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Lot #
33244
Auction End Date
3/13/2012 10:09:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
Title Information
Title (English)
Letter by R. Meir David Kahane
Title (Hebrew)
כתב מה'ר מאיר דוד כהנא הי'ד
City
Jerusalem
Publisher
[Ms. - Zionism]
Publication Date
1973
Collection Information
Independent Item
This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
Description Information
Physical
Description
[1] p., 280:220 mm., typewritten on stationary, light age staining, creased on folds, signed in ink, dated.
Detailed
Description
Rabbi Meir David Kahane (1932 – 5 November 1990) was an American-Israeli Orthodox rabbi, and a former member of the Israeli Knesset. R. Kahane was known in the United States and Israel for his strong political and nationalist views, exemplified in his promotion of a theocratic Greater Israel. He founded two controversial movements: the Jewish Defense League (JDL) in the USA and Kach, an Israeli political party. In 1984, Kach gained one seat in the Knesset and R. Meir Kahane became a member. In 1986, R. Meir Kahane voted in favor of an anti-racism law that exempted "acts for purposes of religious worship or intended to preserve Israel's unique character." In 1986, Kach was declared a racist party by the Israeli government and banned from the Knesset, and, in 1994, following the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre by Baruch Goldstein the movement was outlawed completely. R. Kahane's Knesset career was ended by section 7a of Basic Law: The Knesset (1958): "Prevention of Participation of Candidates List." R. Kahane was assassinated in Manhattan in 1990, after concluding a speech in a New York hotel.
Reference
Description
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Kahane
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Hebrew
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