Jewish Israel takes a critical look at Israel’s alliances with Fundamentalist Christian groups, and provides a platform for ongoing monitoring and pro-active responses to evangelical missionary campaigns targeting Jews for conversion, Read more

And you thought replacement theology was dead:
Maoz Israel is $2,500,000 plus enterprise based in Israel which targets Jews for conversion, propagates "messianic judaism", and has an incredible disdain for Orthodox Jewry. This Tisha b’Av, their blog encourages "friends" not to fast with the Jewish people but for them...
(Excerpt): "Many Jews will be fasting, as a sign of mourning over the destructionof the Temples. But we at Maoz encourage our friends around the world, to fast not with the Israeli people, but for them. To fast that the nation would see that we are the Temple of God! We are the Body of Messiah, the LORD now lives in us!...:...more

Look what’s hanging over Jerusalem on Erev Tisha b’Av:
It’s Erev Tisha b’Av and a banner welcoming a missionary church and displaying a new testament passage hangs over the entrance of a popular Jerusalem hotel. Properly welcoming tourists of other faiths into Ir Hakodesh and into Eretz Yisrael surely doesn’t warrant this shameful display. But Jesus- friendly banners in Jerusalem may be the least of our problems…more

The Jesus National Fund? UPDATE
What would Bubbe say if her little blue JNF box suddenly bore a cross?
These days the Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) is not only fighting fierce forest fires, but they also appear to be fanning the "fire and brimstone" by forming a partnership with evangelical end-timers from BibleLandTrees.org. The videos and written content on the site place an emphasis on new testament scripture, end-times prophecy, and refer to jesus as king, savior and messiah. As an example, one featured video clip says, "And we plant trees so the land will blossom for his [jesus’] coming" (Bubbe would plotz over that one)...more

The Galilean Resort’s Missionary and Rabbinic Hechsher
In this report, Jewish Israel explores and exposes the evangelizing agenda of certain Christian personalities whose names appear as endorsers on the list which Jewish Israel found in the Advisory Board section of the Galilean website (see previous post). Jewish Israel continues to alert the Jewish community that these Christian leaders are fully committed in their mission of bringing the gospel of jesus christ to the Jewish people. We hope that Rabbi Riskin and the rest of the Jews involved in this project will take this report into consideration and will bear in mind that their continued theologically–based endeavors with these missionary personalities poses an existential spiritual threat to the Jewish people in the Land of Israel...more

Interfaith Jesus resort to open on shores of Galilee:
Anne Ayalon, Rabbi Riskin and a host of other Jewish Israeli luminaries, have gone public - via an internet site - with plans for the establishment of a five-star resort, “celebrating” the Christian faith. The Galilean resort is being built on prime real estate on the shores of the Sea of Galilee - in the “cradle of Christianity”, and is being heralded as “an historic opportunity to establish the world Christian spiritual center at the very birthplace of Christianity.” The project enjoys a staggering Jewish-Christian list of endorsements . Everyone from Orthodox rabbis and Torah observant academics and entrepreneurs, to notorious mega-preachers and missionaries (including a famous advocate for Jews for Jesus), have jumped on this Jesus boat...more

Kotel Hasid “performs miracle” for evangelical pastor
For the last 24 years Gutman Locks has spent 6 hours a day at the Kotel doing good things for Jewish continuity, Jewish family, Jewish children and the entire world. Most recently filmmaker and evangelical Pastor Joel Kramer approached Gutman Locks for a filmed interview. Locks wisely came with his own cameraman and performed the ultimate "miracle"...more

Taking a moral stand with Israel- no strings attached
At this challenging time, Jewish Israel would like to express appreciation to all good people across the political and religious spectrum – Jew and Gentile alike - who are taking a moral stand with Israel. It’s heartening to hear the many voices who respect individual and national borders; who can discern right from wrong; and who strive for a humane and civil society.
We ask those Jewish community leaders who choose to work with evangelical organizations to try and ensure that Christian friends express their support in a manner that respects the unique nature of Judaism. ...more

