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Encyclopedia > Meir Kahane
Meir Kahane
Date of birth 1 August 1932
Year of Aliyah 1971
Date of death 5 November 1990
Knesset(s) 11th
Party Kach

Rabbi Meir David Kahane (Hebrew: מאיר דוד כהנא‎, also known by the pseudonyms Michael King, David Sinai and Hayim Yerushalmi, 1 August 19325 November 1990) was an American-Israeli Orthodox rabbi, author, political activist, and a former member of the Israeli Knesset. [1] Photo of Rabbi Meir Kahane preaching This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Elections for the eleventh Knesset were held in Israel on 23 July, 1984. ... The logo of the Kach party. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... A pseudonym or allonym is a name (sometimes legally adopted, sometimes purely fictitious) used by an individual as an alternative to their birth name. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Rabbi, in Judaism, means a religious ‘teacher’, or more literally, ‘great one’. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ‘great’ or ‘distinguished (in knowledge)’. Sephardic and Yemenite Jews pronounce this word ribbÄ«; the modern Israeli pronunciation rabbÄ« is derived from a... The modern Knesset building, Israels parliament, in Jerusalem Though similar-sounding, Beit Knesset (בית כנסת) literally means House of Assembly, and refers to a synagogue. ...


Kahane was known in the United States and Israel for his strong political and nationalist views, exemplified in his promotion of a theocratic Greater Israel which meant that he believed that God intended the area for the Jewish people and therefore they should take and annex Judea, Samaria (also called the West Bank), and Gaza. He founded 2 controversial movements: the Jewish Defense League (JDL) in the USA and Kach, an Israeli political party. In 1984, Kach gained one seat in the Knesset and Rabbi Meir Kahane became a member. In 1986, Rabbi Meir Kahane voted in favor of an anti-racism law that exempted "acts for purposes of religious worship or intended to preserve Israel's unique character." In 1986, Kach was declared a racist party by the Israeli government and banned from the Knesset, and, in 1994, following the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre by Dr. Baruch Goldstein the movement was outlawed completely. Kahane's Knesset career was ended by section 7a of Basic Law: The Knesset (1958): "Prevention of Participation of Candidates List." Mythological King Davids Kingdom at the time of his death Greater Israel (also Complete Land of Israel, Hebrew: ‎, Eretz Yisrael Hashlemah[1][2]) is a term that denotes Biblical boundaries of the Land of Israel. ... Map of the southern Levant, c. ... It has been suggested that Sebastia, Middle East be merged into this article or section. ... Not to be confused with the Spanish name Garza or the Egyptian town of Giza. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Kach was an extremist right-wing Israeli party led by Meir Kahane. ... Political parties in Israel: Israels political system is based on proportional representation which allows for a multi-party system with numerous parties, in which a single party usually has no chance of gaining power by itself, forcing the parties to cooperate and form coalition governments. ... Racism is a belief or concept that inherent differences between people (such as those upon which the concept of race is based) determine cultural or individual achievement, and may involve the idea that ones own race is superior. ... The modern Knesset building, Israels parliament, in Jerusalem Though similar-sounding, Beit Knesset (בית כנסת) literally means House of Assembly, and refers to a synagogue. ... The facade and minarets of the Cave of the Patriarchs. ... The Basic Laws of Israel are a key component of Israels uncodified constitution. The State of Israel has no formal constitution. ...


Kahane was assassinated in Manhattan in 1990 after concluding a speech in a New York hotel.[2] El Sayyid Nosair later stood trial for the murder in state court and was acquitted (though convicted for gun possession). Later he faced Federal charges including Kahane's murder as part of the 1993 al Qaeda terrorist truck-bombing of the World Trade Center and plots to bomb the United Nations building and to assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.[3] He was convicted on these Federal charges and is serving a life sentence. Manhattan is a borough of New York City, New York, USA, coterminous with New York County. ... El Sayyid Nosair (born November 16, 1955) is an Egyptian-born American citizen and terrorist involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. ... In the 1993 World Trade Center bombing (February 26, 1993) a car bomb was detonated by Islamic terrorists in the underground parking garage below Tower One of the World Trade Center in New York City. ... The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... Muhammad Hosni Said Mubarak (Arabic: محمد حسنى سيد مبارك Muḥammad Ḥusnī Mubārak), commonly known as Hosni Mubarak (Arabic: حسنى مبارك Ḥusnī Mubārak), has been the President of Egypt since 14 October 1981. ...

