My close friend was a covert Christian missionary

I hate that she betrayed my trust and can’t restore it, but what I hate even more is that she destroyed our ability to trust each other

This article in the Times of Israel illustrates some of the damage that can be done with misguided missionary activities:

In the last couple of days, the larger Jewish world, and especially the Israeli Anglo-Jewish world, found out what I have known for the past couple of months: that my good friend, an ostensibly dati/Haredi American olah with five children, was actually a Christian who made aliyah with her husband as covert missionaries, with the intention of infiltrating the Jewish community, remaining quiet and undetected for up to 20 years if necessary, before acting to proselytize. 

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Beetlejuice Vs. Braveheart: Back In The Antisemite Saddle Again

Writer Gerald A. Honigman has taken Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ to task:


Back in early 2004, if I recall the exact time correctly, Diane Sawyer interviewed Mel Gibson about his then new film, The Passion of the Christ, on ABC. It was a fairly balanced interview, so my initial fears of a whitewash were put to rest.

But most folks still don’t understand what all the fuss had been about. So, please permit me to be as candid as possible in trying to clarify the potential problems revolving around this sensitive and painful subject.

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God TV broadcasts suspended

We have been following the case of God TV in Israel, which appeared to be trying to convert Israeli Jews. A decision has been made to suspend the station’s licence:

Chairman of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council, Asher Biton, announced on Thursday to the “Hot” TV network its decision to suspend the “GodTV – Shelanu” channel from being broadcast in Israel. Explaining the decision, Biton said that the channel appeals to Jews with Christian content, in contrast to the original request for approval which stated that the channel is intended for the Christian population.

This is welcome news for those who have had concerns about the activities of this TV channel.

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GOD TV Evangelicals: Please Stop Pitching Your Hatred of Judaism as ‘Love’

A powerful opinion piece in Haaretz by Avi Bell calls out the evangelicals of God TV who are disguising their efforts to convert Jews as nothing to do with conversion at all, but claim they are simply asking Jews to become ‘fulfilled’ Jews by accepting ‘Yeshua’ (Jesus).

When you and your fellow preachers at GOD TV claim that Christianity is the true Judaism you are making a claim that is disrespectful, anti-Semitic and toxic. You are telling us that not only do you have the right to define your Christian faith (you do!) and to interpret your own religious tradition (you do!), but that you also have the right to define our Jewish faith and deny us Jews the right to interpret our religious tradition.

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