Editing Meir Kahane (section)

==Early career==
===Pulpit rabbi===
[[File:Meir Kahane.jpg|right|thumb|Kahane in [[Canarsie]] in 1975]]
In 1958, Kahane became the rabbi of the [[Howard Beach, Queens|Howard Beach]] Jewish Center in Queens, New York City. Although the synagogue was originally [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative]], rather than strictly [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]], the board of directors agreed to Kahane's conditions, which included resigning from the Conservative movement's [[United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism|United Synagogue of America]], installing a [[Mechitza|partition separating men and women]] during prayer, instituting traditional prayers, and maintaining a [[kosher]] kitchen.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Rabbi Meir Kahane: His Life and Thought Vol. One: 1932–1975|last = Kahane|first = Libby|publisher = Urim Publications|year = 2008|isbn = 978-965-524-008-5|location = Israel|page = 42|quote = Meir accepted the rabbinical position at the Howard Beach Jewish Center (HBJC) with certain conditions. He demanded Orthodox practices, even though none of the synagogue's members were observant: a kosher kitchen, traditional prayers, and separate seating for men and women with a mechitza (partition) between them. Another condition was that the synagogue resign from the Conservative movement's United Synagogues of America. Remarkably, the board of directors agreed to all these terms, perhaps because the salary which Meir accepted was far lower than that of a Reform or Conservative rabbi.|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pK4RAQAAIAAJ}}</ref> At the Jewish Center, Kahane influenced many of the synagogue's youngsters to adopt a more observant lifestyle, which often troubled parents.<ref>{{cite book|title= From Washington Avenue to Washington Street|year=2011|publisher=Gefen Books|isbn=978-965-229-5651|author= Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff |quote= Meir's primary success in this position was to be his undoing. Many of the youngsters were enchanted by the new rabbi and his mesmerizing personality. Much to their parents’ chagrin, some of these children began to observe the dietary and [[Sabbath]] laws.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVaEZwEACAAJ}}</ref><ref>"Rabbi Meir Kahane: His Life and Thought", pp. 48, 49.</ref> He trained [[Arlo Guthrie]] for his [[bar mitzvah]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Tugend |first=Tom |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/arts/article/a_jewish_visit_to_guthries_land_20041203/ |title=A Jewish Visit to Guthrie's Land |website=JewishJournal.com |publisher=Tribe Media Corp |date=December 2, 2004 |access-date=January 1, 2012 |archive-date=May 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529184625/http://www.jewishjournal.com/arts/article/a_jewish_visit_to_guthries_land_20041203/ |url-status=live }}</ref> When his contract was not renewed, he soon published an article entitled "End of the Miracle of Howard Beach". That was Kahane's first article in ''[[The Jewish Press]]'', an American Orthodox Jewish weekly for which he would continue to write for the rest of his life.<ref>Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Aaron. [http://www.ou.org/index.php/jewish_action/article/50163/ Review of ''Rabbi Meir Kahane: His Life and Thought''] He also served as an assistant rabbi in the Young Israel of Laurelton, and as rabbi of the Rochdale Village Jewish Center.{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913042344/http://www.ou.org/index.php/jewish_action/article/50163/ |date=September 13, 2009 }}, ''Jewish Action''.</ref> Kahane also used the pen name David Sinai, and the pseudonyms Michael King, David Borac, and Martin Keene.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.ou.org/index.php/jewish_action/article/50163/ |contribution=Rabbi Meir Kahane: His Life and Thought |title=Jewish Action |year=2008 |publisher=OU |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913042344/http://www.ou.org/index.php/jewish_action/article/50163/ |archive-date=September 13, 2009 }}</ref>

===Infiltrating the John Birch Society===
In the late 1950s and the early 1960s, Kahane's life of secrecy and his strong [[anticommunism]] landed him a position as a consultant with the [[FBI]]. According to his wife, Libby, his assignment was to infiltrate the anticommunist [[John Birch Society]] and report his findings to the FBI.<ref name=carrying />

===Collaboration with Joseph Churba===
[[File:Never Again (Meir Kahane).jpg|thumb|''Never Again! A Program for Survival'' (1972)]]
At some time in the late 1950s, Kahane assumed the persona of a [[Gentile]], along with the pseudonym Michael King.<ref>{{Google books |id=7vQud4yM3R0C |title=When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry }}</ref> Kahane began openly expressing his anticommunism. He and [[Joseph Churba]] created the July Fourth Movement, which was formed to counteract widespread opposition towards U.S. involvement in the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>{{cite book | author = Libby Kahane | title = Rabbi Meir Kahane: His Life and Thought (Vol. 1) | page= 79 }}</ref> Subsequently, they coauthored the book ''The Jewish Stake in Vietnam'', an attempt to convince American Jews of the "evil of Communism".<ref>{{Google books |id=Mf5AAAAAIAAJ |title=The Jewish stake in Vietnam}}</ref> The introduction states that, "All Americans have a stake in this grim war against Communism... It is vital that Jews realize the threat to their very survival [should Communism succeed]." Churba had a major falling out with Kahane over the use of paramilitary activities{{citation needed|date=May 2015}}, and they parted ways permanently. Churba went on to pursue his own career, joining the [[U.S. Air Force]], writing many books on the Middle East, and eventually becoming one of [[Ronald Reagan]]'s consultants. Kahane chose to fight for Jewish rights, and was willing to use extreme measures. He even attempted to acquire and grow [[biological weapons]] to use on a Soviet military installation.<ref name="ussr-attack">{{cite news|url=http://intelwire.egoplex.com/2007_10_06_blogarchive.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629032555/http://intelwire.egoplex.com/2007_10_06_blogarchive.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2013|title=Informant: Meir Kahane Planned Biological Terror Attack On USSR|date=October 6, 2007|access-date=November 16, 2013}}</ref> He began using the phrase "[[Never again]]"<ref>{{cite news|title=But Meir Kahane's Message Refuses to Die; Source of 'Never Again'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/19/opinion/l-but-meir-kahane-s-message-refuses-to-die-source-of-never-again-080490.html|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=November 16, 2013|date=November 19, 1990|archive-date=December 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219235605/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/19/opinion/l-but-meir-kahane-s-message-refuses-to-die-source-of-never-again-080490.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and conceived the Jewish Star and fist insignia, a symbol resembling that of the [[Black Panther Party]]. However, Kahane himself opposed the Black Panthers, claiming they had supported anti-Jewish riots in [[Massachusetts]] and had left-wing views.