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Early life

Kahane was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1932 to an Orthodox Jewish family. His father, Rabbi Yechezkel Sharaga Kahane, was born in Safed, Turkish Palestine, in 1905, and went to study in Polish and Czech yeshivas religious schools. Later, he emigrated to the USA, where he served as rabbi of 2 congregations. Meir received his rabbinical ordination from the Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn. He was fully conversant with the Talmud and Tanakh (Jewish Bible), and worked as a pulpit Rabbi and teacher in the 1960s. During this period, he tutored famed Jewish folk musician Arlo Guthrie for his Bar Mitzvah.[4] Subsequently, he earned a law degree from the New York University Law School. For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Safed (Hebrew: צְפַת, Tiberian: , Israeli: Tsfat, Ashkenazi: Tzfas; Arabic: صفد ; KJV English: Zephath) is a city in the North District in Israel. ... The Holy Land or Palestine Showing not only the Old Kingdoms of Judea and Israel but also the 12 Tribes Distinctly, and Confirming Even the Diversity of the Locations of their Ancient Positions and Doing So as the Holy Scriptures Indicate, a geographic map from the studio of Tobiae Conradi... A yeshiva (Hebrew, pl. ... Semicha (Hebrew: ‎, leaning [of the hands]), also semichut (Hebrew: ‎, ordination), or semicha lerabbanut (Hebrew: ‎, rabbinical ordination) is derived from a Hebrew word which means to rely on or to be authorized. It generally refers to the ordination of a rabbi within Judaism. ... Yeshivas Mir (Hebrew: ‎), commonly known as the Mirrer Yeshiva or The Mir, is the name of a major Haredi yeshiva located in Brooklyn, New York. ... The first page of the Vilna Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Berachot, folio 2a. ... Tanakh (‎) (also Tanach, IPA: or , or Tenak) is an acronym that identifies the Hebrew Bible. ... Arlo Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer. ... When a Jewish child reaches the age of maturity (12 years and one day for girls, 13 years and one day for boys) that child becomes responsible for him/herself under Jewish law; at this point a boy is said to become Bar Mitzvah (בר מצו&#1493... A Law degree is the degree conferred on someone who successfully completes studies in law. ... The New York University School of Law (or simply NYU Law) is one of eight law schools in New York City. ...


As a teenager, he became an ardent admirer of Ze'ev Jabotinsky, who was a frequent guest in his parents' home, and joined the Betar (Bet Trumpeldor) youth wing of Revisionist Zionism. He actively participated in protests against Ernest Bevin, the British Foreign Secretary who blocked emigration of Nazi death camp survivors to the Jewish Homeland and opposed Israel's independence in favor of creating a Hashemite Arab monarchy dependent on British power ( and a rival claimant to the Saudi royal family for control of oil resources and the holy cities of Mecca and Medina ). Kahane also organized and launched noisy public demonstrations in the USA against the Soviet Union's policy of persecuting Zionist activists and curbing Jewish emigration to Israel. He was active in the "Free Soviet (Russian) Jewry" movement and advocated policies designed to increase emigration of Russian refuseniks to Israel. Zeev Jabotinsky Zeev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky MBE (Hebrew: זאב זבוטינסקי, Russian: Зеэв (Владимир Евгеньевич) Жаботинский, also known as Zeev Zhabotinski, 18 October 1880 – 4 August 1940) was a Zionist leader, author, orator, soldier, and founder of the Jewish Legion in World War I. // Born in Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire, he was raised in a... Palestine (comprising todays Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza strip) and Transjordan (todays Kingdom of Jordan) were all part of the British Mandate of Palestine. ... Ernest Bevin (9 March 1881 - 14 April 1951) was a British labour leader, politician, and statesman best known for his time as Minister of Labour in the war-time coalition government, and as Foreign Secretary in the post-war Labour government. ... The position of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs was created in the United Kingdoms governmental reorganization of 1782, in which the Northern and Southern Departments became the Home and Foreign Offices. ... Refusenik (Hebrew: , transliterated: mesorav); or Otkaznik (Russian: , from отказ, i. ...


