Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical

by Shaul Magid

Book Overview

The life and politics of an American Jewish activist who preached radical and violent means to Jewish survival

Meir Kahane came of age amid the radical politics of the counterculture, becoming a militant voice of protest against Jewish liberalism. Kahane founded the Jewish Defense League in 1968, declaring that Jews must protect themselves by any means necessary. He immigrated to Israel in 1971, where he founded KACH, an ultranationalist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691254699
• ISBN13: 9780691254692
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"