The Story of the Jewish Defense League

by Meir Kahane

The exciting and authentic story of the creation and exploits of the JDL, by its founder. This enhanced edition includes bibliographical citations and Rabbi Kahane's own "Introduction to the Second Edition," written by him in 1990. The book details the ideological basis of the JDL and its campaign to free Soviet Jewry.

Hardcover

First published October 24, 2000

About the author

American-Israeli Orthodox rabbi and founder of the Jewish Defense League and the Israeli Kach party.

Kahane and his organisations are considered to be jewish extremists and his Israeli Party "Kach" was banned in 1994 in Israel after it was linked to anti-arab terrorist attacks.

In 1990 Kahane was shot after giving a speech urging Jewish-Americans to emigrate to Israel. Some of his supporters claim he was the first victim of Al-Qaida.

The Jewish Defense League is still an active organisation.

Reviews

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rabbi Meir Kahane was a unique voice in the landscape of modern Jewish history. He was a man of conviction for whom inaction was simply not acceptable. This book offers his thoughts on what he described as, “the American Jewish establishment’s failure to assist fellow Jews,” as well as such subjects as Aliyah, “Jewish Power” and the various civil rights campaigns of the early '70s and their often negative impact on a sympathetic American Jewry. Like him or not, few can match his intelligence and his arguments seem completely logical based upon (my understanding) of his understanding of Judaism and Ahavat Yisrael.

[Joshua Norman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book helped reinforce why I am Jewish.