Zalman Kravitz

I am sickened to hear the recent reports from Israel concerning eight-year-old Naama Margolese who is afraid to go to school because “orthodox” extremists spat on her and called her a whore for dressing “immodestly.” In addition to violating the biblical commandment of Ahavas Israel, and Maimonides warning against extremism, this fanatical behavior can have disastrous consequences. Some 30 years ago I was asked to meet with an Israeli woman who was involved with the Church of Scientology. Here i

December 12, 2013BY Marc ShapiroHebrew Christian groups giving out latkes and sufganiyot to lure Jewish students to their faith Messianic Jews, also known as Hebrew Christians, hand out latkes and sufganiyot at the University of Maryland, College Park. University of Maryland, College Park students received unexpected Chanukah presents this year in the form of free latkes and sufganyot outside of the student union. But these treats came with a side order of Jesus. The table, erected last week, w

UJC Jewish Heroes Contest in the Home Stretch by: Alan Zeitlin | Sep 15 2009 Some recent scandals involving Jewish leaders have left many yearning to read about people doing the right thing. So it is fitting that positive stories of the work of Jewish leaders can be visible as part of a national contest. More than 150 people have been nominated and more than 200,000 votes have been logged for the Jewish Community Heroes contest, run by United Jewish Communities/Jewish Federations of North Ameri

Jews for Judaism International is proud to announce that it has recently been awarded a significant Cutting Edge Grant from the Jewish Community Foundation to further its work in combating those who target Jews for conversion. The grant, in the amount of $175,000, will go toward its new "Community Mobilization and Empowerment Against Proselytizing" initiative. This multi-faceted program will mobilize the community to counter the proselytizing efforts of missionaries and cults to convert Jewish h

With over 6000 Christians from over 90 nations expected to take part in a Christian celebration of Sukkot in Israel this week, the chief rabbinate urged Jews to stay away from the event, saying some of the groups want to convert them to Christianity. Proselytizing is illegal in Israel. "According to information that has reached the chief rabbinate, there are participants in this conference who convert Jews to Christianity and perform missionary acti vity throughout the year," said Rabbi Simcha

ALERT: MISSIONARIES STEP UP ACTIVITIES TO CONVERT JEWS IN ISRAEL In recent years, there has been a phenomenal growth in the number of Israelis converting to Christianity through the efforts of Evangelical missionaries who use “Messianic Judaism” to deceptively describe their form of “Christianity for Jews”. These Israeli converts claim they are more Jewish than ever and proudly refer to themselves as “Messianic Jews.” The media has lately published numerous reports of violence and purported “t

by Ali SalimFebruary 3, 2014 at 5:00 am http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4151/palestinians-recognition-israel-jewish-state The core of the problem is that Palestinian recognition of Israel as the state of the Jewish People would not only end the dream of the return to Palestine, but also of the destruction of Israel currently being implemented through the incitement and terrorist campaign waged by the Palestinian People in their institutions, mosques, schools, terrorist organizations and forei

It's never a good idea to try to convert the Rabbi.By: Jewish Press News Briefs Published: October 15th, 2013Latest update: October 16th, 2013 Letter about Kashrut Revocation for Cafe PortaPhoto Credit: HaKol HaYehudi Following an investigation by the anti-missionary organization Yad L’Achim into ‘Cafe Porta’, located in the Clal building in Jerusalem, the organization reported to the Kashrut division of Jerusalem’s Religious Authority that the cafe appears to be a missionary center. Missionar