{"product_id":"rabbi-meir-kahane-his-life-and-thought-volume-one-1932-1975-by-libby-kahane","title":"RABBI MEIR KAHANE : His Life and Thought - Volume One - 1932-1975","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Libby Kahane\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRabbi Meir Kahane was born in New York City in 1932. \u003cbr\u003eHe studied at the Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn, receiving rabbinic ordination in 1956. \u003cbr\u003eThat same year, he completed his law studies at New York Law School, \u003cbr\u003eand he subsequently received a master's degree in international law from New York University.\u003cbr\u003eAfter serving as a congregational rabbi, he founded the Jewish Defense League in 1968 in order to combat the rise in antisemitism. \u003cbr\u003eConcerned about the alienation and assimilation of Jewish youth, Rabbi Kahane spent two decades touring American college campuses, \u003cbr\u003eexhorting Jewish students to learn about Judaism, make aliya to Israel and stand up proudly as Jews.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1970, he spearheaded a campaign of Jewish activism that led to the emigration of tens of thousands of oppressed Jews from the Soviet Union. \u003cbr\u003eHe entered the political arena in Israel when he made aliya in 1971 and was a member of the Israeli Knesset from 1984 to 1988.\u003cbr\u003eHe wrote several best-selling books, including Never Again!, Why Be Jewish? and The Story of the Jewish Defense League. \u003cbr\u003eHis widely-read weekly columns appeared in The Jewish Press from 1961 to 1990\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KTAV URIM Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42253486096549,"sku":"9789655240085","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/8860\/9445\/files\/9789655240085.webp?v=1741721667","url":"https:\/\/www.israelbookshop.com\/products\/rabbi-meir-kahane-his-life-and-thought-volume-one-1932-1975-by-libby-kahane","provider":"IsraelBookShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}