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 | The Jewish community is generally concerned that converts to Messianic groups will be lost forever to Judaism. Converts to Messianic Judaism are often shunned by their Jewish families of origin and are excluded from the local Jewish community. The Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Reform rabbinic organization has stated: "For us in the Jewish community, anyone who claims that Jesus is their savior is no longer a Jew and is an apostate. Through that belief she has placed herself outside the Jewish community. Whether she cares to define herself as a Christian or as a 'fulfilled Jew,' 'Messianic Jew,' or any other designation is irrelevant; to us, she is clearly a Christian." 1 |
| The Israeli Supreme Court decided on 1989-DEC-25, and subsequently, that Messianic Jews were not eligible to immigrate to Israel under the Law of Return, because of their belief in Yeshua. Non-theistic Jews who are Atheists and Humanists can return, but not believers in Yeshua. They are viewed as belonging to another religion. |
| Liberal and mainline Christian groups generally believe that Jews, as God's chosen people, will be saved according to God's covenants with them, as explained in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament). There is no need for them to accept Jesus Christ. Thus they view attempts by conservative Christians to evangelize Jews is a wasted effort, and insulting to Judaism. |
| In 1999-AUG, Lycos removed a Jews for Jesus banner advertisement from its web page. It had been running since 1999-JUL-6 at a cost of $1,700. Lycos had tied it to their popular search engine so that it popped up whenever the one of the first 40,000 Internet users scanned the Lycos data base with the word "Jewish" as a search term. The banner said: "The end of the world is no time to finally realize Jesus is the Messiah. (Its all in the book.) click here for a free copy!" Lycos started to receive many complaints from the Jewish community by JUL-29. They objected to what they feel was a Christian advertisement intended to convert Jews. Lycos initially pulled the ad on JUL-30, on the grounds that the Jews for Jesus web site included a reference to Lycos and gave the appearance that the company endorsed JFJ. The reference was removed, and Lycos reinstalled the ad. Lycos then allowed the agreement to expire without renewal about AUG-14. Jews for Jesus Spokesperson Susan Perlman, was disappointed that their ad would not be renewed. She said: ''The Web is supposed to be a marketplace for all kinds of ideas, and people can click on them or pass them by.' |
| A Jewish individual, Steven Brodsky, registered his private web site http://www.jewsforjesus.org. The site encouraged converts to leave Messianic Judaism "come home" to Judaism. This generated much confusion with the official Jews for Jesus web site at: http://www.jews-for-jesus.org Brodsky argued that he was not infringing on the organization's copyright. After a court case, the Jews for Jesus organization appears to have taken over Brodsky's full domain name and made it their own. Jews for Jesus has also taken over www.jews4jesus.org (and .net and .com) |
Reference:
- "Question 17.2: Is belief in Jesus-as-G-d compatible with any
Jewish movements?," at:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/judaism/FAQ/
Copyright 1998 to 2002 incl., Ontario Consultants on
Religious Tolerance
Latest update: 2002-JAN-25
Author: B.. Robinson
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