

External links

• Kahane and the Jewish Defense League by the Anti-Defamation League
• Official Kahane Home Page
• Biography of Rabbi Meir Kahane, by followers of Rabbi Kahane
• Jewish Defense League Home Page.
• "Terrorist Group" Profiles of Kach and Kahane Chai
• International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism: Kach and Kahane Chai
• Crime Library article on Kahane: His killing starts Islamic violence
• Jewish Task Force, a Kahanist organization
• Rabbi Kahane's book Uncomfortable Questions for Comfortable Jews, complete edition
• Kahane, Israel: Revolution or Referendum?,
• Report on Kahane by the Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs (NGO of former U.S. State Department foreign officers)