Who Assisted in the Release of Rabbi M.M. Shklov from Arrest?

Back in 2009, in a comment, I wrote:

If Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Shklov, disciple of the Vilna Gaon and leader of the perushim in Jerusalem in the 1830s, could invite a missionary into his home to discuss religion but use him to advance the redemption process of Jews (see here)...

This was responding to those who then, and still do, hold to a belief that Christians volunteering in Judea and Samaria, as well as others who are advancing the cause of Zionism and Israel throughout the Land of Israel, are sinister missionaries.

I was using the example of Menachem Mendel of Shklov as an observant Jew who saw the usefulness of Jews and non-Jews working politically, diplmatically and practically for a common goal: the restoring of Jews to Eretz-Yisrael, the flowering of the Land and the furthering of the redemptive process.

Despite these Christians who he worked with, some Jews who had converted, that is, apostates, he had them in his house, discussed theology and Bible with them and sought them out. He had, as far as we know, no compunctions.

As is my wont, searching for material on another topic, connected to Yemin Moshe, I came across an article* that also included a short chapter on Menachem Mendel's life in Jerusalem.

He is considered as the renewer of the Ashkenazi Jewish community in Jerusalem after a century's hiatus.

As part of his activity to reverse the existing non-legal status of the residence of the Ashkenazim in the city, he, together with his son, were detained by the Pasha.

To whom did he turn?

Menachem Mendel, writing to Amsterdam, considered it a miracle that he was released, the day being the Seventh Day of Passover 1825. And his freedom was the result of two Christian missionaries, W.B. Lewis and a Dr. Dalton of the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews (and see here; their headquarters were at "Palestine Place", Bethnal Green). That organization was qute assertive and determined by the Rabbi from Shklov was undetered and not frightened. He may have even thought that God was providing his divine assistance in the form of...Christian missionaries. He certainly did so in seeking to assure that Britain would establish a consulate presence in Jerusalem that would make it easier for the Jews to increase the likelihood of a future Jewish state and an ingathering of the Jews.

Think about that.

And think about today's reality.

Of course there is a threat. No one denies or belittles that. But, obviously, it is possible for one to be discerning, selective and, depending on the circumstances, cooperative with such Christians.

* I found this material in an article in Cathedra of the Yad Ben-Zvi. 

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I Got Intrigued (and did I!)

Getting intrigued, I think, is a special form of curiosity.

What happens when you read about three graves? To where is one led?

I read the following on page 179 of Volume 3 of Edward Robinsons (with Eli Smith) Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of Travels in the Years 1838 and 1852 regarding their visit to a section of the Mt. Zion cemetery:

We now rode to the American cemetery...There are here but three graves of American; those of Dr Dodge and Mrs Thomson, missionaries ; and that of Prof. Fiske of Amherst College, who died here in May, 1847.

Who were they? What did they accomplish? 

And to where and who would this lead me?

I checked this 1872 book. According to this book, the Thomsons and Dodges arrived as missionaries in Beirut in 1833 and spent over a decade in Lebanon.

The Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, Volume 7, p. 583, Dodge and Thomson had proceeded to Jerusalem from the Lebanon in 1834 and Mrs. Thomson died of brain fever on July 22, 1834 following a siege of their residence. Dodge, who arrived in Jerusalem in early 1835, and founded the Jewish Mission in the city. He died there on June 28, 1835.

William McClure Thomson spent 25 years in Syria and Lebanon as a Protestant missionary, only the eighth American Protestant missionary to arrive in the area. We read that

At a Beirut Mission Meeting on 23 January 1862 he proposed the establishment of a college with Daniel Bliss as its President. The Syrian Protestant College was established in 1866 with 16 students. This college was to evolve into the American University of Beirut

He was one of the first outsiders to arrive at Tzfat after the terrible 1837 earthquake and extended assistance to the Jews there. His book, The Land and the Book, almost 800 pages in length, became quite popular, a bestseller, and over the next forty years it was only outsold by Uncle Tom's Cabin in America.

