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MEIR D. KAHANE The March 18. 1972, issue of the "Arizona Republic" contained an article captioned "Rabbi Fears Florida Vote" In this article, Rabbi Meir D. Kahane reportedly stated. that Alabama Governor Wallace's victory in Florida was a sign that anti-Semitism was rising in the United States and that Jews should take steps to protect themselves for the predicted wave of anti-Semitism. The following. also appeared in the article: "The rabbi said 'violence has been the most. terribie of all words for the Jews,: but he said some acts of violence by the Jewish Defense League have been effective protective. action for Jews".. The Arizona "Daily Wildcat". publication of the. Associated Students, University of Arizona (uA), Tucson, Arizona, reported in the March 17, 1972, issue that Rabbi Meir Kahane had spoken in the Liberal Arts Auditorium at the UA on the evening of March 16, 1972. Kahane was sponsored by the Departments of Government, Sociology and the Hillel House. Approximately 400 persons were present. Kahane, who was described as the founder and leader of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) warned of the rise of anti-Semitism in the United States and the rise of the American Nazi Party. The article referred to. Kahane as 'a "resident of the State of Israel" and indicated that he held dual citizanship in both the United States and Israel. Kahane urged members of the Jewish faith to. move to Israel and "come shape your own life" and "give some serious thought to going home". Kahane was recruiting young people to move to an Israeli:.. kibbutz on the west side of the Jordan River. Kahane, in speaking of the plight of the Soviet Jew, "shich the JDL'has actively made protest". called for a mass demonstration of Jews to meet May. 22 in Washington to raise questions about Soviet Jews to President Nixon, who is scheduled to leave for a visit to Moscow on May 22.