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Why is Israel Targeted by Missionaries?

Evangelical Christians -- those who fund and support the work of "Messianic Jews" -- see the world as being divided between those who are lost and those who are saved, and believe that Jesus is the only ticket out of hell and into heaven. While this view applies to all people, the New Testament places a priority on the conversion of Jews, stating that its message represents "the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first, and also to the gentile" (Romans 1:16). These

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 2 min read

The Hard Truth About "Soft-Sell" Evangelism

By Rabbi Michael Skobac Shakespeare captured it best when he observed, “A rose by any other name is still a rose”. When it comes to salesmanship -- which is essentially what evangelism is all about -- the “soft-sell” is still a sales pitch. The “soft-sell”, however, seeks to disarm us by short-circuiting our natural defensive instincts. Over the years, many Jewish people have acquired a healthy suspicion regarding missionaries and cult recruiters. We know that they are out to convert us, so we

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 5 min read

Saved: A young Jewish man gets ensnared in the welcoming community of Messianic Jews.

Originally posted on www.aish.com The warmed, recycled air of the plane was like a tunnel between two tundras, Misha Kapilov* reflected as he disembarked. Gone were the sights and sounds of the life he had left behind, first in Kiev, then in Israel. Bienvenue au Canada read the sign as the frigid air pulled him into the terminal with an urgency. Passport control. Luggage. Waiting area. And there she was: Aunt Katya*. Smiling, waving vigorously, and very welcoming, she eagerly stepped forward t

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 9 min read

Messianic Jews promote Ethiopian aliya

Messianic Jews promote Ethiopian aliyaRuth Eglash 09/28/2008 02:44 'Post' learns Messianic Jewish Alliance of America active in far-flung villages of northern Ethiopia. Under Operation Tikva, through which thousands of people in Ethiopia are provided with clean water, money for food and educational services, they are also reminded often that they are Jews and that the people of Israel are waiting for them. What makes Operation Tikva different than other Jewish aid programs in Ethiopia, however

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 4 min read

Israel’s Relationship with God

By Rabbi Yisroel Blumenthal It wasn’t always this easy to be a Jew in a Christian country. In the 21st century, the Church’s age-old desire for the soul of the Jew can only find expression in the realm of the discussion. One of the few weapons that remain in the arsenal of the missionary is the scriptural argument. This same weapon is readily turned against the missionary by the Jew who has studied the scriptures. It was not always this way. There were times when the most intense pressures wer

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 6 min read

Unmasking Jews for Jesus

Jews for Jesus and Messianic Jews claim that what they’re doing is 100% Jewish... the most Jewish thing anyone can do. However, calling it Jewish doesn’t make it Jewish. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four! Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.” ~Abraham Lincoln Jews for Jesus and Messianic Jews are following Evangelical Protestant Christianity. Their beliefs are not Jewish and have no relation to Judaism. On every basic issue of theology, Jews for Jesus and

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 3 min read

Is This Phrase proof Enough That Jesus Is A God?

Continued from Part 29 Can the Eusebian phraseology, “Go ye, and make disciples of all the nations in my name,” be considered as decisive proof that the clause “baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit” was lacking in the manuscripts available to Eusebius? Perhaps, in writing “in my name” Eusebius was simply abbreviating the longer clause. What militates against this proposal is that Eusebius cites the shorter version so often that it is difficult to suppose th

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 3 min read

Chapter 9 - THE SCEPTER AND THE STAFF

Continued from Chapter 8 (Genesis 49:10) Christians attempt to demonstrate that the Messiah had to come prior to the end of Jewish sovereignty in 70 C.E. by citing Genesis 49:10: “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to him shall be the obedience of peoples.” Shiloh is identified with the Messiah according to the traditional commentaries of both Judaism and Christianity. Some Christians understand the text to mean that J

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 4 min read