In the 1960s, Kahane was an editor of an Anglo-Jewish weekly, Brooklyn's The Jewish Press, and was a regular correspondent for that paper. The Jewish Press bills itself as the largest independent weekly Jewish newspaper in the United States. ...


Ideology

Kahane's ideology has been called Kahanism. Kahane adhered to the belief that Biblical Jewish law contains directions for how to run a Jewish state, and that these directions are directly applicable in the present day. He believed that a Jewish democracy with non-Jewish citizens was contradictory because the non-Jewish citizens might someday become a numerical majority and vote to make the State non-Jewish. He, among others (such as author Joan Peters), believed that a Palestinian people do not exist, regarding Palestinians as disparate and unrelated Arab clans with no distinct national identity. Kahane claimed that no description of Palestinian Arabs as a distinct nationality can be found in any pre-20th century text and he frequently challenged his detractors to prove otherwise. He also claimed that historically there are no examples of Arab Muslims living peacefully alongside other non-Arab ethnic groups. Thus Kahane proposed the forcible deportation of all Arabs from all lands controlled by the Israeli government. In his view, evicting most Palestinian Arab Muslims (even Israeli Arabs), was the only solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to the Arab-Israeli conflict. When he served as a Member of the Knesset he proposed a $40,000 compensation plan for the Arabs he was to evict. Speaking: US-born Rabbi Meir Kahane, leader of the Kach party in the Knesset. ... Halakha (Hebrew: הלכה; also transliterated as Halakhah, Halacha, Halakhot and Halachah with pronunciation emphasis on the third syllable, kha), is the collective corpus of Jewish religious law, including biblical law (the 613 mitzvot) and later talmudic and rabbinic law as well as customs and traditions. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... From Time Immemorial is an 1984 book by Joan Peters arguing that Jews had lived in and around Palestine since the dawn of recorded history. ... The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Israel, with the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which is often claimed to be at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict, is an ongoing dispute between two peoples, Jewish Israelis and Arab Palestinians, who both claim the right to sovereignty over the Land... Combatants Arab nations Israel Arab-Israeli conflict series History of the Arab-Israeli conflict Views of the Arab-Israeli conflict International law and the Arab-Israeli conflict Arab-Israeli conflict facts, figures, and statistics Participants Israeli-Palestinian conflict · Israel-Lebanon conflict · Arab League · Soviet Union / Russia · Israel and the United...


Kahane also believed that Israel should limit citizenship to Jews only and adopt Biblical Jewish law (Halakha) in public life. He advocated that the Israeli government should pass theocratic laws such as banning the sale of pork, outlawing missionary activities in Israel, and a ban on all sexual relations between Jews and non-Jews [1]. Supporters say Kahane was protecting Torah values and the integrity of the Jewish nation, but his detractors consider Kahane's views bigoted. See: Jewish view of marriage. Halakha (Hebrew: הלכה; also transliterated as Halakhah, Halacha, Halakhot and Halachah with pronunciation emphasis on the third syllable, kha), is the collective corpus of Jewish religious law, including biblical law (the 613 mitzvot) and later talmudic and rabbinic law as well as customs and traditions. ... Two Mormon missionaries A missionary is traditionally defined as a propagator of religion who works to convert those outside that community; someone who proselytizes. ... It has been suggested that Tawrat be merged into this article or section. ... Judaism considers marriage to be the ideal state of existence; a man without a wife, or a woman without a husband, are considered incomplete. ...


Israel

In the U.S., the Jewish Defense League ( JDL ) engaged in militant defensive and offensive activities, including the bombing of several buildings occupied by supporters of Soviet anti-Jewish activity and harassment of political and intellectual opponents of the JDL.[2] Consequently, police pressure began to build upon Kahane, and, in 1971, he emigrated to Israel (known as "making aliyah"). This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


Kahane moved to establish the Kach party. In 1980, Kahane stood unsuccessfully for election to the Knesset. Later, in 1980, Kahane served 6 months in prison following an administrative detention order against him ( details have not been disclosed publicly ). According to Ehud Sprinzak, "the prevailing rumour was that a very provocative act of sabotage on the Temple Mount was planned by Kahane and a close associate of his, Baruch Green." [3] Kach was an extremist right-wing Israeli party led by Meir Kahane. ... The modern Knesset building, Israels parliament, in Jerusalem Though similar-sounding, Beit Knesset (בית כנסת) literally means House of Assembly, and refers to a synagogue. ...


