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The '''Jewish Defense Organization''' (JDO) is a [[conservative]] [[Judaism|Jewish]] organization in the [[United States]] founded in 1985 by Mordechai Levy, currently its National Director. It focuses on combatting [[anti-Semitism]] and [[holocaust denial]], and although represented across the USA, has a strong presence in and around [[New York City]]. It also maintains ''Camp Jabotinsky'', a self-defense and weapons-training center in the [[Catskills]]. The JDO regularly provides pro-active safety campaigns within predominantly Jewish neighbourhoods. It has frequently been forced to respond to anti-Semitic activity by providing custodian-teams in [[Manhattan]].

The '''Jewish Defense Organization''' (JDO) is a [[far-right] Zionist] [[Judaism|Jewish]] organization in the [[United States]] founded in 1985 by Mordechai Levy, currently its National Director. It focuses on combatting [[anti-Semitism]] and [[holocaust denial]], and although represented across the USA, has a strong presence in and around [[New York City]]. It also maintains ''Camp Jabotinsky'', a self-defense and weapons-training center in the [[Catskills]]. The JDO regularly provides pro-active safety campaigns within predominantly Jewish neighbourhoods. It has frequently been forced to respond to anti-Semitic activity by providing custodian-teams in [[Manhattan]].

The JDO strongly opposes [[gun control]] for the reason that "It's better to have a gun and not need it, than to need it and not have it!"<ref>Levy, Mordechai ''Jewish Youth Learn To Shoot'' [http://jewishdefense.org/jab.htm Camp Jabotinsky]</ref> Levy stated: "The fact is neo-nazis today and yesterday's nazis are cowards that are very good at shooting Jewish children. Now, if they had to face highly disciplined well trained legally armed Jews don't you think that the pejorative "tables" and guns would have been turned? Who would they have been turned on? The neo-nazis who think think the entire Jewish community is an easy mark and every Jew a potential victim. We must learn from the mistakes of the past or we are doomed to repeat them."<ref>[http://jewishdefense.org/jab.htm Mordechai Levy] quoted at Camp Jabotinsky website</ref>

The JDO strongly opposes [[gun control]] for the reason that "It's better to have a gun and not need it, than to need it and not have it!"<ref>Levy, Mordechai ''Jewish Youth Learn To Shoot'' [http://jewishdefense.org/jab.htm Camp Jabotinsky]</ref> Levy stated: "The fact is neo-nazis today and yesterday's nazis are cowards that are very good at shooting Jewish children. Now, if they had to face highly disciplined well trained legally armed Jews don't you think that the pejorative "tables" and guns would have been turned? Who would they have been turned on? The neo-nazis who think think the entire Jewish community is an easy mark and every Jew a potential victim. We must learn from the mistakes of the past or we are doomed to repeat them."<ref>[http://jewishdefense.org/jab.htm Mordechai Levy] quoted at Camp Jabotinsky website</ref>