> "Do you
>know what I call a Jew for Jesus? A Christian
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Indeed, they are Christians who clothe themselves in the rituals and
trappings of Judaism as a tactic of deception.
HUC students made a video called "Missionary Impossible" as a tool to
use with youngsters who are targeted b
Thanks, Elisheva. You sum up my feelings on the subject well. The book I
recommended is a serious scholarly study, and is not at all in the class of
some materials we collect here at HUC in the name of academic freedom
(white supremicist writings, for example), but that, privately, we may wish
I don't know that it is censorship. No library, so far as I know,
prohibits ("censors") any publication but no library buys everything and
libraries use standards like accuracy, quality, and the purpose and clientele
of a particular library. Our library, for example, does collect a certain
amount
I understand the difficulty we face, but what you are proposing is called
censorship. Once we start down that slippery slope I'm not sure where we
stop. (Do I, as an Orthodox Jew, refuse to circulate Gunther Plaut's
Chumash?) After all, if I censor what I don't like, why can't everyone else
cen
This website has a partial list of actual Hebrew-Christian churches in North
America:
http://www.fjmc.org/hebrewCawareness.html
Temple Ohabei Shalom (in Brookline, MA, website: www.ohabei.org) has chosen
to teach their high school students about "Jews for Jesus" by taking them on
an unaccounted vi
True. Seems to me that Jewish Librarians need to take some sort of
stand. Otherwise why not give out anti-Semitic books and "let the reader
decide"?
Stuart Schnee
The Toby Press LLC
PO Box 8531
New Milford, CT 06776-8531
www.tobypress.com
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Over the years I have discovered that when it comes to academic studies of
any kind (This book was based on Rabbi Harris-Shapiro's doctoral
dissertation), the body of the work, and especially the notes and
bibliographies, are far more important than the conclusions. I saw this
work as a resour
Be aware that Messianic Judaism by Carol Harris-Shapiro, which was
recommended, gives a good picture of what messianics believe and
practice, but that it also concludes that there is no valid way to
exclude messianic Judaism from "authentic" Judaism. As I recall, this
conclusion was made clear in
Rachel, et al:
I recommend Rabbi Tovia Singer. His group Outreach Judaism is an
international organization that
responds directly to the issues raised by missionaries and cults from a
Jewish perspective. He is well known, and has a radio show as well.
http://www.outreachjudaism.org/
Scott
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You may wish to consult the book, "Messianic Judaism: a rabbi's journey
through religious change in America," by Carol Harris-Shapiro (Boston:
Beacon Press, 1999).
Dan Rettberg
Klau Library
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Cincinnati, Ohio
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Jews for Judaism is good but I like Outreach Judaism best of all. I
have listened to Tovia Singer's tapes, read his material, and it's
great. Also, he is an exciting speaker and presenter, and has a special
presentation for teens on messianic Jewish recruitment.
His website is outreachjudaism.org
--- Stuart Schnee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I highly recommend you contact the organization
> "Jews for Judaism" -
> they are the experts in this. I am sure they are on
> the web, I think
> located in Baltimore, MD.
They are, indeed.
http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/
They currently have onl
I highly recommend you contact the organization "Jews for Judaism" -
they are the experts in this. I am sure they are on the web, I think
located in Baltimore, MD.
Stuart Schnee
The Toby Press LLC
PO Box 8531
New Milford, CT 06776-8531
www.tobypress.com
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