Jewish Defense League - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Jewish Defense League: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Defense League - Controversies
Jewish Defense League - Terrorism and the JDL. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has described the Jewish Defense League in Congressi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kach And Kahane Chai: Encyclopedia Ii - Kach And Kahane Chai - Kach
Kahane's Kach had two central beliefs. The first was, the proposed forced transfer of those Arabs from the borders of Israel, including I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kach And Kahane Chai: Encyclopedia Ii - Kach And Kahane Chai - Kach's Effect Today
The United States Department of State designates the group as a terrorist organization [1] and says that it has: Organized protests agai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baruch Goldstein: Encyclopedia - Baruch Goldstein
Dr. Baruch Kappel Goldstein (commonly called in Israel ברוך גולדשטיין Barukh Goldshteyn) (December 9 or December 12, 1956 â€...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism
Anti-Semitism (alternatively spelled antisemitism) is hostility toward or prejudice against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unification Church And Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia - Unification Church And Anti-semitism
The Unification Church officially takes a pro-Jewish, pro-Israel stance, yet many Jews denounce the church as anti-Semitic because of its...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aryan Nations: Encyclopedia - Aryan Nations
Aryan Nations (AN) (also known as the Aryan National Alliance) is an anti-Semitic White supremacist anti-government group based in the Un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-arabism: Encyclopedia - Anti-arabism
Anti-Arabism is prejudice or hostility against Arabs. Anti-Arab sentiment may be expressed in negative stereotypes. This happens, in part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kach And Kahane Chai: Encyclopedia Ii - Kach And Kahane Chai - Split Of Kach
Following Kahane's assassination in 1990 by an Arab, the movement split into two groups with similar ideologies and somewhat overlapping ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Suicides: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Suicides - Alphabetical
List of suicides - A. Johnny Ace, (1954), singer George Washington Adams, (1829), son of John Quincy Adams, jumped off a boat Robert A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racism: Encyclopedia Ii - Racism - Racism By Country
Further information: Genocides In 19th century Europe and America, some scientists developed various theories about biological difference...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Enderlin: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Enderlin - Muhammad Al-durrah Controversy
In autumn 2000, pictures of the young Muhammad al-Durrah, shot dead during a firefight between the Israel Defense Force (IDF) and Palesti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mottos: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mottos - Organisations
List of mottos - Medical. Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland: In somno securitas (In sleep there is safety) Ass...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Terrorist Incidents: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Incidents - 1970s
List of terrorist incidents - 1970. February 21: A bomb explodes in the rear of Swissair Flight 330, causing it to crash near Zürich,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meir Kahane: Encyclopedia Ii - Meir Kahane - Israel
Meanwhile the JDL in the U.S. continued to branch out into terrorist activities, including the bombing of several buildings; the harassme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Southern Poverty Law Center: Encyclopedia Ii - Southern Poverty Law Center - Controversy
The SPLC has a history of attracting controversy surrounding its politics, "hate group" identification and monitoring methods, and financ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Acronyms And Initialisms: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Acronyms And Initialisms - J
List of acronyms and initialisms - J0-9. J1 - (s) Joint Personnel Directorate J2 - (s) Joint Intelligence Directorate J2EE - (i) Java ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kahanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Kahanism - Alleged Kahanist Actions In Israel And The West Bank
Kahanism - Dr. Baruch Goldstein. Main articles: Mosque of Abraham massacre, and [[]], and [[]], and    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kahanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Kahanism - Alleged Kahanist Actions In Israel And The West Bank
Kahanism - Dr. Baruch Goldstein. Main article: Mosque of Abraham massacre The deadliest attack was when Baruch Goldstein, affiliated ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Religious Antisemitism
Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism in the New Testament. The New Testament is a collection of 'books' written by various authors. Most of thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racism: Encyclopedia Ii - Racism - Racism By Country
In 19th century Europe and America, some scientists developed various theories about biological differences among races, and these theori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Religious Antisemitism
Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism in the New Testament. Christian theology rooted in Roman Catholic theology was stimulated by the tradition...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Terrorist Organisations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Organisations - Religious Terrorists
List of terrorist organisations - Christian. Nagaland Rebels (1947-present) Active in predominantly Christian state in Hindu majority ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Suicides: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Suicides - Alphabetical
