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Missionaries Are Exposed Making Inroads Among Israel Settlers
By MOSHE RON
Jewish News Special Israel
Correspondent
TEL AVIV--IA group of
young religious men told of
a great danger in Israel from
missionary activities. Their
statements seemed exagger-
ated, but it soon turned out
that missionaries, with the
help of Israeli agents, have
started vast activities, espe-
cially among new immi-
grants, who at first find life
hard on their arrival here.
The missionaries are espe-
cially active among families
who have problems regard-
ing religious conversion.
It is assumed that there
from Germany, which organ-
izes youth trips from Ger-
many to Israel, wear the
sign of the Star of David,
with the inscription "Jesus"
on it. They come to worship
at the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre in Jerusalem and
at the Wailing Wall.
In every town in Israel
there are clubs run by mis-
sionaries. Some are frequent-
ed by Jews and Arabs. In
Tel Aviv, the most active
missionary group is "Jehov-
ah's Witnesses," who have
succeeded in converting
many Jews. There are clubs
in Jerusalem, Haifa, Jaffa,
Bat-Yam, Beersheba, Ramat
Gan, Afula and even in Mitz-
pe Ramon. Their activities
are usually conducted in pri-
vate apartments.
It is assumed that the mis-
sionaries succeed in convert-
ing 50 Jews each year. These
are usually problem cases,
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troubles and new immi-
grants.
There are also personal
tragedies in missionary work.
A family from Miami Beach
had sent their two daughters
and a son to Israel. The son
joined the army and in Eilat,
missionaries persuaded him
to become a convert. He was
sent to Greece. Although his
parents came to Israel as im-
migrants, in order to regain
their son, he refused to re-
turn to Jewry and to Israel.
The missionaries also suc-
ceeded in "catching" the son
of a family from North Afri-
ca. He is now living with
missionaries in Jerusalem
and refuses to return to his
suffering parents.
At Carmiel (near Acre),
missionaries worked among
new immigrants from the So-
viet Union, who have many
absorption problems. They
gave the immigrants money
in order to repay the Jewish
Agency, and to enable them
to fly to Canada and other
countries.
Recently, a missionary en-
tered a Sephardi Synagogue
near Lod during a service
and appealed to the commu-
nity to pray for Jesus. The
synagogue gabai called the
police who threw him out.
The leader of a Lutheran
sect in Stuttgart, a Mrs. Erna
Berger, bought 350 dunams
of ground in Israel at Zich-
ron Yaacov, Pardes Hanna,
Benyamina and Tira. She
had paid IL 2,500,000 ($625,-
000) for this land.
Until now, the population of
Israel has shown indifference
to missionary activities. Most
people thought that such an
activity is legal in a demo-
cratic country. But lately
public opinion has begun to
change. Many think that le-
gal steps should be taken
against missionaries, to pre-
vent their pressures on new
immigrants and making use
of social problems for their
own means.
The Chief Rabbinate has
recently dealt with the ques-
tion of missionary activities
in Israel. Chief Rabbi Shlomo
Goren demanded that the
government take steps to re-
strain this activity by law.
He disclosed that he had dis-
cussions with Christian bish-
ops, asking them not to make
use of social and economic
problems of new immigrants.
The Chief Rabbinate is try-
ing to solve the problems of
"mixed" couples and to
make conversion procedures
easier. Special teachers will
be sent to immigrant centers
to teach their inhabitants,
who wish to convert to Juda-
ism, Jewish laws, etc.
Chief Rabbi Goren also re-
vealed that lately hundreds
of "mixed" couples have
come to Israel and have not
turned to the rabbinate for
conversion.
Any steps taken to facili-
tate conversion procedures
will certainly encourage such
couples to hasten their con-
versions and not to delay un-
til difficulties arise later on.
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