About the Author
 

Lenny Goldberg was born in Queens, New York in 1958. He first saw Rabbi Kahane in 1983 while attending the University of Albany, and from that point on became a fervent follower of his. After receiving an MBA in marketing and working for the J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency, he decided to emigrate to Israel in late 1985.

In Israel, he studied from 1987-1990 in Rabbi Kahane's yeshiva in Jerusalem, "The Yeshiva of the Jewish Idea". After Rabbi Kahane was murdered by an assassin's bullet in November of 1990, Lenny continued learning at the Yeshiva of the Jewish Idea in Kfar Tapuach in Samaria, which was headed by Rabbi Kahane's son, Rabbi Binyamin Zev Kahane. For the next ten years (until Rabbi Binyamin's death in Dec 31, 2000), Lenny built a strong bond with Rabbi Binyamin, absorbing his teachings and translating his works.

Rabbi Meir Kahane was a most versatile leader – gifted writer, master debater, politician, activist, "rabble rouser", and most importantly, Torah scholar. While the Rabbi had thousands of students and followers, few are familiar with all these different aspects. Lenny Goldberg had the unique privilege of knowing the Rabbi from these varying perspectives, offering him a special advantage in writing a book of this kind.

Today, Lenny lives with his wife Yael and eight children in Tapuach Village, in the heart of Samaria.