Jewish Defense League

Jewish far-right Zinonist terrorist organization
Organization political_organization Q275445
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Summary

Jewish Defense League is a political organization[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of political_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,509 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Jewish Defense League is in the country of United States[3].
  • Jewish Defense League's instance of is recorded as political organization[4].
  • Jewish Defense League's instance of is recorded as religious organization[5].
  • Jewish Defense League's instance of is recorded as hate group[6].
  • Jewish Defense League's instance of is recorded as terrorist organization[7].
  • Jewish Defense League's founder is recorded as Meir Kahane[8].
  • Jewish Defense League's headquarters location is recorded as Baltimore[9].
  • Jewish Defense League's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[10].
  • Jewish Defense League's industry is recorded as religious congregations and associations[11].
  • Jewish Defense League's industry is recorded as terrorism[12].
  • Jewish Defense League's industry is recorded as anti-Arab racism[13].
  • 1968 marks the founding of Jewish Defense League[14].
  • Jewish Defense League's official website is recorded as http://www.jdl.org[15].
  • Jewish Defense League's political ideology is recorded as Zionism[16].
  • Jewish Defense League's political ideology is recorded as Kahanism[17].
  • Jewish Defense League's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Jewish Defense League'}[18].
  • Jewish Defense League's designated as terrorist by is recorded as Federal Bureau of Investigation[19].
  • Jewish Defense League's member category is recorded as Category:Members of the Jewish Defense League[20].

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Founding

Jewish Defense League's founder is recorded as Meir Kahane[8]. 1968 marks the founding of it[14].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Baltimore[9], an independent city in the United States[21], in United States[22], founded in 1729[23] and New York City[10], a global city[24], in United States[25], founded in 1624[26].

Industry

Industries include religious congregations and associations[11], terrorism[12], and anti-Arab racism[13].

Why It Matters

Jewish Defense League ranks in the top 3% of political_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,509 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Extremist Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . ebsco.com. ebsco.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Hebrew Wikipedia. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'he',
    Gnd id → 4162747-7
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  2. 13w ago · דג ירוק · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → Jewish far-right Zinonist terrorist organization
    Industry → religious congregations and associations, terrorism, anti-Arab racism
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Topic's main category: Category:Kahanism"
  3. 18w ago · Porantim · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
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