Ideology & Advocacy

The Jewish Defense League's core ideology is derived from authentic Jewish thought. JDL is a Torah-based organization; its is based wholly on Torah values. JDL ideology was produced by our founder, Rabbi Meir Kahane, who gave the world a G-dly recipe for Jewish survival and the most effective antidote to the malady of Jew-hatred. JDL was created in part to teach the world–fellow Jews and non-Jews alike–that it is not unJewish for Jews to defend themselves–even physically if need be; to the contrary, it is sinful for Jews to silently countenance evil and to sit idly by while Jews are harmed, suffer and even die.