Did Former JDL Boss Confess to Bomb Plots?

By Tom Tugend
Published on March 17, 2009

JDL’s Krugel Killed in Phoenix Prison

By Jim Crogan
Published on November 10, 2005

If Earl Krugel stood for anything, it was the principle that Jews should never retreat, never back down from a hostile world. The former Jewish Defense League (JDL) stalwart and his cohorts vocally, provocatively and sometimes violently fought back over decades of political activism.

Community Briefs

Published on January 30, 2003

The family of Jewish Defense League (JDL) leader Irv Rubin has filed a $5 million wrongful-death claim against the U.S. government, stemming from his apparent suicide last November while in federal custody at the downtown Metropolitan Detention Center.

Your Letters

Published on November 21, 2002

Your Letters

Your Letters

Published on November 14, 2002

Your Letters

JDL’s Questionable Future

By Mike Levy
Published on November 7, 2002

Kelly Rubin will turn 13 on Nov. 20. His bar mitzvah, already postponed to December, is now on hold as his father, Irv Rubin, lies in critical condition at L.A. County-USC Medical Center.

JDL Trial Set for October

By Mike Levy
Published on April 11, 2002

The trial of Jewish Defense League (JDL) leaders Irv Rubin and Earl Krugel on criminal conspiracy charges in the alleged plot to detonate bombs at a mosque and a congressman's office is scheduled to begin in October. As Rubin and Krugel await their trial in a shared cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center, information has slowly come out about the informant who helped the government build its case since the arrests in December.

At the heart of the case against Rubin and Krugel are hours of tapes recorded by an informant working for the FBI. The tapes have been turned over to defense lawyers but are still being transcribed.

JDL’s Rubin, Krugel Indicted

By Tom Tugend
Published on January 17, 2002

Lawyers for Jewish Defense League (JDL) National Chairman Irv Rubin, 56, and Earl Krugel, 59, say that an FBI informant provoked the charges against the men, which led to a nine-count federal indictment last week.

Your Letters

Published on December 27, 2001

Your Letters

Follies

By Rob Eshman
Published on December 20, 2001

In the solar system of Jewish life, Irv Rubin is Pluto.