Meir Kahane
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Rabbi, writer and far right American-Israeli politician (1932–1990)
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Meir Kahane was a male politician, rabbi, journalist, and Zionist who held citizenship in the United States and Israel. Born in Brooklyn on August 1, 1932, he was educated at New York Law School, New York University, and Brooklyn College. He served as a member of the Knesset and as a rosh yeshiva. Kahane was a member of the Kach political party and worked in Jerusalem. He spoke English and Hebrew and adhered to Orthodox Judaism.
He authored 65 works, including *Kahane on the Parsha* and *Shawkah fī ʻuyūnikum*. Kahane died on November 5, 1990, in Manhattan from a gunshot wound inflicted by El Sayyid Nosair. He is buried at Har HaMenuchot. His children include Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, and his sibling was Nachman Kahana.
Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 65
Top works
- צופה לבית ישראל
- Kahane on the Parsha
- Śiḥot ha-Rav Meʾir Kahana
- לו הייתי ראש הממשלה
- Shawkah fī ʻuyūnikum
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known for
- יהיה טוב - שיטת בן גביר — Himself (Archive Footage)2026
- Double Edge — Self1992
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1981-07-10
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 5
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- 2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
· 2020 · cited 8,249x
- The Immune Landscape of Cancer
· 2018 · cited 4,779x
- The Somatic Genomic Landscape of Glioblastoma
· 2013 · cited 4,495x
- Inflammation, Aspirin, and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Apparently Healthy Men
· 1997 · cited 4,185x
- REPRODUCIBILITY AND VALIDITY OF A SEMIQUANTITATIVE FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE
· 1985 · cited 3,354x
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Quotes
- “I prefer a powerful and proud Jewish State that is hated by the entire world than an Auschwitz that is loved by one and all.”
- “The poor Palestinians who today kill Jews with explosives and firebombs and stones are part of the same people who when they had all the territories they now demand be given to them for their state -attempted to drive the Jewish state into the sea.”
- “There is no greater anti-Semite than the Jewish one, and none hates the Jewish people more than the Jewish traitor and apostate.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- 1984 1988
- Kach
- Born
- Martin David Kahane , ( 1932-08-01 ) August 1, 1932, New York City , U.S.
- Died
- November 5, 1990 (1990-11-05) (aged 58), New York City, U.S.
- Cause of death
- Assassination by gunshot
- Party
- Kach
- Spouse
- Libby Blum ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1956 )
- Children
- 4, including Binyamin
- Education
- Brooklyn College ( BA ) New York Law School ( LLB ) New York University ( MA )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Israel
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Sibling
- Nachman Kahana
- Occupation
- journalist
- Position held
- rosh yeshiva
- Educated at
- Brooklyn College
- Political party
- Kach
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Religion
- Orthodox Judaism
- Notable work
- Jewish Defense League
- Image
- Meir Kahane, half-length portrait, seated, cropped.jpg
- Work location
- Jerusalem
- Convicted of
- terrorism
- Political ideology
- ultranationalism
Show 12 more facts
- date of birth
- 1932-08-01
- date of death
- 1990-11-05
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- manner of death
- homicide
- Commons category
- Meir Kahane
- killed by
- El Sayyid Nosair
- name in native language
- מאיר דוד כהנא
- place of burial
- Har HaMenuchot
- student
- Baruch Marzel
- interested in
- Halakha
- member of
- Betar
- influenced by
- Hillel Kook
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Meir David HaKohen Kahane (/kəˈhɑːnə/ kə-HAH-nə; Hebrew: מאיר דוד הכהן כהנא; born Martin David Kahane; August 1, 1932 – November 5, 1990) was an Israeli Orthodox ordained rabbi, writer and ultra-nationalist politician. He was the founder of the Israeli political party Kach, whose ideology continues to influence militant and far-right political groups active today in Israel. Kahane was convicted of multiple acts of terrorism in the United States and in Israel.
Born in 1932 in Brooklyn, New York City, to an Orthodox Jewish family, Kahane received his education there, starting with Jewish scripture studies, and eventually gaining an M.A. in International Relations from New York University. In 1968, he founded the Jewish Defense League (JDL) in New York City, whose self-described purpose was to fight antisemitism. Several JDL members, including Kahane, were subsequently convicted of acts related to domestic terrorism, including leading the attack on the Soviet United Nations mission in 1975. Later that same year, Kahane was convicted of conspiring to kidnap a Soviet diplomat, bomb the Iraqi embassy in Washington, and ship arms abroad from Israel. He consequently served a one-year imprisonment, albeit in a hotel.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Meir Kahane” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.