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Nose-to-Nose in Toronto

Nose-to-Nose in Toronto

Until the sign appeared, none of the people at the butcher shop, or the kosher pizza parlor knew who the new tenant in the Main Exchange Mall in suburban Toronto was going to be. It caught the local director of headquarters of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth completely by surprise. But when the 30 foot sign, reading "City of David Messianic Synagogue" was installed, there was no question in anyone's mind - the missionaries had moved into one of Canada's most Jewish neighborhoods. Aet
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Denouncing Defending the Targeting of Jews

Denouncing Defending the Targeting of Jews

Jews for Judaism Denounces WEA Statement Defending the Targeting of Jews Jews for Judaism International denounces as offensive the March 28, 2008 statement the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) that defends the targeting of Jews for conversion to Christianity and reaffirms that Jews need Jesus for salvation. WEA is a global ministry described as a network of churches in 128 nations that have formed an evangelical alliance, with over 100 international organizations, representing more than 420 mi
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Responding to Missionaries and Cults On Campus and in Israel

Responding to Missionaries and Cults On Campus and in Israel

Many college students and students "doing their year" in Israel have contacted Jews for Judaism to speak about run-ins they have had with missionaries and cult recruiters. It may have been someone they met on the street, at a cafe,  in the library or cafeteria or over the Internet, and often, at college, by a roommate, dorm-mate or new "friend" from class. It is often referred to as "friendship evangelism". A Jewish student is befriended by a warm and outgoing Christian recruiter. As rapport an
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
A Verse In John 8 You Don't Want To Miss

A Verse In John 8 You Don't Want To Miss

Continued from Part 6 John’s Jesus states:  “Even in your Law it has been written, that the testimony of two men is true [i.e., valid or admissible; see Deuteronomy 17:6, 19:15].  I am he who bears witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness of me” (John 8:17-18).  Does this passage show Jesus and God to be ontologically one?  If Jesus and “the Father” were not two distinct entities how could they be considered two witnesses?  If Jesus and God are one than there would in reality
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
THE HARD TRUTH ABOUT “SOFT-SELL” EVANGELISM

THE HARD TRUTH ABOUT “SOFT-SELL” EVANGELISM

When it comes to salesmanship – which is essentially what evangelism is all about – the “soft-sell” is still a sales pitch. It seeks to disarm us by short-circuiting our natural defensive instincts, and deliberately takes advantage of our popularly held stereotypes about how missionaries work and what they look like. We assume that if someone isn’t carrying a large Bible and preaching endlessly about Jesus and the need to be saved, then that person really isn’t interested in converting us. Takin
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
DO YOU HAVE TO BE JEWISH TO BE OK WITH G-D?

DO YOU HAVE TO BE JEWISH TO BE OK WITH G-D?

• The righteous of all nations will have a share in the world of eternal bliss. (Tosefta Sanhedrin, XIII:2) • If a pagan prays and evokes G-d's name, Amen must be said (Jerusalem, Berachot 8). • Antonius once asked Rabbi Judah the prince, "Will I have a share in the world to come?" To which the later answered "Yes." But is it not written (Obadiah 1:8): "Nothing will remain in the house of Esau?" "true," Rabbi Judah answered, "but only if they do the deeds of Esau." (Avodah Zarah, 10b) • The M
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Kindness

Kindness

If you want to discover a depth of meaning about kindness, you need look no further than the wisdom of the Jewish Bible, which is referred to as the Torah, and the Jewish teachers and sages whose wisdom has been treasured for many centuries. So central is the trait of kindness in Judaism, that it is said that "the beginning and end of the entire Torah is loving-kindness." It is considered even greater than our people's hallmark trait of charity, for even it depends entirely on the extent of kin
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Isaiah 53, Micah 7 and Isaiah 62

Isaiah 53, Micah 7 and Isaiah 62

By Rabbi Yisroel Blumenthal Isaiah 53 (52:13 – 53:12) describes the servant of the Lord who shocks the world with his unexpected exaltation. The prophet presents us with the shocked words of the onlookers as they express their astonishment. From these words we learn that the onlookers were intimately familiar with the servant long before his exaltation. But they knew him as a wretched sufferer. The exaltation of the servant will cause them to reevaluate all of the theories that they had been pr
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz