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As a teenager, he became an ardent admirer of Ze ' ev Jabotinsky and Peter Bergson, who were frequent guests in his parents ' home, and joined the Betar ( Brit Trumpeldor ) youth wing of Revisionist Zionism.

He was active in protests against Ernest Bevin, the British Foreign Secretary who maintained restrictions on immigration of Jews ( including Nazi concentration camp survivors ) to Palestine after the end of the Second World War.

In 1947 Kahane was arrested for throwing eggs and tomatoes at Bevin, as the latter disembarked at Pier 84 on a visit to New York.

A photo of the arrest appeared in the New York Daily News.

In 1954, he became the mazkir ( director ) of Greater New York City ’ s sixteen Bnei Akiva chapters.