Word: jdl
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kahane, founder of the militant Jewish Defense League (JDL), will be allowed to enter the Harvard Hillel building and speak to students on November 13 as long as he does not cause a disturbance, though he has not been invited as a speaker, said Hillel Vice-Chairman Dina R. Gerber...
...earlier interview, Kahane said that Hillel's policy was dictated by a directive from B'nai Brith, Hillel's national, parent organization, which prevents any representative of the JDL from speaking at organizations supported by B'nai Brith. Kahane said that Hillel's refusal to allow him to speak was a violation of his right to free speech and threatened a law suit if he was prevented from speaking at Hillel...
Rabbi Samule Z. Fishman, associate national director of B'nai Brith Hillel Foundations, said that the policy banning JDL representative is binding on all Hillels...
Kenneth Sidman, JDL coordinator for New England, said that Harvard Hillel is included in a group of 3000 organizations which are contacted every year and given the opportunity to invite Kahane to speak. Sidman said that anaverage of six of these organizations annuallyrespond by inviting Kahane...
Dershowitz said he did not join any other protesting group because he disagrees with the goals of the JDL and many other mainstream Jewish organizations...