Editing Jewish Defense League (section)

==Relations with other groups==
In 1971, Kahane aligned the JDL with the [[Italian-American Civil Rights League]], created the previous year by the [[Italian American]] mob boss [[Joseph Colombo]], head of the [[Colombo crime family]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Kaplan|first=Morris|title=Kahane and Colombo Join Forces to Fight Reported U.S. Harassment|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1971/05/14/91283122.pdf|access-date=9 November 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=May 14, 1971}}</ref> In 2011, the Canadian JDL organized a "support rally" for the [[English Defence League]] (EDL) featuring a live speech, via [[Skype]], by EDL leader [[Tommy Robinson]]. The event was denounced and condemned by the [[Canadian Jewish Congress]] (CJC) leader [[Bernie Farber]] and general counsel Benjamin Shinewald.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/Anti+Islamic+group+from+hold+rally/4066857/story.html#ixzz1BsfoDl5x "Anti-Islamic group from U.K. to hold rally"], ''National Post'', January 6, 2011 {{dead link|date=August 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name=edl>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/Islamophobic+group+draws+fierce+protests/4096408/story.html "'Islamophobic' group draws fierce protests"], ''National Post'', January 12, 2011 {{dead link|date=August 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name=farbsun>[http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/2011/01/12/16865286.html "Troubling marriage for T.O. Jews"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115234727/http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/2011/01/12/16865286.html |date=2011-01-15 }}, ''Toronto Sun'', January 12, 2011</ref> The rally, held at the Toronto Zionist Centre, attracted a counter-protest organized by [[Anti-Racist Action]] (ARA) resulting in four ARA members being arrested.<ref name=edl/><ref>{{cite web |last=Service |first=Haaretz |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/jewish-british-anti-muslim-event-in-toronto-draws-protests-arrests-1.336595 |title=Jewish-British anti-Muslim event in Toronto draws protests, arrests – Israel News &#124; Haaretz Daily Newspaper |publisher=Haaretz.com |date=2011-01-12 |access-date=2013-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211051941/http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/jewish-british-anti-muslim-event-in-toronto-draws-protests-arrests-1.336595 |archive-date=2013-12-11 |url-status=live }}</ref> The JDL Canada has also organized rallies in support of right-wing Israeli politician [[Moshe Feiglin]]<ref>[http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=162790 "Temple tempest: Extremist JDL resurfaces in Bathurst synagogue with Likud pol in tow"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022022613/http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=162790 |date=2012-10-22 }}, ''Now Magazine'', April 24 – May 1, 2008</ref> and Dutch politician and well-known [[Criticism of Islam|Islam critic]] [[Geert Wilders]] of the [[Party for Freedom]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://jdlcanada.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/jdl-solidarity-rally-for-dutch-freedom-fighter-geert-wilders/ | title=*JDL* Solidarity Rally for Dutch Freedom Fighter *Geert Wilders* | work=JDL Canada Blog | date=January 6, 2010 | access-date=July 3, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707100814/http://jdlcanada.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/jdl-solidarity-rally-for-dutch-freedom-fighter-geert-wilders/ | archive-date=July 7, 2013 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref> and announced its support for the increasingly anti-Islamic [[Freedom Party of Austria]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jdlcanada.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/parsha-and-weekly-update-january-9-15-2011/ |title=Parsha and Weekly Update – January 9–15, 2011 « Jewish Defence League Canada |publisher=Jdlcanada.wordpress.com |access-date=2013-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512230854/http://jdlcanada.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/parsha-and-weekly-update-january-9-15-2011/ |archive-date=2014-05-12 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Rav [[Yehuda HaKohen (peace activist)|Yehuda HaKohen]], a leader in the [[Hebrew Universalism (philosophy)|Hebrew Universalist]] [[VISION movement]], is a former JDL member and has cited Kahanism as an inspiration behind his ideological beliefs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Podcast |first=The Next Stage |date=2021-11-04 |title=Rethinking the Legacy of a Jewish Radical with Shaul Magid |url=https://visionmag.org/rethinking-legacy-jewish-radical-shaul-magid/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=VISION |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The ideological coup: How disciples of Kahane became the new face of Israel |url=https://jordantimes.com/opinion/ramzy-baroud/ideological-coup-how-disciples-kahane-became-new-face-israel |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Jordan Times |language=en}}</ref>