Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane

Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane
בנימין זאב כהנא
Born(1966-10-03)3 October 1966
Died31 December 2000(2000-12-31) (aged 34)
Cause of deathMurder (gunshot wounds)
Resting placeJerusalem
Citizenship
  • Israeli
  • American
EducationYeshiva
OccupationsRabbi, MK
Known forKahane Chai
SpouseTalia Kahane
Children6
FatherMeir HaCohen Kahane

Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane or Benyamin Zeev Kahane, sometimes called Benjamin Ze’ev Kahana (Hebrew: בנימין זאב כהנא; 3 October 1966 – 31 December 2000) was an American and Israeli Orthodox far-right rabbi and follower of his father Meir Kahane, who started the ultra-nationalist Zionist ideology called Kahanism. He was assassinated in 2000. His assassination is suspected to have been carried out by Palestinian militants part of the Force 17.