Murder of Controversial Rabbi Kahane

Once again your Israel-hating and Arabist poison pens are busy at work. You have the gall to compare a Jewish patriot like Rabbi Meir Kahane to the likes of a David Duke or Jean Marie Le Pen (editorial, “Bigotry Watch: Chorus Line,” Nov. 7). To use words like “bigot,” “Nazi-like” and “racist” when talking about a man whose only desire was to secure a safe place for Jews to live in a world that didn’t give a damn 45 years ago is the height of absurdity.

Your editorial is both incongruous and unreasonable in view of the fact that in the 20 years that I was associated with the man, he did not once advocate the death of a whole people. That he didn’t want a fifth column in his midst is a credit to him, not a cause for condemnation. His whole life was based on the Torah and Talmud, and if his rhetoric did not appeal to the Beverly Hills art-and-croissant crowd that’s just tough!

EARL L. KRUGEL, Los Angeles Chapter Chairman, Jewish Defense League