In the mid-1980s , Weinstein travelled to Alberta on several occasions in an attempt to organize the Jewish community against antisemitic activity in the province - particularly , against the activities of Aryan Nations organizer Terry Long . He received national media attention in 1986 when he picketed " AryanFest " when it was held on Long 's Alberta compound . The previous year , Weinstein had held meetings in Edmonton in an attempt to organize a JDL branch there . During one of the meetings he shouted down Rabbi Haim Kemelman , leader of Edmonton 's Beth Shalom synagogue , after he criticized the JDL 's methods and called Weinstein a " carpetbagger " and alleged he was trumping up a non-existent crisis of antisemitism in an attempt create an Edmonton JDL branch . " Those kinds of rabbis , those kind of Jews , in the end they dig a grave for Jews , " said Weinstein who accused the rabbi of being " rude and extremist " . " You see , I am silenced , " the rabbi was reported as saying to a reporter after the incident , adding , " that is the JDL . " In 1986 , an editorial in '' The Globe and Mail '' criticized Weinstein ( under his pseudonym of Meir Halevi ) for claiming that the Alberta government was aiding neo-nazi Terry Long : " to say , as Mr. Halevi does , that this group exists with the assistance of the provincial government is simply a lie . And to advocate , as he does , any means legal or illegal to destroy the Aryan Nations group is irresponsible . " In 1994 , in his capacity as Canadian spokesman for the banned Israeli political party Kach , Weinstein , using his pseudonym of Meir Halevi , commented on the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre committed by Kach member Baruch Goldstein in Hebron saying " o ur organization does not condemn the attack . It condemns the Israeli government for not providing adequate protection for settlers . " He added that Kach does not advocate physical attacks on Palestinians but that it wants all members of terrorist organizations expelled from Israel
Cave of the Patriarchs massacre
Cave of the Patriarchs massacre
Meir Weinstein