In 1984, Kahane was elected as an MK - Member of the Knesset (Israel's Parliament). The Central Elections Committee had banned him from being a candidate on the grounds that Kach was a racist party, but the Israeli High Court determined that the Committee was not authorized to ban Kahane's candidacy. The High Court suggested that the Knesset should pass a law that would authorize the exclusion of racist parties from future elections (the Anti-Racist Law of 1988).


Kahane refused to take the oath of office for the Knesset and insisted that a Biblical verse from Psalms be added to it, to indicate that when the national laws and Torah conflict, Torah (Biblical) law should have supremacy over the laws of the Knesset. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with President of the United States oath of office. ... Psalms (from the Greek: Psalmoi) (originally meaning songs sung to a harp, from psallein play on a stringed instrument, Ψαλμοί; Hebrew: Tehilim, תהילים) is a book of the Hebrew Bible, Tanakh or Old Testament. ... It has been suggested that Tawrat be merged into this article or section. ...


Kahane's legislative proposals focused on revoking the Israeli citizenship for non-Jews and banning Jewish-Gentile marriages and sexual relations, based on the Code of Jewish Law compiled by Maimonides in the Mishneh Torah. In spite of the fact that Kahane's proposals were his interpretations of Biblical Torah law, none of Israel's mainstream religious parties or prominent rabbis publicly supported Kach legislation. Commonly used image indicating one artists conception of Maimonidess appearance Maimonides (March 30, 1135 or 1138–December 13, 1204) was a Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Spain, Morocco and Egypt during the Middle Ages. ...


As his political career progressed, Kahane became increasingly isolated in the Knesset. His speeches, boycotted by Knesset members, were made to an empty parliament, except for the duty chairman and the transcriptionist. Kahane's legislative proposals and motions of no-confidence against the government were ignored or rejected by fellow Knesset members. Kahane often pejoratively called other Knesset members "Hellenists" in Hebrew (a reference from Jewish religious texts describing ancient Jews who assimilated into Greek culture after Judea's occupation by Alexander the Great). In 1987, Rabbi Kahane opened a yeshiva (HaRaayon HaYehudi) with funding from US supporters, for the teaching of "the Authentic Jewish Idea". “Hebrew” redirects here. ... Greece is often referred to as the cradle of Western civilisation and ancient Athens was considered to be its center. ... Map of the southern Levant, c. ... Alexander the Great (Greek: ,[1][2] Megas Alexandros; July 20 356 BC – June 10 323 BC), also known as Alexander III, was an Ancient Greek king of Macedon (336–323 BC). ... This article is about the Jewish male educational system. ... HaRaayon HaYehudi is a yeshiva located at 11 Shmarya Street in the Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood of Jerusalem. ...


In 1985, the Knesset passed an amendment to Israel's Basic Law, barring "racist" candidates from election. The committee banned Kahane a second time, and he appealed to the Israeli High Court. This time the court found in favor of the committee, declaring Kahane to be unsuitable for election. Kahane asserted that polls showed the Kach Party was about to become the 3rd largest party in Israel and this was the true reason that the party was banned. Basic Laws of Israel function as Israels uncodified constitution. The State of Israel has no formal constitution. ...


Assassination

In 1990, after a speech in a Manhattan, New York hotel, Kahane was assassinated by al Qaeda terrorist El Sayyid Nosair. Nosair was acquitted of murder but convicted of gun possession charges. Manhattan is a borough of New York City, New York, USA, coterminous with New York County. ... El Sayyid Nosair (born November 16, 1955) is an Egyptian-born American citizen and terrorist involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. ...


Nosair later stood trial as an Al Qaeda co-conspirator of Shaikh Omar Abdel Rahman. Both men received life sentences for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, conspiracy to use explosives against New York landmarks, and plotting to assassinate U.S. politicians. Nosair received life plus 15 years of imprisonment.[5] Since it was ruled that Kahane's assassination was part of a "seditious conspiracy," Nosair was later convicted of killing Kahane.[6] Nosair's relatives obtained funds to pay for Nosair's defense from Al Qaeda's Osama bin Laden.[7] Shaikh (Arabic: شيخ ),(also rendered as Sheik, Shaykh or Sheikh) is a word in the Arabic language meaning elder of tribe, lord or a revered old man. ... Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman is a blind Egyptian Muslim cleric who at one time resided in New York City. ... In the 1993 World Trade Center bombing (February 26, 1993) a car bomb was detonated by Islamic terrorists in the underground parking garage below Tower One of the World Trade Center in New York City. ... Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden (Arabic: ‎; born March 10, 1957[1]), most often mentioned as Osama bin Laden or Usama bin Laden, is a Saudi Arabian militant Islamist and is widely believed to be one of the founders of the organization called al-Qaeda. ...


