--- Jeff Corbett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It seems to me that the Jewish people who I have
spoken to, at least where I am, DO NOT include
Hebrew Christians or Jews for
Jesus people as Jewish.
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Jews for Jesus is actually an organization of paid,
professional missionaries - one of many
A Jew for Jesus, Messianic Jew or Hebrew Christian are all names for
Christian sects. They are Evangelical Christians whose mission is to
convert Jews to Christianity. I understand that in most of these
congregations the majority of the members never were Jews. (The Rabbi
always has a very
Regarding the comments of Mr. Wise, Sensitivity for philosophy and
outlook should exist on both the right and left side of the aisle. Mr.
Wise is absolutely correct. The sad reality is that many librarians fear
that some books are too religious, for their libraries G-d forbid.
Building on the
--- Eli Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Am I to understand there is no basic definition in
AJL for what is
appropriately Jewish?
I checked the Mission Goals section of the AJL
website.
Under Mission :
The Association fosters access to information,
learning, teaching and research relating
Hevre,
The title Kaddish for Grandpa in the Name of Jesus Amen is most
unfortunate - I can't understand how an editor allowed it - but the book
in no way encourages intermarriage. On the contrary, it supports
conversion. The father in the book converted to Judaism. He is Jewish.
He is a partner in
Dear friends:
I agree with Liza, that we are not to judge what is appropriately
Jewish, in general. For our institutions, however, that is another
story. Thus, while I might not purchase the In Jesus Name, Amen for
my library, others might. I would not purchase books that encourage
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