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Author Yossi Klein Halevi joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for this week's What Matters Now. (Shlomit Bard/Flash90)
August 21, 2026, 11:41 am
Yossi Klein Halevi: Why Jewish extremism is so seductive – and dangerous
The author of ‘Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist’ plumbs his personal experiences to share insight into the psyche of those fringe settlers who are lighting up the West Bank
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Yossi Klein Halevi
'Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical' tells the story of Kahane’s radicalism, from his critique of liberalism through his ever-changing Zionism. (Princeton University Press/ via JTA)
October 16, 2021, 3:59 am
How some of extremist rabbi, onetime MK Kahane’s ideas entered Jewish mainstream
Along with Kahane’s militancy and violent tactics, there was a social, national, religious critique that is surprisingly relevant today, says Shaul Magid, author of a new biography
By Emily Burack
Benzi Gopstein, chairman of the far-Right group Lehava seen in Kfar Qasim, October 5, 2021. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
October 15, 2021, 1:36 am
Far-right Israeli individuals and groups appear on extensive Facebook blacklist
Bentzi Gopstein and his Lehava organization are among several Jewish and Israeli groups banned from social media platform, alongside Islamic terrorists and neo-Nazi organizations
By ToI Staff
Protesters outside the main gates of Columbia in New York City called on the university administration to do more to protect pro-Israel students, October 4, 2018. (Ben Sales)
October 10, 2018, 12:47 am
Low turnout for Columbia U rally urging admin to protect pro-Israel students
Only about 40 demonstrators show up, including a handful of extremist Jewish Defense League members and some middle-aged supporters, but not large Jewish groups on campus
By Ben Sales
Vanessa Redgrave attends the 75th Venice Film Festival, where she received a Lifetime Achievement Award, Venice, Italy, August 29, 2018. (Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images via JTA)
August 30, 2018, 11:09 pm
Vanessa Redgrave unapologetic about 40-year-old ‘Zionist hoodlums’ remark
Following sympathetic 1977 documentary about Palestinians, members of Jewish Defense League extremist group had burned actress in effigy and put a bounty on her head
By JTA
Police rescue a protester during clashes between demonstrators against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its supporters in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2017. (AFP Photo/Andrew Biraj)
December 25, 2017, 10:14 pm
Canadian JDL member indicted for assault on Arab teacher
Yosef Steynovitz also charged with hate crime for punching, hitting 55-year-old Palestinian-American outside AIPAC conference
By JTA
Rabbi Debra Cantor of Congregation B’nai Tikvoh-Sholom in Bloomfield, Connecticut, speaking at Trump Tower in Manhattan at the 'Not The White House Chanukah Party,' a protest organized by T’ruah, December 13, 2017. (JTA/Jake Ratner)
December 16, 2017, 1:49 am
Liberal groups celebrate Hanukkah in Trump Tower — as a protest
Aside from the typical demonstration signs, rally includes Jewish holiday songs and fair trade Hanukkah gelt
By Ben Sales
Some 1,000 members of France's Jewish community gathered outside the home of Sarah Halimi in Paris to commemorate her alleged anti-Semitic murder, April 9, 2017. (Screen capture: 0404 Video)
April 9, 2017, 9:03 pm
Memorial for slain French woman turns violent as questions linger
Members of far-right group clash with victim’s neighbors; Jewish community group urges patience until probe completed
By ToI Staff
A supporter of the Jewish Defence League demonstrates in front of Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, on March 26, 2017, during the AIPAC Policy Conference. (AFP Photo/Andrew Biraj)
April 8, 2017, 5:42 am
US Jewish groups condemn attack on Arab teacher
North Carolina man was allegedly assaulted last month by members of the Jewish Defense League outside AIPAC confab in Washington
By JTA
Police rescue a protester during clashes between demonstrators against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its supporters in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2017. (AFP Photo/Andrew Biraj)
March 31, 2017, 2:27 am
Two charged with hate crime for attack on Arab teacher outside AIPAC conference
Yosef Steynovitz of Canada and Rami Lubranicki of New Jersey accused of assault amid dueling protests outside Washington summit
By JTA
Police rescue a protester during clashes between demonstrators against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its supporters in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2017. (AFP Photo/Andrew Biraj)
March 30, 2017, 1:00 pm
Video shows far-right Jews beating protesters outside AIPAC
Members of the Jewish Defense League filmed kicking, assaulting a Palestinian-American man lying on the ground
By ToI Staff
Anti-settlement demonstrators hold placards and protest in front of Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, on March 26, 2017, during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference. (AFP Photo/Andrew Biraj)
March 26, 2017, 11:09 pm
Far-left Jews protest outside AIPAC conference
Clashes erupt between anti-settlement group and activists from far-right JDL, who hold a counter-demonstration
By JTA and ToI Staff
Likud MK Yehuda Glick attends a conference on the topic of strengthening the relationship between the Jewish people and the Temple Mount, held at the Knesset on November 7, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
November 13, 2016, 2:01 pm
Likud lawmaker to memorialize slain far-right rabbi Kahane
MK Yehuda Glick says founder of banned Kach group should be honored as former legislator who campaigned for Soviet Jews
By Stuart Winer
Meir Weinstein, head of Canadian Jewish Defense League, speaks on anniversary of Rabbi Meir Kahane's death, November 2015 (Screen capture: YouTube)
September 19, 2016, 10:28 pm
BDS activist attacks Canadian Jewish Defense League chief
Assailant arrested; assault on Meir Weinstein at protest in Montreal captured on video
By JTA
Illustrative photo of police in central Paris. (screenshot: YouTube)
September 19, 2016, 6:18 pm
Suspects behind Paris terror hoax ‘inspired’ by Israeli hacker
Two teenagers boast of false alarm, express admiration for French-Israeli hacker who denies any link or involvement
By ToI Staff
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