Zalman Kravitz


Giving Missionaries a Mouthful

Giving Missionaries a Mouthful

Rabbi Zalman Kravitz of Jews for Judaism spoke to Long Island teens about identifying and responding to Missionaries. On the the eve of Hoshana Raba, Rabbi Zalman Kravitz, Education Director of Jews for Judaism International, traveled to Chabad of Stony Brook to present "Missionary Impossible - The Jewish Response to Missionaries" to their Chabad Cteen Youth group. Rabbi Zalman explained how each year deceptive and manipulative missionary groups like Jews for Jesus spend millions of dollars targ


Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz

Views On ‘Cult-like’ Retreats Vary Wildly

Views On ‘Cult-like’ Retreats Vary Wildly

To critics, Call of the Shofar flirts with foreign worship and uses deception; supporters say it has improved their lives. 02/26/14Adam DickterAssistant Managing Editor Raphael Aron: Spoke to dozens of people about Call of the Shofar for his report, but not the founder.To Dr. Rashi Shapiro, a Brooklyn psychologist with many Orthodox patients, Call of the Shofar “can be highly influential in helping people change their thinking.” But the program is not a cult, he says in an open letter about the


Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz

Gabe Kapler Thanks Rabbi Kravitz

Gabe Kapler Thanks Rabbi Kravitz

Jews for Judaism founder Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz was thanked by Baseball Major League player Gabe Kapler at their annual Dinner. Jewish Journal On Nov. 2, Jews for Judaism, an organization dedicated to counteracting missionaries, celebrated its 25th anniversary. Some 250 people gathered for a gala dinner at the Sephardic Temple in Westwood to honor the organization’s founder and director, Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz, and his wife, Dvora Kravitz. As its name suggests, Kravitz founded Jews for Judaism i


Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz

Ann Coulter’s statement that Jews Need to be perfected

Ann Coulter’s statement that Jews Need to be perfected

Ann Coulter’s statement, that Jews need to be perfected by accepting Jesus, simply articulated what evangelical Christians believe in their hearts but avoid in order to make their message more palatable.  By saying Jews need to be perfected she is replacing the word “perfected” for the classic missionary term “completed.” This insinuates that Jews are incomplete and imperfect. Ann quotes Jerry Falwell that Jews can serve God with the law but Christians have the improved fast-track through the bl


Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz

Attacking the messenger and not the message

Attacking the messenger and not the message

It is sad that Barbra Miner resorts to the old ploy of attacking the messenger and not the message. Yes, I was upset and passionate about the presence of Jews for Jesus, Messianic Jews—also known as Hebrew Christians— and other missionaries at the Celebrate Israel Festival. But Barbra failed to share the essence of our discussion. When I asked Barbra if she had informed the Festival officials that her group believed in Jesus, she responded that she specifically told them they believed in the “Je


Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz

Skokie Community Briefed on Missionaries

Skokie Community Briefed on Missionaries

Jews for Judaism activist Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz spent this past Shabbos in Illinois speaking about rescuing Jews from evangelicals.'Jews for Judaism' director Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz was the scholar in resident at the Lubavitch Center in Skokie, IL. Rabbis Yosef Posner and Yochanan Posner organized the weekend Shabbaton that included a festive Shabbos meal and a lecture entitled "Missionary Impossible." Rabbi Kravitz spoke about his 25 years of experience rescuing Jews from evangelical missionar


Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz

Missionaries Growing on Campus

Missionaries Growing on Campus

Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz of Jews for Judaism, back from a lecture tour in North Carolina and Arizona, warns of growing missionary activity on U.S. campuses. Chabad on Campus Partners with Jews for Judaism Growing concern about missionary activity targeting Jewish college students is motivating Chabad Shluchim on campus to turn to Jews for Judaism for assistance. Jews for Judaism’s world-renowned cult and missionary expert, Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz, noted that "missionaries are more effective than ev


Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz