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Missionary Groups Target Jews

Christian missionary groups have been planting literature targeting Jews at unsuspecting Jewish venues in the Los Angeles area recently, according to an alert sent out by Jews for Judaism, an anti-missionary group. Rabbi Benzion Kravitz, director of Jews for Judaism, says that a 75-page booklet containing the "Gospel According to Luke" in Hebrew and English has popped up at several synagogues. Stacks of The Jewish Journal at newsstands were also targeted by the Hope of Israel missionary group, which slipped into the stack a flier depicting a Torah, a scroll, a lamb and the word "messiah," and questions and answers about sin. A third item, found both at synagogues and with copies of The Journal, was a four-color broadsheet brochure in Hebrew, distorting the prophecies of Daniel to "prove" that Jesus was the messiah. In addition, Adat Y'shua, a messianic Hebrew-Christian congregation, is advertising its High Holy Day services on fliers posted on light poles in the West Valley. "It's important for people to know this can happen," Kravitz said. "We urge people to contact us if they find any material like this." For more information, contact Jews for Judaism at (310) 556-3344 or visit www.jewsforjudaism.org. -- Julie Gruenbaum Fax, Religion Editor