Feigin Says Conference Erred in Not Letting Kahane Speak; Scores ‘organized Jewry’

Major Grischa Feigin, the Soviet Jew who participated in the Brussels conference on Soviet Jewry, told newsmen here that “it was a mistake not to have let Rabbi Meir Kahane speak at the conference.” Speaking to reporters after his return from a visit to London, Feigin said that while he disagreed with Rabbi Kahane’s methods, nonetheless he felt that “Kahane’s views should have been heard.” Feigin blamed “organized Jewry” for the development of an organization such as the Jewish Defense League. It was because “organized Jewry” had done very little for the cause of Soviet Jewry, he declared, that a group such as JDL had come into existence.