new members to join its ranks. Louisiana chapter The Jewish Defense League of Louisiana was formed on July 27 of 2008. JDL Louisiana created a now defunct website, www.louisianajdl.org, on July 20, 2008. It currently operates a new website, Twitter that "tweets" about events and blog posts by the JDL, as well as Jewish and Israeli news, and a Facebook group. Their motto is, "Your Jewish Neighborhood Watch." Michigan chapter The Jewish Defense League of Michigan was formed in 2009. South Carolina chapter Texas chapter The Jewish Defense League of Texas was formed on August 14, 2006 under the leadership of Ben Johnson in Waco, Texas. Their expressed goal is, "...to bring unity with those who wish to confront those extremist groups whose sole aim is the destruction of the Jewish People." International Canada Canadian chapter The Jewish Defense League of Canada was under the leadership of Meir Weinstein from the late 1970s until 2021, when Weinstein left the group. JDL Canada resumed activities in 2006 after a long absence. Since their reactivation, they have counter-protested against pro-Palestinian activists, picketed a conference on "Israeli apartheid" at the University of Toronto, protested the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation for considering support of a boycott of Israel, and protested the construction of a mosque led by an alleged "Islamist." In April 2007, JDL Canada organized a picket outside of Paul Fromm's disciplinary hearing at the Ontario College of Teachers. This led to two arrests after JDL activists were accused of assaulting the controversial far-right figure. On October 23, JDL Canada sponsored Israeli right winger Moshe Feiglin to come and address the Toronto Jewish community at a local synagogue. In March 2009, JDL Canada wrote an open letter to the Canadian government asking them to ban British politician George Galloway from entering Canada, which the government did. Galloway was scheduled to speak in Toronto at an event called "Resisting War from Gaza to Kandahar". In 2010, a Federal Court judge imposed a ruling, calling the ban "a flawed and overreaching interpretation of the standards under Canadian law...". Galloway was now allowed to visit the country. London, Ontario chapter The Jewish Defense league of London, Ontario was established in November 2009. The chairman is Pesach Ovadyah. The chapters Facebook group has an active Discussions Board. As of September 30, 2016, this Facebook group no longer appears to be active. Europe German chapter The Jewish