Political legacy

Graffiti in Herzliya: "כהנא צדק" ("Kahane was right")
Graffiti in Herzliya: "כהנא צדק" ("Kahane was right")

Following Kahane's murder, no charismatic leader emerged to replace him in the movement, and Kahane's ideology declined in popularity among Israelis. However, 2 small Kahanist factions later emerged; one under the name of Kach and the other Kahane chai (Hebrew: כהנא חי, literally "Kahane lives [on]"). Image File history File links Graffiti_in_Herzliya2. ... Image File history File links Graffiti_in_Herzliya2. ... Ben-GÅ«ryōn Avenue in the centre of Herzliyyāh, facing north towards Sōkōlōv Street (1998) Herzliya (in Hebrew: הֶרְצְלִיָּה, without Niqqud: הרצלייה, commonly pronounced in Hebrew as Hertseliya) is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, just north... Kach was an extremist right-wing Israeli party led by Meir Kahane. ...


In 1994, following the murders in the Ibrahim Mosque/Cave of the Forefathers in Hevron by Kach supporter Dr. Baruch Goldstein, the Israeli government declared both parties to be terrorist organizations.[8][9] The U.S. State Department also added Kach and Kahane Chai to its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Providing funds or material support to these organizations is a crime in both Israel and the USA. Baruch Kappel Goldstein (December 9 or December 12, 1956–February 25, 1994, ‎) was an American-Israeli physician who perpetrated the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in the city of Hebron, murdering 29 Arab attendants of the Ibrahimi Mosque (within the Cave of the Patriarchs) and wounding another 150 in... Terrorist redirects here. ... The U.S. State Departments list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations is a list of non-US organizations that are designated as terrorist by the United States Secretary of State in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). ...


In late 2000, as terrorist attacks on Israel during the Al-Aqsa Intifada began, Kahane supporters spray-painted graffiti on hundreds of bus shelters and bridges all across Israel. The message on each target was identical, simply reading: "Kahane Was Right". For other uses, see al-Aqsa (disambiguation). ...


Son murdered

On December 31, 2000, Meir Kahane's son, Kahane Chai leader rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, and his wife Talya were murdered in their van as they were driving with their children from Jerusalem to their home in the Israeli settlement of Kfar Tapuach. Palestinian terrorists fired more than 60 machine-gun rounds into their van. A statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office in 2001 announced the arrest of 3 members of Fatah's Force 17 allegedly involved in the attack. is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kach was an extremist right-wing Israeli party led by Meir Kahane. ... Rabbi Binyamin Zeev Kahane Binyamin Zeev Kahane (בנימין זאב כהנא) (October 3, 1966 – December 31, 2000) was the son of Rabbi Meir Kahane. ... Map of Israeli settlements (magenta) in the West Bank. ... Kfar Tapuach (Hebrew: ‎, Apple-ville) is an Israeli settlement in the Samaria region of the West Bank, founded in 1978. ... Force 17 is an elite VIP terror unit of the Palestinian Fatah movement and later of the Office of the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority. ...


According to the statement, PLO activist Mahmoud Damra, also known as Abu Awad, was responsible for arming and training the 3 murderers, identified as Talal Ghassan, 37, a senior Force 17 member in Ramallah, Marzouk Abu Naim, 43, and Na'man Nofel. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic Munazzamat al-Tahrir Filastiniyyah منظمة تحرير فلسطينية ) is a political and paramilitary organization of Palestinian Arabs dedicated to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state to consist of the...


See also

Speaking: US-born Rabbi Meir Kahane, leader of the Kach party in the Knesset. ... Politics of Israel takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Israel is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ... Assassinations of Jewish leaders relating to Israel and Zionism has been a source of anguish and much internal debate between many Jewish groups and communities in Israel and the Jewish diaspora. ...