Being on the subject of missionaries and death, let us recall the events of 1859-1860 in Lebanon:

The events began in the Beit Miri section of Lebanon when a minor quarrel developed in the summer of 1859 between two boys, a Maronite and a Druse, over the ownership of a chicken...Feelings smoldered until the following April when there was another outbreak.Some contend that the Maronite clergy, who were mostly of peasant origin, were the instigators of the uprising. "Verbalmissiles" and rumor put the situation out of hand, with the Druse calling on their coreligionists in Hauran for help. The violence escalated and there was a tremendous loss of lives'? At Deir el Kamr, near the scene of the original quarrel, some 2,600 Maronite men were slaughtered within the church walls. Fighting swept from one mountain village to another. The fighting spread and now included attacks on and by all Christians. Indiscriminate killing and pillaging followed. Hardly a house in Zahleh remained standing.outrages were beyond even his expectations. International jealousies were partially to blame for the riot. The French wished to establish a beachhead in Lebanon by supporting Catholics in general and the Maronites in particular. The British viewed with disfavor France's moves and favored the Druse and Protestants. Russia, protector of the Roum (Orthodox), could still hope to take back Constantinople and maybe Turkey which was determined to crush the might of local chieftians in Lebanon. Muslims perceived of themselves in decline and under Christian European pressure...In Damascus...a city of about 110,000,Christians numbered about 25,000,15,000Jews..On Sunday, July 8, a series of insults were heard; on Monday the attacks began; and on Tuesday the terror mounted. By the time the news reached Beirut three days later the worst had happened. The estimated loss of lives in Damascus vary from 5,000 to 8,000 killed. The Ottoman soldiers stood by idly; the mobs ruled in anarchy.

And we meet Thomson again:

Events of the war were copiously detailed by eyewitnesses. American proteges trekked over rocks and hills to the safety of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bliss at Suk el-Gharb. Others were sheltered in school buildings. Abeih received its share of refugees. Looking over their shoulders, they saw columns of smoke envelop what once had been homes in their villages.  There is Mr. Bird's account of 30 Syrian Protestants rescued from Ain Zehalteh, neighboring Deir el Kamr and the saving of a "terrified Syrian pastor" just before Hauran Druse broke in on him. A thousand women and children had fled Merj Aiyun to Sidon where the Reverends Eddy and Ford, well-known workers in that community, took the refugees aboard English ships to Beirut. Dr. Thomson later remarked with dismay: "Brethren, the work of forty years is destroyed, and if we are spared, we must begin again."

Missionaries sometimes have amazing experiences:

Bliss (the above-mentioned Daniel)...(d)uring relief disbursements of money and clothing, the timely "whispered" plea of a woman who knew that in a nearby house was a mother and her two daughters without any clothing at all, led Bliss to take three dresses to the house. A bare arm "to the shoulder" reached out to grasp the needed garments. Later, as he rode away, he saw three women standing with uplifted hands. He heard them exclaim: "God bless the English and the Americans. God bless the missionaries."

Incidentally, Bliss’ granddaughter married a Cleveland Dodge who provided financial support for Woodrow Wilson. His one favor that he asked was in 1917, when war with Germany seemed inevitable. He requested of Wilson to keep the United States from declaring war on Turkey and Bulgaria. Later, the missionaries in Syria and Lebanon heavily influenced the King-Crane Commission against Zionism. But William Blackstone, acting at the 1916 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at the behest of Louis Brandeis, proved an offset to that (p. 92 here) reissuing his 1891 Memorial.

The 1891 Blackstone Memorial read, in part:

Why shall not the powers which under the treaty of Berlin, in 1878, gave Bulgaria to the Bulgarians and Servia to the Servians now give Palestine back to the Jews?…These provinces, as well as Romania, Montenegro, and Greece, were wrested from the Turks and given to their natural owners. Does not Israel as rightfully belong to the Jews?

Later, in October that year, Blackstone stated that the general "law of dereliction" did not apply to the Jews in regard to Palestine:

for they never abandoned the land. They made no treaty; they did not even surrender. They simply succumbed, after the most desperate conflict, to the overwhelming power of the Romans

Once again, I express thanks to Christian Zionism.

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The US Consulate Has Been in Trouble Before

My veteran readers know of my campaign to have the Jerusalem Consulate of the United States to act without discrimination towards the Jewish residents within its purvey and especially those residing in Judea and Samaria.

