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Taglit screening out Messianic Jews

Taglit screening out Messianic Jews

Taglit screening out Messianic Jews By Matthew Wagner "Certain acts separate individuals from parameters of Jewishness." Taglit screening out Messianic Jews By Taglit-birthright Trip organizers for Birthright have begun screening American candidates interested in free trips to Israel to prevent Messianic Jews from participating. A questionnaire of a Birthright (Taglit) trip organizer that was obtained by The Jerusalem Post includes a question regarding applicants' religious faith. Under a cat


Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz

Cleveland Federation Advisory Statement

Cleveland Federation Advisory Statement

MEDIA ADVISORY JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON AUGUST 19, 2003 Don't be fooled by the "Messianic" or "Jews for Jesus" movement Statement by the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland's Community Relations Committee in response to targeted proselytizing campaign in Cleveland. An organization known as "Jews for Jesus" has started a campaign in Cleveland to convert Jews to Christianity. Their efforts deliberately attempt to mislead people into believing they


Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz

Baptists Declare Open Season on Jews

Baptists Declare Open Season on Jews

On June 13, 1996, the Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution which called for the Baptists to direct their "energies and resources toward the proclamation of the gospel to the Jewish people." In essence, this puts the force and power of the largest fundamentalist Christian denomination with over 37,000 churches and 15 million members in the U.S.- squarely on the side of bringing Jews to Christianity. But haven't Christians wanted to make Jews into Christians for almost 2,000 years? Why


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Zalman Kravitz

THE JEWISH RESPONSE TO MISSIONARY CHRISTIANITY - Introduction

THE JEWISH RESPONSE TO MISSIONARY CHRISTIANITY - Introduction

INTRODUCTION For Jews adhering to traditional Judaism the Torah is God’s words revealed directly to Moses. Subsequent additions to the Jewish canon are God inspired works often recording God’s interaction with the prophets of Israel. The Old Testament The Jewish Bible in its original language is the clearest expression of God’s written word to His people. This despite copyist errors and lost knowledge of certain word meanings and the like that have interfered with a clear transmission of the


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Zalman Kravitz

Meeting The Challenge - Hebrew Christians and the Jewish Community

Meeting The Challenge - Hebrew Christians and the Jewish Community

Meeting The Challenge: Hebrew Christians and the Jewish Community Originally prepared by The Jewish Community Relations Council of New York Task Force on Missionaries and Cults 1. Introduction It has been over 2000 years since the final break between Judaism and Christianity. The early Jewish leadership perceived the increasing danger of confusion between classical Judaism and the "new" Jewish Christian views. At the same time, Christianity was undergoing its own changes, such as developme


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Zalman Kravitz

The Silent Holocaust - Rescuing Russian Jews

The Silent Holocaust - Rescuing Russian Jews

In today's evangelical crusade for Jewish souls, missionaries have found one particularly vulnerable segment of our community. Unlike Jews in the West, who are usually somewhat resistant to conversion, our brethren who have lived behind the Iron Curtain are much less able to withstand the overtures of Christian missionaries. Even before the collapse of the Soviet Union, missionaries had set their sights on Russian immigrants at transit centers in Italy and upon arrival in North America and Isra


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Zalman Kravitz