Publications

  • (Partially under pseudonym Michael King; with Joseph Churba) The Jewish Stake in Vietnam, Crossroads, 1967
  • Never Again! A Program for Survival, Pyramid Books, 1972
  • Time to Go Home, Nash, 1972.
  • Letters from Prison, Jewish Identity Center, 1974
  • Our Challenge: The Chosen Land, Chilton, 1974
  • The Story of the Jewish Defense League, Chilton, 1975, 2nd edition, Institute for Publication of the Writings of Rabbi Meir Kahane, (Brooklyn, NY), 2000
  • Why Be Jewish? Intermarriage, Assimilation, and Alienation, Stein & Day, 1977
  • Listen, Vanessa, I Am a Zionist, Institute of the Authentic Jewish Idea, 1978
  • They Must Go, Grosset & Dunlop, 1981
  • Uncomfortable Questions for Comfortable Jews, Lyle Stuart, 1987
  • Israel: Revolution or Referendum, Barricade Books (Secaucus, NJ), 1990
  • Or ha-ra'yon, English title: The Jewish Idea, n.p. (Jerusalem), 1992, translated from the Hebrew by Raphael Blumberg, Institute for Publication of the Writings of Rabbi Meir Kahane (Jerusalem), 1996
  • On Jews and Judaism: Selected Articles 1961–1990, Institute for Publication of the Writings of Rabbi Meir Kahane (Jerusalem), 1993
  • Perush ha-Makabi: al Sefer Devarim, Institute for Publication of the Writings of Rabbi Meir Kahane (Jerusalem), 1993, 1995
  • Perush ha-Makabi: al Sefer Shemu'el u-Nevi'im rishonim, Institute for Publication of the Writings of Rabbi Meir Kahane (Jerusalem), 1994
  • Listen World, Listen Jew, 3rd edition, Institute for the Publication of the Writings of Rabbi Meir Kahane (Jerusalem), 1995
  • Kohen ve-navi: osef ma'amarim, ha-Makhon le-hotsa'at kitve ha-Rav Kahana (Jerusalem), 2000
  • Cuckooland, illustrated by Shulamith bar Itzhak (yet unpublished).

Also author of Numbers 23:9: "... lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations," I. Block, 1970s. Contributor—sometimes under pseudonym Michael King—to periodicals, including New York Times. Editor of Jewish Press, 1968.


For supplementary information and insights:

  • Kahane et le Kahanisme" by Shulamith Bar Itzhak.
  • Meir Kahane: Ideologue, Hero, Thinker by Daniel Breslauer. Lewiston/Queenston: Edwin Mellen Press, 1986.
  • The Boundaries of Liberty and Tolerance: The Struggle Against Kahanism in Israel by Raphael Cohen-Almagor. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1994.
  • The False Prophet: Rabbi Meir Kahane, from FBI Informant to Knesset Member by Robert I. Friedman. Brooklyn, NY: Lawrence Hill Books, 1990.
  • Heil Kahane by Yair Kotler. New York: Adama Books, 1986.
  • Israel’s Ayatollahs: Meir Kahane and the Far Right in Israel by Raphael Mergui and Phillipe Simonnot.
  • The Roots of Kahanism: Consciousness and Political Reality by Aviezer Ravitzky.
  • Kach and Meir Kahane: The Emergence of Jewish Quasi-Fascism by Ehud Sprinzak.

References

  1. ^ Rabbi Meir Kahane Jewish Virtual Library
  2. ^ Jewish militant faces bomb trial BBC News, 15 June 2004
  3. ^ Snared in The Terrorist Web Time, 6 September 1993
  4. ^ A Jewish Visit to Guthrie’s Land.
  5. ^ USA v. Omar Ahmad Ali Abdel-Rahman et al: 93-CR-181-KTD.
  6. ^
  7. ^ Smith, Greg B.. "Bin Laden bankrolled Kahane killer defense", New York Daily News, October 9, 2002. 
  8. ^ Kach and Kahane Chai.
  9. ^ Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT).

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NAME Kahane, Meir David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES מאיר דוד כהנא (Hebrew); King, Michael
SHORT DESCRIPTION American/Israeli political activist and rabbi
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn, New York
DATE OF DEATH November 5, 1990
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