# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dov-hikind
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:46:34.907Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dov-hikind"
name: "Dov Hikind"
slug: "dov-hikind"
description: "Dov Bernard Hikind is an American politician, former Jewish Defense League member, activist, and radio talk show host in the state of New York. Hikind served in New York State Assembly as a Democrat representing the 48th district from January 1983 until December 2018. He joined the Republican Party in 2023."
tagline: "New York politician and activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dov_Hikind%2C_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1950-06-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.16
  momentum:             8.64784288249829
  historical:           4.662352
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%88_%D9%87%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "دوو هیکیند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dov_Hikind"
    title: "Dov Hikind"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%91_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%93"
    title: "דב הייקינד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%2C_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Хайкинд, Дов"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%91_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%93"
    title: "דוב הייקינד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3569660"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump