Jewish Defense League

American  

[joo-ish di-fens leeg] / ˈdʒu ɪʃ dɪˈfɛns ˌlig /

noun

1. an organization of militant Jewish activists, founded in 1968 in the United States to combat antisemitism and defend Jewish interests worldwide. JDL

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Example Sentences

Leiter—who was born in the United States and was, in his youth, a part of the militant nationalist Jewish Defense League founded by Meir Kahane—previously was the prime minister’s chief of staff.

From Slate

Kahane’s political party was banned from the Israeli parliament in the 1980s, and the U.S. classified the Jewish Defense League as a terrorist group.

From Seattle Times

Reached by phone on Wednesday afternoon, Reuven Kahane, who lives in the Manhattan neighborhood where the protest took place, declined to comment on the events leading up to his arrest, but he said he had no link the Jewish Defense League.

From Seattle Times

Kahane is best known in the U.S. as the founder of the Jewish Defense League, which was originally headquartered in New York City.

From Salon

In 1975, that effort – not the work of the Jewish Defense League – achieved the enactment of the Jackson-Vanik amendment, which curbed U.S. trade with countries that restricted freedom of movement and other basic human rights.

From Salon