List of suicides - A. Johnny Ace, (1954), singer George Washington Adams, (1829), son of John Quincy Adams, jumped off a boat Robert A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unification Church And Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Unification Church And Anti-semitism - Unificationist Views
Members of the Unification Church, for their part, consider the church to be both pro-Israel and pro-Jewish and thus are puzzled and hurt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Assassinated People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Assassinated People - Assassinations In Africa
List of assassinated people - Algeria. Hiempsal, (117 BC), co-ruler of Numidia, by Jugurtha François Darlan, (1942), French Admiral, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Skokie Illinois: Encyclopedia Ii - Skokie Illinois - History
Skokie was originally incorporated in 1888 with the name Niles Centre. Historians estimate that around 1910, the spelling was changed to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Terrorist Organisations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Organisations - Religious Terrorists
List of terrorist organisations - Christian. Nagaland Rebels (1947-present) Active in predominantly Christian state in Hindu majority ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-arabism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-arabism - Groups That Fight Against Discrimination
There are a number of Arab American groups in the USA and Europe that work to protect the civil rights of Arabs, and fight against anti-A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ramsey Clark: Encyclopedia Ii - Ramsey Clark - Early Life And Career
Born in Dallas, Texas, Clark served in the United States Marine Corps in 1945 and 1946, then earned a B.A. degree from the University of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baruch Goldstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Baruch Goldstein - Background
Born in Brooklyn, New York to an Orthodox Jewish family, Dr. Goldstein was a direct descendant of the Baal HaTanya, Rabbi Shneur Zalman o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racism: Encyclopedia Ii - Racism - Racism By Country
Further information: Genocides In 19th century Europe and America, some scientists developed various theories about biological difference...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racism: Encyclopedia Ii - Racism - Origins Of Racism
One view of the origins of racism emphasizes stereotypes, which psychologists generally believe are influenced by cultural factors. Peopl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Acronyms And Initialisms: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Acronyms And Initialisms - X
List of acronyms and initialisms - XB. XBML - (p) eXtensible Battle Management Language List of acronyms and initialisms - XC. XCB...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Acronyms And Initialisms: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Acronyms And Initialisms - Y
List of acronyms and initialisms - YA. Ya - (s) Yottayear YA - (s) Yottaampere - (i) Young Adult YAC - (a/i) Youth-Adult Committee YAP...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Acronyms And Initialisms: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Acronyms And Initialisms - Z
List of acronyms and initialisms - ZA. ZA - (s) South Africa (ISO 3166 digram) - Zambia (FIPS 10-4 country code) ZAF - (s) South Afric...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ramsey Clark: Encyclopedia Ii - Ramsey Clark - Kennedy And Johnson Administrations
Clark served in the Department of Justice as the Assistant Attorney General of the Lands Division from 1961 to 1965, and as Deputy Attorn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racism: Encyclopedia Ii - Racism - From Racial Theory To Racism
Racism - The word and the concept of race. Further information: Race (historical definitions) Before considering racism, it is an impor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Acronyms And Initialisms: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Acronyms And Initialisms - V
List of acronyms and initialisms - VA. VA - (s) Virginia (postal symbol) - Vatican City-State (ISO 3166 digram) VAT - (i) Value-Added ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Acronyms And Initialisms: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Acronyms And Initialisms - Q
List of acronyms and initialisms - QA. QA - (s) Qatar (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram) Qantas - (a) Queensland And Northern T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racism: Encyclopedia Ii - Racism - Related Terminology
The terms racialism and racialist is sometimes used by those who think it is a different concept in which negativity or hatred is not pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Terrorist Organisations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Organisations - Nationalistic Terrorist Organizations
List of terrorist organisations - Palestinian. Main articles: Palestinian political violence, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Acronyms And Initialisms: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Acronyms And Initialisms - Add New Entries Here Or In The Sub-pages
Please add your own entries, in this page or in the appropriate sub-page. Use a quasi-dictionary order, with lowercase treated the same a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racism: Encyclopedia Ii - Racism - Expressions
Racism may be expressed individually and consciously, through explicit thoughts, feelings, or acts, or socially and unconsciously, throug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Acronyms And Initialisms: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Acronyms And Initialisms - K
List of acronyms and initialisms - K0-9. K9 - (p) Canine Police Unit List of acronyms and initialisms - KA. Ka - (s) Kamov Design ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Skokie Illinois: Encyclopedia Ii - Skokie Illinois - Geography
Skokie is located at 42°2'13" North, 87°44'24" West (42.037030, -87.740070)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the villa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Skokie Illinois: Encyclopedia Ii - Skokie Illinois - Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 63,348 people, 23,223 households, and 17,045 families residing in the village. The population dens...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racism: Encyclopedia Ii - Racism - Origins Of Racism
