Their Own Worst Enemy

‘Surprisingly, it is the Jews of Sefardic origin who are the most vulnerable to the missionaries. “The Sefardim are innocent,” says Rabbi Artovski. “They never had contact with the Christian world in their countries of origin – they don’t understand the mentality. And they are warm and hospitable. Someone knocks at the door and they say, ‘Come in, drink something … ’ They get taken in.”

Yad L’Achim’s top anti-missionary official reveals that an ‘army of informers’ keeps him posted on upcoming events. To missionaries operating in Israel, Rabbi Alex Artovski is public enemy No. 1 – and the feeling is mutual. 

As head of Yad L’Achim’s anti-missionary department, Rabbi Artovksi monitors the activities of the more than 100 Messianic congregations in Israel. But it isn’t enough to know what they’re doing today – which neighborhoods they are canvassing or which workplaces they have infiltrated. He makes it his business to know what they are planning for tomorrow.

“You’ve got to know what the enemy has in store for you,” Rabbi Artovski tells an interviewer in his office at Yad L’Achim’s headquarters in Bnei Brak. “When and where they plan to distribute missionary material, when and where they plan to hold baptism ceremonies, when and where they intend to hold seminars for the unsuspecting public.”

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The “Other Side” of Torah

Posted by Jewish Israel on December 18, 2011 at 1:00pm

A regular stream of Israeli and Diaspora rabbis, political, and community leaders are now gracing evangelical and messianic churches and television networks. They diligently sow the seeds of Christian love for the Holy Land and get to reap the benefits from inspired congregants via “offering baskets” and on-air solicitation.

But as various messianic Christian Hebraic Roots sects endeavor to implant themselves as an integral part of normative Judaism, Jewish leadership continues to be both mesmerized by the overtures and oblivious to the damage being done to the Torah, the land of Israel and its people.

Intentional Turmoil

Pastor Mark Biltz, leader of the messianic El Shaddai Ministries of Tacoma Washington, has the kind of christ-driven “pro-Israel” approach, which should cause responsible Jewish community leaders to abruptly about-face and pave a clear detour to ensure that the Jewish collective avoid stumbling off the path. And yet, one can find a hefty sampling of Israel’s best “Land-of-Israel” spokespersons on the guest speaker line-up of that thriving messianic congregation.

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