I am sickened to hear the recent reports from Israel concerning eight-year-old Naama Margolese who is afraid to go to school because “orthodox” extremists spat on her and called her a whore for dressing “immodestly.” In addition to violating the biblical commandment of Ahavas Israel, and Maimonides warning against extremism, this fanatical behavior can have [...]
Don’t be fooled!
by Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz Evangelical missionary David Herzog stooped to a new low deceiving the Jewish community with ads which intentionally avoided any mention of their Christian evangelical agenda. The half-page ads ran for several weeks in the Los Angeles Jewish Journal. They promoted a Beverly Hills event offering “supernatural healings” based on what the [...]
Who’s Knocking at YOUR Door?
A Jewish teenager is getting off a bus at the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station. Across the street he sees activity in front of a three-story building, and he walks over to see what’s going on. A young man standing outside invites the teen in. “Want some coffee? We’ve got a little café in here.” [...]
200 Missionaries Targeting Jewish Neighborhoods
Los Angeles, CA – April 1, 2011 By Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz Wednesday afternoon I answered my door in Pico Robertson to discover three young people, ranging from 18 to 22 years old. They wanted to talk to me about “Israel Restoration.” For a moment I thought they were talking about rebuilding Israeli forests. However, the [...]
500 Salute the Schochets
500 people from all parts of Canada and the U.S. turned out Sunday night for a memorable evening of tribute to Rabbi Immanual Schochet and his Rebbetzin, Jette Schochet. By COLlive reporter Photos by Ben Katan Photography More than 500 people from all parts of Canada and the US turned out last Sunday night for [...]
Fighting Missionaries in Florida
Jews for Judaism executive director Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz spoke at The Shul in Bal Harbour about the need for counter missionary awareness. More than 250 people attended an exciting evening with Jews for Judaism executive director, Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz, at The Shul of Bal Harbour. Under the spiritual leadership of Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar, [...]
Missionaries Growing on Campus
Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz of Jews for Judaism, back from a lecture tour in North Carolina and Arizona, warns of growing missionary activity on U.S. campuses. Chabad on Campus Partners with Jews for Judaism Growing concern about missionary activity targeting Jewish college students is motivating Chabad Shluchim on campus to turn to Jews for Judaism for [...]
Skokie Community Briefed on Missionaries
Jews for Judaism activist Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz spent this past Shabbos in Illinois speaking about rescuing Jews from evangelicals. ‘Jews for Judaism’ director Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz was the scholar in resident at the Lubavitch Center in Skokie, IL. Rabbis Yosef Posner and Yochanan Posner organized the weekend Shabbaton that included a festive Shabbos meal and [...]
Gabe Kapler Thanks Rabbi Kravitz
Jews for Judaism founder Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz was thanked by Baseball Major League player Gabe Kapler at their annual Dinner. Jewish Journal On Nov. 2, Jews for Judaism, an organization dedicated to counteracting missionaries, celebrated its 25th anniversary. Some 250 people gathered for a gala dinner at the Sephardic Temple in Westwood to honor the [...]
Giving Missionaries a Mouthful
Rabbi Zalman Kravitz of Jews for Judaism spoke to Long Island teens about identifying and responding to Missionaries. On the the eve of Hoshana Raba, Rabbi Zalman Kravitz, Education Director of Jews for Judaism International, traveled to Chabad of Stony Brook to present “Missionary Impossible – The Jewish Response to Missionaries” to their Chabad Cteen [...]
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