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FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1991
When she sees a group of
Orthodox people walking
to shul, Mrs. Jacobs wants
to talk to them, to reach
them about Jesus. She feels
they are her people, but she
also feels a wall, a sadness
and a wish that she de-
scribes as a longing to
share with them what she
knows.
What Martha Jacobs and
her husband know, so do
Ronnie Schreiber and his
Jews for Judaism col-
league s. Messianic
believers, especially new
ones, have often been
discouraged from talking
with the Jews for Judaism
counselors.
"This is a tremendous
tragedy because these peo-
ple are sincerely re-
ligiously motivated," Mr.
Schreiber said. "They are
either looking for a rela-
tionship with God or some
sort of spiritual peace.
They are genuinely turned
on, but their experience in
Judaism has had a
minimal amount of spiri-
tuality. There was a bar
mitzvah or maybe Hebrew
school. At a crisis stage,
they look for someone to
reassure them. But be-
cause of their past, they
don't even know that the
answers are in Judaism."
"We're reaping the seeds
we sow," Rabbi Tolwin
added. "When a Jewish
community offers watered-
down Jewish education and
watered-down synagogues,
we get in return watered-
down Jews. These Jews
who believe in Jesus are
more spiritual than the
non-affiliated ones. They
are frustrated spiritually
and they are thirsty for
God. All we have to do is
give them a drink of water,
but instead we choose not
to give them anything to
drink."
Rabbi David Nelson of
Congregation Beth
Shalom, who also has
worked in cult-related
counseling, calls the Mes-
sianic Jews "religious
transvestites."
"They are very sad," he
said. "They think of re-
ligion as a Chinese menu,
one from column A and one
from column B. In life you
are either a boy or a girl —
you can't be a Christian
and also a Jew. And by do-
ing so, they are not show-
ing respect for either re-
ligion."
But Abbey Donnelly dis-
agrees. A lifetime
Hadassah member who
grew up in a Washington,
D.C., temple and now
works as a police officer in
the Detroit area. Ms.
Donnelly said her decision
to accept Jesus was almost
completely analytical.
"This was a hard deci-
sion," she said. "It seemed
like being a traitor to
Judaism. But in the Scrip-
tures, it's all very real. It's
all there. I couldn't turn
my back on it." ❑
NEWS
Soviet Jews
Go To Poland
Bonn (JTA) - The recent
elimination of visa re-
quirements between Poland
and Germany could divert
some of the increasing
numbers of Soviet Jews who
immigrate to Israel by way
of Poland, according to
newspaper and radio reports
here.
The reports, quoting
Polish sources, say most
Soviet emigres board planes
for Israel the day they reach
Warsaw.
But the temptation is
strong to slip across the
border into Germany, now
that visas are no longer re-
quired. Thousands of visitors
are entering Germany each
day from Poland.
The German authorities
are trying to cope with the
absorption of thousands of
Soviet Jews who came
here last summer. They took
up an invitation issued by
what was formerly East
Germany after it shook off
Communist rule but before
it united with West Ger-
many.
Upon unification, the offer
to accept any Jew who want-
ed to settle in Germany was
modified because of econ-
omic strains and protests by
Israel.
Soviet Jews who came to
Germany last year may stay.
Most remained in Berlin but
some were sent to smaller
cities and towns in former
East Germany.
Jewish activists say most
want to return to Berlin,
where there is a sizeable es-
tablished Jewish commun-
ity.
Under the new rules,
Soviet Jews who want to set-
tle in Germany must apply
for immigration visas.