Some people named Kahane include: * Anetta Kahane, German journalist * Binyamin Kahane, Israeli Air Force pilot * Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, founder of the Israeli Kahane Chai party * 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 * Meir Kahane, founder of the American Jewish Defense League and the Israeli Kach party * Nachman Kahane, rabbinic scholar involved in the renewal of the Sanhedrin; author of a commentary on the

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kohen Kohen (, ; , ، Arabic كاهن , Kahen) is the Hebrew word for "priest", used in reference to the Aaronic Priest#Judaism, priesthood, also called Aaronites or Aaronides. They are traditionally believed, and halakha, halakhically required, to ...

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