The family of Rabbi Meir Kahane has been holding an annual memorial ceremony for their father/husband for 10 years, but this year it has suddenly become of matter of contention with the police. Police Commissioner Shlomo Aharonishki issued a closure order on the Jerusalem hall, Heikhal David, in which the ceremony was to take place tonight, claiming that it was being run by a \"terrorist organization,\" namely, Kach. The family\'s appeal to the Jerusalem District Court was rejected this morning, despite its claims that the memorial is only a family affair.
Rabbi Baruch Kahane, lone remaining son of his father - he has two sisters - following the terrorist murder of his brother Binyamin and sister-in-law Talya on Dec. 31, said today, \"This affair is our initiative, with the friends of my father z\"l [of blessed memory] helping out... It is well known that to make a memorial for one who died is the obligation of the son, as the Talmud says, \'He must honor him both in his lifetime and after his death\' - it is my obligation, and I am behind the whole thing.\" The court did not accept this claim, saying that the memorial was to be a \"public event of a known political character.\"
The Kahane family\'s attorney, Naftali Wurzberger, said that the police were engaged in \"shutting mouths, which is not the police\'s job in a democratic state. The criteria for shutting down an event must be actions, not opinions expressed there. The family members must not be turned into a terrorist organization just because someone says so.\" The Kahane family issued an immediate appeal to the Supreme Court.
Rabbi Baruch Kahane, lone remaining son of his father - he has two sisters - following the terrorist murder of his brother Binyamin and sister-in-law Talya on Dec. 31, said today, \"This affair is our initiative, with the friends of my father z\"l [of blessed memory] helping out... It is well known that to make a memorial for one who died is the obligation of the son, as the Talmud says, \'He must honor him both in his lifetime and after his death\' - it is my obligation, and I am behind the whole thing.\" The court did not accept this claim, saying that the memorial was to be a \"public event of a known political character.\"
The Kahane family\'s attorney, Naftali Wurzberger, said that the police were engaged in \"shutting mouths, which is not the police\'s job in a democratic state. The criteria for shutting down an event must be actions, not opinions expressed there. The family members must not be turned into a terrorist organization just because someone says so.\" The Kahane family issued an immediate appeal to the Supreme Court.