My research now has brought this to my attention with its strong reference to contemporary events:

One of the most fascinating of these meshulachim [emissaries collecting charity funds for the Jews of Eretz-Yisrael - YM] was Rabbi Chaim (Hayyim) Tzvi (Zevi, Zvi) Schneerson, who came to America in 1869...However, he did not come to America [only] to raise money. His goal was to improve relations between the United States and Palestine through his personal diplomatic intervention. On February 17, 1869, Rabbi Schneerson delivered a lecture at the New York Historical Society by invitation. Shortly thereafter, Rabbi Schneerson traveled to Washington, D.C. As told in Palestine and Roumania: ADescription of the Holy Land: “He lectured twice in the presence of large and appreciative audiences, among them the Turkish ambassador, members of the President’s family, and several of the Ministry and of Congress...

...He then managed to obtain an interview with Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. Rabbi Schneerson pointed out that the American Consul to Jerusalem had been mixing Christian proselytizing with his diplomatic duties. Indeed, the consul had personally tried to entice a Jewish girl to convert to Christianity. Not long after his meeting with Fish, Rabbi Schneerson was invited to meet the President of the United States. Meeting with President Ulysses S. Grant As told in The First Rabbi and Palestine and Roumania: “The story of his visit, reported in The National Intelligencer of the capital city, was that Schneerson, attired in his oriental costume, addressed the President  [on April 20]. Grant then rose courteously to receive the Rabbi who thereupon said: ‘Mr. President, permit me to give my thanks to the Alm-ghty, whose mercy brought me here to behold the face of the chosen by the millions of this great nation.... I come to your Excellency from the East, ... to entreat you in the name of G-d, who created all men equal, to listen to the prayer of your humble servant, standing before you to advocate the cause of his oppressed brethren in the Holy Land. ‘The Israelites in Palestine possess no political or civil rights whatever, and oftentimes deprived of protection by the representatives of the civilized nations which the Christians enjoy, are exposed to violence and arbitrary rule. The only shelter the Israelites occasionally find is in the courts of the different European consulates, where one of their co-religionists is employed either as interpreter or deputy consul, who convey their grievances to the proper channel. This free republic, alone, whose banner covers the oppressed, whose foundation is based on equality, toleration, and liberty of conscience, has no Israelites employed near the consul at Jerusalem. ‘I do pray, therefore, your Excellency, to turn your attention to the deplorable condition of my brethren in the Orient, that the principles of this Government may be truly embodied in its representatives...

...“At the close of his address, the President, evidently deeply moved by the Rabbi’s sincere and feeling words, inquired with interest as to the circumstances affecting the Jews at Jerusalem which might be guarded by the American Consulate; and replied, with his wonted quick decision, ‘I shall look into this matter with care.’ “The Rabbi then closed the interview with the following fervant invocation: ‘Before I part from you, Mr. President, allow me to offer my fervent prayer from the depth of my heart: Alm-ghty G-d, Whose dominion is an everlasting kingdom, may He bless and preserve, guard and assist your Excellency and your family. May the Supreme King of Kings grant you a long life, and inspire you with benevolence and friendship towards all mankind.’ “At its close, the whole crowd, who had forgotten each his own personal interest in the impressive scene which was passing, were seen to be affected, some even to tears; and from some lips a fervent ‘Amen’ was heard in response. The President replied, with evident feeling, ‘I thank you for your wishes and prayers.’...

...Amazingly, as told in Roumania, America and WorldJewry, “The erring diplomat was recalled, to the satisfaction of Palestinian Jewry and the delight of the meshulach who accomplished it...

See also pp. 107-109 of When General Grant Expelled the Jews by Jonathan D. Sarna.

The cause of his anger and demand for the Consul's removal was the assistance Victor Beauboucher gave to Protestant missionaries in the 1868 infamous Sarah Steinberg affair [although one source has her family name as Elkes].  After her parents and older sister had converted and then her parents and brother died (the father had returned to Judaism late in his life), her older sister urged the missionaries to  convert Sarah, who was a minor and hospitalized suffering from the same cholera that killed her brother.  

She was  spirited out of the hospital and hidden by a local 77-year old Rabbi, Aryeh Neeman. The consul himself, with the Consulate security personnel and his deputy, Finkelstein, came on a Friday night and removed her from the Rabbi's custody. The Rabbi was then hauled off to jail on a charge of kidnapping. The Consul's loyalty was first to the Christian missionaries it appeared.

