The false prophet: Rabbi Meir Kahane : from FBI informant to Knesset member

by Robert Friedman

Rabbi Meir Kahane's career is as unorthodox as it is controversial. In the 1960s, in America, he worked for the FBI as an undercover informant, penetrating radical political groups, and for the CIA,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571148425
• ISBN13: 9780571148424
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"

Customer Reviews

Kahane brought disgrace to Orthodox Judaism

Kahane's views and behaviour brought disgrace to the title 'rabbi', and were a distortion of orthodox Judaism. This book, although biased against him, irrefutably proves that besides for being a self-important rabble rouser, Kahane was a hypocrite who preached morality despite his womanising, and who claimed to defend orthodox Judaism although he lied to and cheated even his closest supporters. As an orthodox Jew who knew very little about Kahane before - but who certainly held him in esteem - I have found this book cathartic and useful. Anyone who wants to know how mediocre politicians with extreme views and no scruples can raise their profile and influence public opinion should read this book so that they may be warned that often all is not as it seems, and that often we can be manipulated by a cleverly-worked facade into sympathising with views that are both dangerous and, upon reflection, not in tune with our instincts or moral code.