One view of the origins of racism emphasizes stereotypes, which psychologists generally believe are influenced by cultural factors. Peopl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Terrorist Organisations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Organisations - Nationalistic Terrorist Organizations
List of terrorist organisations - Palestinian. Main articles: Palestinian political violence, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]] ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Skokie Illinois: Encyclopedia Ii - Skokie Illinois - Schools
See SkokieNet's School page [1] for the most complete listing of Skokie's public and private schools with links to their websites. Skoki...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racism: Encyclopedia Ii - Racism - From Racial Theory To Racism
Racism - The word and the concept of race. Further information: Race (historical definitions) Before considering racism, it is an impor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meir Kahane: Encyclopedia Ii - Meir Kahane - Political Legacy Continued
Following Kahane's death, no charismatic leader emerged to fill the void, and Kahane's radical ideology declined in popularity among Isra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racism: Encyclopedia Ii - Racism - Expressions
Racism may be expressed individually and consciously, through explicit thoughts, feelings, or acts, or socially and unconsciously, throug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meir Kahane: Encyclopedia Ii - Meir Kahane - Early Life
Kahane was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1932. He came from a family that adhered to Orthodox Judaism. His father, Rabbi Yechezkel Shrag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Terrorist Organisations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Organisations - Nationalistic Terrorist Organizations
List of terrorist organisations - Palestinian. Main article: Palestinian political violence Palestinian Islamic Jihad Al-Aqsa Martyr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meir Kahane: Encyclopedia Ii - Meir Kahane - Political Legacy Continued
Following Kahane's death, no charismatic leader emerged to fill the void, and Kahane's radical ideology declined in popularity among Isra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Terrorist Organisations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Organisations - Right-wing Terrorists
List of terrorist organisations - Racist terrorists mostly neo-Nazis and white-supremacists. Army for the Liberation of Rwanda - Rwand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racism: Encyclopedia Ii - Racism - Related Terminology
The terms racialism and racialist is sometimes used by those who think it is a different concept in which negativity or hatred is not pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meir Kahane: Encyclopedia Ii - Meir Kahane - Ideology
Kahane's overall views have been called Kahanism. Kahane adhered to the belief that Jewish law contains directions for how to run a Jewis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meir Kahane: Encyclopedia Ii - Meir Kahane - Assassination
While concluding a speech in Manhattan, New York, Kahane was murdered by El Sayyid Nosair, a member of an Arab terrorist cell operating i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racism: Encyclopedia Ii - Racism - From Racial Theory To Racism
Before considering racism, it is an important methodological point to distinguish historically when the concepts of "race" and "racism" b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Racial Anti-semitism
Racial anti-Semitism replaced the hatred of Judaism with the hatred of Jews as a group. In the context of the Industrial Revolution, foll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Earliest Antisemitism
The earliest occurrence of antisemitism has received much investigation. Peter Schafer has argued that antisemitism was first spread by "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Etymology And Usage
The word antisemitic (antisemitisch in German) was probably first used in 1860 by the Jewish scholar Moritz Steinschneider in the phrase ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Anti-semitism And The Muslim World
Anti-Semitism within Islam is discussed in the article on Islam and anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism in the Arab World is discussed in the ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Anti-semitism And Specific Countries
Anti-Semitism - United States. Jews were often condemned by populist politicians alternately for their left-wing politics, or their per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Assassinated People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Assassinated People - Assassinations In The Americas
List of assassinated people - Argentina. Pedro Aramburu, (1970), former president of Argentina executed by the Montoneros Carlos Prats...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Anti-semitism In The 21st Century
According to the 2005 U.S. State Department Report on Global Anti-Semitism, anti-Semitism in Europe has increased significantly in recent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Anti-semitism And Anti-zionism
Anti-Zionism is a term that has been used to describe several very different political and religious points of view (both historically an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baruch Goldstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Baruch Goldstein - Cave Of The Patriarchs Shooting
Goldstein is best known for having killed 29 Muslims during Friday prayers on Purim day, February 25th, 1994, in the Cave of the Patriarc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-arabism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-arabism - Anti-arabism In Polls
In March 1990, according to a poll reported in Le Monde: 76% of those polled said that there were too many Arabs in France (46% said the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-arabism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-arabism - Terminology