Not only was President Grant involved in the efforts to protect the Jews of Jerusalem but also the German Chancellor (p. 225) as Rabbi Neeman was a Prussian citizen.

Here is a section of the newspaper account from HaLevanon, February 13, 1868 issue:

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Missionary Sex

There was to will be an assembly of the faithful yesterday on Wednesday in Ariel to raise consciousness about a supposed problem of missionary activity here in Judea and Samaria.  I say "supposed" because as far as I know, this is no missionary activity being undertaken by the HaYovel people, those accused of such a 'crime', most recently here (and my reply here).

Here's the poster, under the headline "Jews for Sale?  Jewish Souls in a Final Sale":

A bit to the hysterical to my taste.  And there are those that go after people like Mike Huckabee.  And on and on.

My own thinking was published last year in Hebrew (i am polishing an English version).

Of course, there real, and not imagined problems in the field of inter-religious relations or relationships. yes, there is the Messianic Jews for Jesus groups and others.  But I am now referring to illicit ones by Jews.  As reported:

Israeli police say they have broken a prostitution ring where Jewish women were brainwashed into having sex with non-Jewish men as a path to religious redemption...the prime suspect was an eccentric 60-year-old man from Kiryat Arba, a hardline settlement in the southern West Bank.

Police say they arrested a group of eight "messianic" men and women who targeted vulnerable women and "prostituted them under the influence of drugs and alcohol."   They told them that having sex specifically with non-Jews would "save the Jewish people and bring about redemption."

...some 15 women had been recruited, some of whom were believed to be minors.  Their "clients" included Palestinians from the West Bank and foreign workers from Tel Aviv, the newspaper said.

The affair was brought to the attention of police by Lehava [which claimed] the prostitution ring was operational for six to seven years and involved "four or five women."

As in point 1 here and on page 37 of this book, it is quite possible to understand that sexual relations with non-Jews are not considered to have any validity in a Halachic sense.  The conclusion that the women should have drawn is that how, then, can sex with non-Jews assist the coming of a redemption era?  How can their souls be saved?  The sex doesn't count.

One response could be that these girls' Rabbis never dwelt on this subjects. And that is connected to a problem I have with the claims that Christians will snatch Jewish souls amongst the vineyards.  Do they educate their pupils?  Do they instruct them how to counter the arguments that might be used to sway them?

Just like in this case of sacrified prostitution, use sex to missionize for Jewish purposes, so, too, in the matter of fear of possible missionary activity by Christians (again, of which there is no credible evidence but suspicions that feed and fund activity that is detrimental to the settling of the Land of Israel, the key is pre-education.

And that is the responsibilities of the Rabbis and educators.

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Am I Involved in "Shmad"?

Since I am involved in forging working relationships with Christians on  behalf of the Jewish People's rights in Judea and Samaria and to assure our continued presence, in security and economic strength, in our Biblical heartland, I guess I can presume that this recent report by JewishIsrael (the group that claimed I "found Jesus" and whose leader, one Avraham Leibler, asserted that I "seem to be picking up classic missionary tactics" and even suggested I "worshipped Christains"!!!) on the Shomron Council - which mentions Benjamin Council residents, too - concerns me as well, if not in all details and particulars.

That would include such charges as "Leaders Court Christian Missionaries Who Target Jews for Conversion", "turning a blind eye to the risks involved", "regularly solicit and encourage some of the very same evangelical organizations which are actively engaged in missionary activities", "this report will serve as a wake-up call for Jewish leadership", "openly cooperates with Christian and messianic missionary groups", "uses Christian imagery, cites Christian theology, and blurs the lines between faiths", "has formed a remarkable and disturbing bond", "'cover boy', so to speak, of Zola Levitt's missionary newsletter...[which] places emphasis on evangelizing and the need to build-up the messianic community in Israel" and, the 'best' of all:

"shmad" would not be an incorrect term to use for what is being allowed to occur in Israel.
 

All summed up so, that I and others:

...need to stop and think, and to use a great deal of wisdom, foresight and honesty in their dealings with evangelizing Christians. As an alternative, perhaps they should stop dealing with them altogether!  It is most tragic that Torah observant leadership in Israel has unabashedly chosen to partner with and embrace those who are determined to draw Jews away from their faith.
 

