Kahane

Some people named Kahane include:

  • Anetta Kahane, German journalist
  • Binyamin Kahane, Israeli Air Force pilot, recipient of Medal of Courage
  • Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, founder of the Israeli Kahane Chai party; son of Rabbi Meir Kahane
  • Brianna Kahane (born 2002), American child prodigy violinist
  • Gabriel Kahane, American composer, pianist and singer-songwriter
  • Henry R. Kahane, Romance philologist
  • Howard Kahane, professor of philosophy known for promoting a popular approach to logic
  • Jack Kahane (1887–1939), Manchester-born writer and publisher
  • Jackie Kahane, Polish-Canadian stand up comedian.
  • Jean-Pierre Kahane (1926–2017), French mathematician
  • Jeffrey Kahane, American pianist and conductor
  • Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the American Jewish Defense League and the Israeli Kach party
  • Rabbi Nachman Kahane, rabbinic scholar involved in renewal of Sanhedrin; author of commentary on Tosafot of the Talmud; brother of Rabbi Meir Kahane

The name is the Aramaic equivalent of kohen.[1]

See also

  • Cohen (surname)
  • Kohen, a direct male descendant of the Biblical Aaron, brother of Moses
  • Cohen (disambiguation)
  • Coen (disambiguation)
  • Cohn
  • Kahana (disambiguation)

References

  1. ^ כָּהֵן, כָּהֵין, כַּהֲנָא
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