UPDATE: Beersheva messianic Christians lose lawsuit
The missionary organization MaozIsrael is reporting that the Nachalat Yeshua Messianic congregation, led by Pastor Howard Bass, has lost their lawsuit against Beersheva Chief Rabbi Yehuda Deri and the counter-missionary organization Yad L'Achim. The trial concerned a disturbance which allegedly ensued when members of the Beersheva Orthodox community tried to prevent the baptism of Jews to Christianity by breaking into a messianic church compound. Last July JewishIsrael reported on the wide and one-sided coverage and publicity given the trial by the Jerusalem Post and Evangelical and messianic Christian news outlets. But now that the verdict is in, there is remarkable silence...more

Vice PM Yaalon at Epicenter in the name of Jesus?
Jewish Israel does not believe that Vice Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon intends to offer Christians “practical ways to bless Israel and her neighbors in the name of Jesus…” However, that’s what the promotional site for Joel Rosenberg’s Epicenter 2010 Conference seems to say. All Israeli public servants, government ministers and community and business leaders should take care to review the promotional materials and publicity before, during, and after events that are sponsored by evangelical sources in order to ensure that they don’t inadvertently become a tool in spreading the Christian gospel.
With regards to Epicenter 2010, there are other additional problems …more

Summertime and the fishermen are jumpin’…:
Christian missionary campaigns are in full swing throughout the land of Israel, and counter-missionary organizations are doing what they can to contend with the onslaught. Jewish Israel takes a look at what promises to be a hot summer on the missionary front, and we offer some suggestions...more

Jews for Jesus founder, Moishe Rosen, Dead UPDATE:
Moishe Rosen, the founder of Jews for Jesus, is dead at the age of 78. On May 19th he succumbed to prostate disease that had metastasized into bone cancer. Charisma Magazine called him "the godfather of Jewish evangelism"...more

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Jewish Israel gives presentation at the Israel Center
Rabbi Dr. Sholom Gold and Jewish Israel presented:
"Israel and the Evangelicals: a match NOT made in heaven" on Monday April 26th at the Israel Center in Jerusalem. Introductory remarks were made by Rabbi Sholom Gold, Rabbinic Director of Jewish Israel; followed by a presentation by Jewish Israel...more

Jewish Israel gives presentation at Jerusalem Rabbinic Conference
On February 11th,2010 Jewish Israel gave featured presentations in a rabbinic conference held in Jerusalem on the topic of “Activities of Christian organizations and Evangelicals in Israel”. A wide range of rabbinic leaders from across Israel attended the conference, and a number of representatives from the Council of Young Israel and the Rabbinical Council of America were also present...more

Jewish Israel gives presentation to AFSI
Jewish Israel gave a presentation to participants the November 2009 AFSI/Manhigut Yehudit Chizuk Trip. The address entitled, “Crossing Lines: a Jewish look at the Israel-evangelical Relationship”, was well received with the audience expressing great interest and concern over growing Christian missionary influence in Israel...more

Performance by missionary cancelled
Recently joint efforts on the part of Rabbi Mottle Wolf of Isralight, Ari Abramowitz of A7 radio, Yehuda HaKohen of the Zionist Freedom Alliance, and Jewish Israel, were able to prevent a known messianic missionary musician from performing in a popular pub café in central Jerusalem.

Jewish Israel provides Knesset MKs with significant information on missionaries
Jewish Israel regularly meets with members of the Knesset, rabbinic and community leaders to keep them abreast of the severity of the missionary situation in Israel. Recently we provided MKs with evidence about the messianic ministry involved in the Molla affair...Read More

Christian worship service plans for Orthodox synagogue stopped
A planned prayer event sponsored by Missionary Christine Darg of Exploits Minstries was billed as a prelude to the International Christian Embassy’s Feast of the Tabernacles, and was supposed to take place in an Orthodox synagogue located in the Heichal Shlomo facility in Jerusalem. Jewish Israel informed a number of rabbis who were able to prevent the service from taking place...Read More

OU withdraws Evangelical resolution
Thanks to a flurry of activity by Jewish Israel - including several private meetings with key figures from the Orthodox Union, as well as intense lobbying efforts, the OU has withdrawn its rather parve resolution which is now under reassessment due to the new information being brought to light.
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Moshe Feiglin and Manhigut Yehidut break ties with Joel Bell
Represetatives from Jewish Israel presented evidence of Joel Bell's evangelical/messianic Christian agenda to Moshe Feiglin and the Manhigut Yehudit staff. This report reinforced Manhigut's earlier decision to sever ties with Bell and reject funding from Christian sources.