Jewish Defense League
Americannoun
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The film traces how suspicion fell in particular on several members of the Jewish Defense League, a group founded by extremist rabbi Meir Kahane before his own assassination in 1990.
From Barron's
Leiter—who was born in the United States and was, in his youth, a part of the militant nationalist Jewish Defense League founded by Meir Kahane—previously was the prime minister’s chief of staff.
From Slate
Kahane’s political party was banned from the Israeli parliament in the 1980s, and the U.S. classified the Jewish Defense League as a terrorist group.
From Seattle Times
Reached by phone on Wednesday afternoon, Reuven Kahane, who lives in the Manhattan neighborhood where the protest took place, declined to comment on the events leading up to his arrest, but he said he had no link the Jewish Defense League.
From Seattle Times
Kahane is best known in the U.S. as the founder of the Jewish Defense League, which was originally headquartered in New York City.
From Salon
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