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==History== | ==History== | ||
Founded by Rabbi [[Meir Kahane]] in New York City in 1968, the JDL's self-described purpose was to protect Jews from local manifestations of antisemitism. Its criticism of the Soviet Union increased support for the group, transforming it from a "vigilante club" into an organization with a stated membership numbering over 15,000 at one point. The group took to bombing Arab and Soviet properties in the United States, and targeting various alleged "enemies of the Jewish people", ranging from Arab-American political activists to neo-[[Nazi Party|Nazi]]s, for assassination. A number of JDL members have been linked to violent, and sometimes deadly, attacks in the United States and in other countries, including the [[murder]] of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee regional director Alex Odeh in 1985, the | Founded by Rabbi [[Meir Kahane]] in New York City in 1968, the JDL's self-described purpose was to protect Jews from local manifestations of antisemitism. Its criticism of the Soviet Union increased support for the group, transforming it from a "vigilante club" into an organization with a stated membership numbering over 15,000 at one point. The group took to bombing Arab and Soviet properties in the United States, and targeting various alleged "enemies of the Jewish people", ranging from Arab-American political activists to neo-[[Nazi Party|Nazi]]s, for assassination. A number of JDL members have been linked to violent, and sometimes deadly, attacks in the United States and in other countries, including the [[murder]] of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee regional director Alex Odeh in 1985, the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in 1994, and a plot to assassinate Congressman Darrell Issa in 2001. Several JDL members and leaders died violent deaths, including Kahane himself, who was assassinated by an Arab-American gunman. | ||
The JDL was connected to the [[Kach and Kahane Chai|Kach]] political movement (also founded by Kahane), which briefly held a seat in the Israeli Knesset from 1985 to 1988. | The JDL was connected to the [[Kach and Kahane Chai|Kach]] political movement (also founded by Kahane), which briefly held a seat in the Israeli Knesset from 1985 to 1988. | ||