Kahane
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Some people named Kahane include:
- Anetta Kahane, a German journalist.
- Arthur Kahane, an Austrian dramatic adviser.
- Emil Alexander Kahane, an Austrian businessman, son of Karl Kahane
- Jean-Pierre KahaneJean-Pierre KahaneJean-Pierre Kahane is a French mathematician.Kahane attended the École normale supérieure and obtained the agrégation of mathematics in 1949. He then worked for the CNRS from 1949 to 1954, first as an intern and then as a research assistant...
, a French mathematician. - Jeffrey KahaneJeffrey KahaneJeffrey Alan Kahane is an American classical music pianist and conductor. He is music director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.-Personal history:...
, an American pianist and conductor. - Karl Kahane, an Austrian businessman.
- Patricia Kahane, an Austrian banker and contractor.
- Peter Kahane, a German film director.
- Peter P. Kahane, an Austro-Israeli archeologist.
- Rabbi Meir KahaneMeir KahaneMartin David Kahane , also known as Meir Kahane , was an American-Israeli rabbi and ultra-nationalist writer and political figure. He was an ordained Orthodox rabbi and later served as a member of the Israeli Knesset...
, founder of the American Jewish Defense LeagueJewish Defense LeagueThe Jewish Defense League is a Jewish organization whose stated goal is to "protect Jews from antisemitism by whatever means necessary"...
, and the Israeli KachKach and Kahane ChaiKach was a far-right political party in Israel. Founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane in the early 1970s, and following his Jewish nationalist ideology , the party entered the Knesset in 1984 after several electoral failures...
party. - Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev KahaneBinyamin Ze'ev KahaneBinyamin Ze'ev Kahane was a rabbi and the son of Rabbi Meir Kahane.Born in New York City, he emigrated to Israel with his family at the age of four, in 1971...
, founder of the Israeli Kahane Chai party. Son of Rabbi Meir KahaneMeir KahaneMartin David Kahane , also known as Meir Kahane , was an American-Israeli rabbi and ultra-nationalist writer and political figure. He was an ordained Orthodox rabbi and later served as a member of the Israeli Knesset... - Rabbi Nachman KahaneNachman Kahane-Biography:Kahana was born in 1937 and raised in Brooklyn, New York where he attended a branch of the Novardok Yeshiva, where he was ordained. His father was Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Kahane, and his brother was Rabbi Meir Kahane, the founder of the Jewish Defense League and Kach.-Career:He worked...
, brother of Rabbi Meir Kahane, rabbinic scholar involved in renewal of SanhedrinSanhedrinThe Sanhedrin was an assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every city in the Biblical Land of Israel.The Great Sanhedrin was the supreme court of ancient Israel made of 71 members...
, and author of commentary on TosafotTosafotThe Tosafot or Tosafos are medieval commentaries on the Talmud. They take the form of critical and explanatory glosses, printed, in almost all Talmud editions, on the outer margin and opposite Rashi's notes...
of the TalmudTalmudThe Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....
. - Binyamin KahaneBinyamin KahaneBinyamin Kahane , 5 March 1911 – 30 October 1956, was an Israeli air force officer and pilot who, while on a reconnaissance sortie, sacrificed his life to save the ground troops he was supporting from attack. For his action he was awarded the Medal of Courage by the Israeli Defense Forces...
, Medal of CourageMedal of CourageThe Medal of Courage is an Israeli military decoration. The medal is awarded for carrying out acts of gallantry at the risk of life, during combat duty. The medal was established in 1970 by act of law in the Knesset....
awarded Israeli Air ForceIsraeli Air ForceThe Israeli Air Force is the air force of the State of Israel and the aerial arm of the Israel Defense Forces. It was founded on May 28, 1948, shortly after the Israeli Declaration of Independence...
PilotAviatorAn aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...
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See also
- Cohen (surname)Cohen (surname)Cohen is a Jewish surname of biblical origins . It is a very common Jewish surname, comparable to 'Smith' in an English-language context....
- KohenKohenA Kohen is the Hebrew word for priest. Jewish Kohens are traditionally believed and halachically required to be of direct patrilineal descent from the Biblical Aaron....
, a direct male descendant of the Biblical Aaron, brother of Moses - Cohen
- CoenCoenCoen may refer to:"Coen" - is a Germanic variant of the name "Conrad", most popular in the Dutch language. It is originally spelled as "Coenraad" or "Koenraad", with just the "raad" deleted off. Both variations are made up from two words: "koen" and "raad" ...
- CohnCohnCohn is a common Jewish surname and may refer to:* Al Cohn* Arthur Cohn, Swiss film producer* Daniel Cohn-Bendit * Dan Cohn-Sherbock* Edwin J Cohn **...