Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane
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Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane | |
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Kach and Kahane Chai | |
| Spouse | Talia Kahane |
| Children | 6 |
| Parent(s) | Meir Kahane Libby Kahane |
Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane (Hebrew: בנימין זאב כהנא 3 October 1966 – 31 December 2000) was an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and the son of Rabbi Meir Kahane.
Life
Born in New York City, he emigrated to Israel with his family at the age of four, in 1971. He was a young Israeli Orthodox Jewish scholar and rabbi who was most famous for his leadership of Kahane Chai, a far-right political party that broke from his father's Kach party after Meir Kahane's assassination in 1990. He was convicted several times by Israeli courts for advocating violence against Arabs.[1]
Kahane was the author of The Haggada of the Jewish Idea, a commentary based on his father's teachings of the Passover Haggadah read at the Passover Seder. He wrote a Torah portion sheet called Darka Shel Torah ("The Way of the Torah") that was distributed for the weekly Torah portions.
Death
Kahane and his wife Talia were shot and killed near the
See also
- Kfar Tapuach
- Kahanism
- Yeshivat HaRaayon HaYehudi
References
- ^ "State of Israel v. Binyamin Kahane" Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine. Supreme Court of Israel. 27 November 2000.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ Benari, Elad. "10 Years Later: Kahane Couple to be Remembered". Arutz 7.
- ^ "Fugitive to head PA Force 17". Jerusalem Post. 31 May 2006.
- ^ "IDF nabs Ze'ev Kahane's murderer". Jerusalem Post. 28 May 2007. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011.
External links
- FAS Intelligence Resource Program entry for Kach and Kahane Chai
- MySpace page for Binyamin Zeev Kahane
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