Owing to the etymology of the term anti-Semitism, some argue that anti-Arabism, as well as miso-Judaism, constitutes anti-Semitism. To ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baruch Goldstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Baruch Goldstein - Supporters Of Goldstein
Supporters sometimes hold celebrations at Goldstein's gravesite in Kiryat Arba. His tombstone reads: Here lies the saint, Dr. Baruch Kap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Enderlin: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Enderlin - Biography
Charles Enderlin was born in Paris in 1945, and grew up in Metz with his divorced mother, his sister and his grandparents, a family of Au...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Assassinated People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Assassinated People - Assassinations In Asia
List of assassinated people - Afghanistan. Habibullah Khan, (1919), emir of Afghanistan Mohammed Nader Shah, (1933), king of Afghanist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Anti-semitism And The Muslim World
Anti-Semitism within Islam is discussed in the article on Islam and anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism in the Arab World is discussed in the ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Racial Anti-semitism
Racial anti-Semitism replaced the hatred of Judaism with the hatred of Jews as a group. In the context of the Industrial Revolution, foll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Etymology And Usage
The word antisemitic (antisemitisch in German) was probably first used in 1860 by the Jewish scholar Moritz Steinschneider in the phrase ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Anti-semitism And Specific Countries
Anti-Semitism - United States. Main article: History of the Jews in the United States Jews were often condemned by populist politicia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Anti-semitism And Anti-zionism
Anti-Zionism is a term that has been used to describe several very different political and religious points of view (both historically an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Anti-semitism And The Muslim World
Anti-Semitism within Islam is discussed in the article on Islam and anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism in the Arab World is discussed in the ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Etymology And Usage
The word antisemitic (antisemitisch in German) was probably first used in 1860 by the Jewish scholar Moritz Steinschneider in the phrase...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Anti-semitism In The 21st Century
According to the 2005 U.S. State Department Report on Global Anti-Semitism, anti-Semitism in Europe has increased significantly in recent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racism: Encyclopedia Ii - Racism - Related Terminology
The terms racialism and racialist is sometimes used by those who think it is a different concept in which negativity or hatred is not pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racism: Encyclopedia Ii - Racism - Expressions
Racism may be expressed individually and consciously, through explicit thoughts, feelings, or acts, or socially and unconsciously, throug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Terrorist Incidents: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Incidents - 2000s
List of terrorist incidents - 2000. Terrorism against Israel in 2000. The last of the 2000 millennium attack plots fails, as the boat ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Terrorist Incidents: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Incidents - 1990s
List of terrorist incidents - 1990. October 24: A series of car bombings directed by the IRA in Northern Ireland leave 7 people dead a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Terrorist Incidents: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Incidents - 1980s
List of terrorist incidents - 1980. February 27: Dominican embassy siege: Guerrillas from M-19 take diplomats hostage at the Dominican...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unification Church And Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Unification Church And Anti-semitism - Jewish Views
The Unification Church is accused of traditional Christian forms of theological anti-Semitism. Unification Church and anti-Semitism - Bl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unification Church And Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Unification Church And Anti-semitism - Passages In Rev. Moon's Talks
In a sermon delivered on March 2, 2003, Moon said: "To recreate Israel, the church and the state must become one as Cain and Abel. Inste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racism: Encyclopedia Ii - Racism - Origins Of Racism
One view of the origins of racism emphasizes stereotypes, which psychologists generally believe are influenced by cultural factors. Peopl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Assassinated People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Assassinated People - Assassinations In Europe
List of assassinated people - Austria. Karl von Stürgkh, (1916), Prime Minister of Austria Franz Birnecker, (1923), Austrian labour r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Southern Poverty Law Center: Encyclopedia Ii - Southern Poverty Law Center - Educational Programs
The SPLC's political initiatives include a project entitled "Teaching Tolerance" based at the website Tolerance.org. According to the SPL...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Southern Poverty Law Center: Encyclopedia Ii - Southern Poverty Law Center - History
The Southern Poverty Law Center was organized by Dees and Levin in 1971 as a law firm to handle anti-discrimination cases in the United S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Defense League: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Defense League - Founding Of The Jdl
JDL was founded in 1968 by Rabbi Meir Kahane. The goal of the group was to protect Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in New York City and to ...   » Read the article