I really have not that much time to continue to respond to slurs, misquotations, misrepresentations, innuendos, guilt-by-association and other such desperate attempts by JewishIsrael to hurt and injure Rabbinic-approbated and authorized attempts in the fields of Hasbara, diplomacy and politics.  Not in theology or ecumenism.

No Jewish soul has been 'lost' in this enterprise.

We do combat active missionizing and make clear to our partners that we have zero-toleration in this matter.

I do feel that despite their disclaimer, JewishIsrael, in its over-enthusiastic attempts to "save", are deliberately, for their own uses, manipulating what goes on and what results from our activities and are hurting the national camp of which they say they are part.  They slander.

Christian Zionism, as it is termed, is not only part of the history of the establishment of the state of Israel, but fits with the prophecies that the 'foreigner' will come and then, at a later stage, attach himself to the redemptive process.

We, my friends and I, are satisfied that we are doing our best, with success in assuring that no harm will come to any Jew or the state of Israel through our efforts but that only good will be the result.

I cannot say the same for what JewishIsrael is doing in this sphere of their blogging.

And that's a shanda.

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Sorry, But No Proselytizing, Please

I boarded bus #148 from the Central Egged Bus Station in Jerusalem today at 13:00 to return home to Shiloh.

On the seat next to me I found a booklet, in Hebrew, entitled "Ben David" or, "Son of David", decked with Israeli flags on a background of Jerusalem's Old City walls:

Now, since the Yeshiva at Eli is called "Bnei David", someone could presume there is a Jewish connection but I knew otherwise (I have had 50 years of experience, actually). It was a missionary tract, a new translation in Hebrew of the Book of Matthew, and see below* on the anti-Semitism therein, sponsored by a nasty messianic Christian effort whose Statement of Faith parallels most of this group's statement, which is linked to at their site.

Here it is:

This is an act of proselytizing. Whoever you are, you are distributing articles of faith of a different religion with the intent of influencing Jews to convert.

I know you think that that is what being a good Christian is. But it is not. And yes, I do know some Christians really are upset at our reluctance to permit full-scale missionizing attempts and even slide into hate speech. As the US State Department's annual report notes:

A 1977 anti-proselytizing law prohibits any person from offering or receiving material benefits as an inducement to conversion; however, there have been no reports of the law's enforcement. A bill that would have restricted proselytizing further was promulgated in 2000; however, similar bills did not reach a final vote in the past and local observers do not believe that this bill will be enacted. Christian and other evangelical groups asserted that the draft bills were discriminatory and served to intimidate Christian groups. Missionaries are allowed to proselytize, although the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) voluntarily refrains from proselytizing under an agreement with the Government.

The law adopted into our Penal Code reads

Giving benefits to induce change of religion

174A.If a person gives or promises another person money, valuable consideration or another material benefit in order to entice him to change his religion or to cause him to entice another to change his religion, then he is liable to five years imprisonment or a fine of NS150,000.
Receiving benefit for change of religion

174B. If a person accepts or agrees to accept money, valuable consideration or another material benefit for the promise to change his religion or to cause another person to change his religion, then he is liable to three years imprisonment or a fine of NS49,800.

Change of a minor's religion

368. (a) If a person performs a religious conversion ceremony of a minor or performs some other act that leads to the change of a minor's religion, in violation of the provisions of section 13A of the Capacity and Guardianship Law 5722-1962, then he is liable to six months imprisonment.
(b) If a person induces a minor, by addressing him directly, to change his religion, then he is liable to six months imprisonment.

You may think that draconian (a futher tightening of restrictions was rejected [in Hebrew]) but there's a good reason for what is the law ro be the law of the land, the Land of Israel. All faiths and those of no faith are free to practice their religious beliefs in Israel. You can come here and do good deeds and do charity. Stealing Jewish souls, for that is what proselytizing is, is not a good deed. We do not practice that and as Hillel, who predated Christianity, said, "do not do unto others what you would not want done unto you."

Good and normative relations are being built between Christians and Jews in Judea and Samaria based on the recognition that if you believe in the Bible, then you must believe that what we are doing in Judea and Samaria is good and contributes to the ultimate benefit of all mankind. What we are doing is correct and right and has been prophesied.

