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Title: Martin Kahane
Post by: Odie on March 13, 2008, 06:38:21 PM

   Did you know that Rabbi Meir Kahane's given first name was "Martin"
At what age did he change it to Meir

Title: Re: Martin Kahane
Post by: Odie on March 14, 2008, 10:10:53 AM

 In a book, and in the Newspaper,

Title: Re: Martin Kahane
Post by: Ehud on March 14, 2008, 10:29:20 AM

Yes, his birth name was Martin, I believe he started adopting the name Meir sometime in his teens or later.  The only reference I have for this is the anti-Kahane book "The False Prophet". 

Title: Re: Martin Kahane
Post by: Ehud on March 14, 2008, 10:45:25 AM

According to the original NYTimes obituary as well as other sources, his birth name was Martin.  Not that it makes any difference whether it birth name was Meir or not. 

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE0D9143AF935A35752C1A966958260

http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/Cambridge/entries/009/Meir-Kahane.html

http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-309651/Meir-Kahane