Editing Baruch Goldstein (section)

==Early life and education==
Goldstein was born on December 9, 1956, as Benjamin Goldstein in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]], to an [[Orthodox Jewish]] family. He attended the [[Yeshiva of Flatbush]] religious [[Jewish day school|day school]]. He studied medicine at [[Yeshiva University]],<ref>Precker, Michael. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0ED3D460D1AEC80A&p_docnum=1&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=Q4CL4EJFMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "Brooklyn's image as extremist hotbed disputed by some Borough defenders say ties to Israel cherished, but radical groups aren't"], ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'', March 20, 1994. Accessed August 6, 2007. "'This is not what we are teaching,' said Rabbi David Eliach, principal at the Yeshiva of Flatbush, where Dr. Goldstein attended high school."</ref> receiving a medical degree from the [[Albert Einstein College of Medicine]]. He belonged to the [[Jewish Defense League]] (JDL), a militant Jewish organization founded by his boyhood acquaintance [[Meir Kahane]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/25/newsid_4167000/4167929.stm BBC News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706170942/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/25/newsid_4167000/4167929.stm |date=July 6, 2017 }} "Goldstein had been a member of the Jewish Defense League."</ref>