Let us get on with our work, unhindered, or at least with positive assistance, and all will be better. We have much that could be shared but that doesn't mean that you have the freedom to feel that you can 'snatch'. Our other shared history is too painful to be gone over but know, we recall and remember and we have not fully reached the level of forgiveness and, to be truthful, there is no reason we should.

But we can look forward to a future in which we all can gain - but without any feelings of mistrust and suspicion on our part, which would be caused by the activity I described at the beginning of this post.  There is much to be lost.  Be careful, if only for your co-religionists who approach the task of being part of Jewish national reconstitution and their efforts be harmed.

Can we agree on that?

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Although the Gospel of Matthew is considered to be the "most Jewish" of the Gospels, it contains one of the most anti-Jewish passages found in the Second Testament. Probably located in Syrian Antioch, the Matthean community defined itself over and against the synagogue.

Thus, the term "Jews" in the Gospel represents those who deny the resurrection and believe that the disciples stole Jesus's corpse (28:13-15). Through Jesus, membership in the one people of God is extended to include the Gentiles (24:14; 28:16-20; see also Great Commission), but they do not replace the Jews (4:18-13:58). Both Jew and Gentile participate in God's plan for salvation.

As Matthew's narrative marches toward the passion, the anti-Jewish rhetoric increases. In chapter 21, the parable of the vineyard (to which we have already referred) is followed by the great "stone" text, an early christological midrash of Psalm 118:22-23: "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone" (Matt. 21:42). Then, in chapters 23 and 24, three successive hostile pericopes are recorded. First, a series of "woes" are pronounced against the Pharisees: "you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets...You snakes, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell?" (23:31, 33).

According to the New Testament Gospels, Jesus, on his fateful entry into Jerusalem before Passover, was received by a great crowd of people. Jesus was arrested and purportedly tried by the Sanhedrin. After the trial, Jesus was handed over to Pontius Pilate, who duly tried him again and, at the urging of the people, had him crucified.

Then, Jesus laments over the capital: "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it...See, your house is left to you, desolate" (23:37-38). And finally, Jesus predicts the demise of the Temple: "Truly I tell you, not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down" (24:2b).

The culmination of this rhetoric, and arguably the one verse that has caused more Jewish suffering than any other second Testament passage, is the uniquely Matthean attribution to the Jewish people: "His [Jesus's] blood be on us and on our children!" (27:25). This so-called "blood guilt" text has been interpreted to mean that "all Jews, of Jesus' time and forever afterward, accept the responsibility and blame for Jesus' death."

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Making a Mission Out Of Missionaries

Over the past year or so, a major new effort has been launched to combat what is perceived as a new form of missionary effort by Christians.

Leading this activity is Jewish Israel. I think it quite proper to ferret out those who disguise themselves as "friends". I think that the return to Zion deserves the cooperation and support of all peoples, especially the Christian world as they were in the forefront of trying to send us back to our homeland, if only because of negative reasons. And, of course, there were and are many who do so for all the right reasons.

A conference is being called during Pesach to educate Israelis, and especially those engaged in Torah study and who live in the Yesha communities, regarding financial inducements and contributions that need be checked. It wil be in Hebrew.

Here's the poster:

They are concerned that in a new guise, that of sympathetic monetary support, souls may be snatched.

Speakers include Rabbis Shlomo Aviner, Eliyhau Rachyamim Zini, Tzfanyah Drori, Elchanan Bin-Nun, Yochanan Blass, Tzvi Kostiner and Elisha Vishlitzky.

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Update

Yes, There is Missionizing Going On

Ellen Horowitz at my wife's blog.

I left his comment at Erin's blog which needs comment approval:

I think that what you have done and what you plan to do is a sin. You have ensared and stolen a person's soul. You are not asking to practice Christianity in Israel and the full freedom to do so but to steal from another religion by fudging the theological difference between two religions, as if they are actually one. Jesus lived and died a Jew. Christianity evolved from a corruption of his teachings. You cannot roll back that decision to split off from Judaism.

You may refer to opposition to what youand Tomer will atempt to do as "hate" but it is your hatred, hatred for Judaism that drives you and that is the unfortunate essence of your "mission".