Zalman Kravitz

The Jews’ worst enemies are Jews. Tom Cantor says he was born into a Jewish family. He is trying to convince Maryland Jews they can be Jews and Christians. Even worse, he says “I love my people.”By: Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu Published: August 20th, 2013 Beware of this man, His name is Tom Cantor, He is rich, And He spends his money to try to tell Jews they can be 'Jewish Christians'Photo Credit: YouTube The war to assimilate has gone for the “soft sell,” with a Christian missionary blitz trying to con

Echoes of 1934 as Quenelle Takes Over Streets of Paris By Robert ZaretskyPublished February 05, 2014.Eighty years ago, on February 6, 1934, the French Republic had a near-death experience. On that wintry evening, tens of thousands of protestors, mostly young and mostly male, massed along the boulevards of Paris. Their aim was to bring down the Republic—or, as they called it, “la gueuse” or whore. In the eyes of contemporaries, they nearly succeeded: outside the National Assembly, a pitched batt

Bush's plans to address Messianic Jewish group irks former aides By Jessica Ravitz, CNN (CNN) - Of course Tevi Troy has heard the hubbub. He knows full well that his onetime boss, former President George W. Bush, plans to speak Thursday at a Dallas fundraiser for the Messianic Jewish Bible Institute – a group dedicated to converting Jews to Christianity. “I have yet to meet a Jewish person who hasn’t heard about this,” says Troy, who served as a Bush administration liaison to the Jewish communit

February 6, 2014BY Marc Shapiro Arthur Abramson (Marc Shapiro) The Baltimore Jewish Council passed a policy statement at its Jan. 30 meeting condemning deceptive proselytizing. “For centuries, attempts have been made to convert the Jewish people to Christianity, and the Jewish community has always resisted these attempts,” the statement said. “In that vein, it is disconcerting that these ‘Messianic Jews’ or ‘Hebrew Christians’ have created a false and misleading setting that purports to allow J

This week in the Jewish Journal, our own Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz shares a touching story about an experience he had with share his values for Shabbat and Judaism.  Instead of choosing debate and critical disagreement, which so prevalently surrounds the Jewish faith from other who may not live it, Rabbi Kravitz chose friendship and warmth in sharing what he believes.   In the article he states, "When I see the violent protests going on in Israel today, ... I know that anger and force won’t turn he

March 2, 2014, 6:14 am Diane Weber Bederman I want to introduce you to Caleb Myers. Caleb is a well-known Israeli attorney and civil rights activist. He is a clean cut, well-dressed, well-spoken advocate for Israel. I have listened to him deliver first class talking points. Caleb is also founder and chief counsel of the Jerusalem Institute of Justice. I have visited the Facebook page. It’s slick and full of well-written articles about Israel. It’s just that Myers and his organization, Jerusale

Educators Tackle Evangelical Passion By Adam Wills David Neal didn't expect to get his nose broken when he tried to opt out of attending a production of "Godspell." Held at Bakersfield's Centennial High School in spring 2003, attendance for the musical -- based on the life of Jesus -- was mandatory, and David, a rabbi's son, was offended that his public school would stage it. He wanted no part of the event. "My son asked to get up and leave, and [school officials] said, 'You will stay here,'" s

May 25, 2010 Jews for Jesus Founder Dies, Duplicity Survives by Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz Share17 Moshe Rosen, the Jewish convert to Christianity who founded the Evangelical missionary group Jews for Jesus, died May 19, 2010, in San Francisco after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 78. His passing presents an opportunity to reflect on the devastating effect he had on Jewish lives. Born Martin Rosen in 1932 to immigrant Jewish parents, he was raised with a minimum Jewish education i