From a Missionary to a Haredi

B"H

Some time ago, the national religious weekly paper "Sheva" published a very interesting article about the famous Yad Le' Achim activist, Benjamin Kluger.

Yad Le' Achim is an Israeli anti - missionary organization with many branches all over the country. Their task is to spot out Christian missionaries, get in touch with the Israeli authorities, and in many cases it leads to the deportation of the missionary.
Israelis from many background call Yad Le' Achim every day in order to report new missionaries and their actions. Then Yad Le' Achim is taking action.

One of their most famous activists is the French born Benjamin Kluger. Famous because he has a rather unusual life story to tell.
Benjamin Kluger was born in France as a Roman Catholic. He was very much into religion and already at the age of 13, he was trying to convince people in the streets to become a good Christian. He handed out pamphlets and invited them to Bible classes.

However, after some years he began to doubt certain Catholic believes and started to ask questions. He asked his priest why there are so many statues in the church and how a priest can counsel married couples if he himself is not married. Hence, he does not have a clue about relationships.
He did not find any answers and decided to become a Protestant. As he was so successful, the church planned sending him to Israel. There he should start his mission against the Jews.

But then everything did not work out as the church was planning. Another missionary had been so successful by inviting a Jew to a Bible class. All the Christians there were so excited. Wow, we can convince a Jew and "safe" him. Benjamin Kluger did not understand the excitement and asked a priest. The priest told him how important it is to make the Jews believe in J.C. If they do, the time of the coming of the Meschiach (J.C. ???) is coming closer. Benjamin Kluger claimed that it is more important to first turn the non - believing Christians into religious people. Why concentrate on other religions ?
In the end, the priest started to teach the Torah to Benjamin Kluger. How one can convince the Jews to believe in J.C.

All the priest's explanation did not satisfy him, as there were too many contradictions. He kept on asking the priest for explanations but he did not find any answers. I wonder why ?
Finally, Benjamin Kluger called up a Chabad - Rabbi in Lille (France) and within a few minutes, all his questions were being answered. He came to Israel and converted to Judaism. He is married and has three children. Besides his Yeshiva studies, he runs the Jerusalem Yad Le' Achim branch. Unfortunately, he says, there are too many missionaries in Israel. Even in the army.

Yad Le' Achim, however, is quite successful. Together with the municipality they close down Christian soup kitchens and other institutions.
More and more Christian missionaries come to Jerusalem and open up soup kitchens. Their goal is not to do any Chesed but rather use poverty for their own purposes. They are not ashamed of trying to persuade Jews who are in financial need. Believe in J.C. and we surely help you.

The Torah has nothing to do with the New Testament. Judaism and Christianity are two different religions even if the church claims something else. The missionaries are too afraid of talking to Jews who know about their religion. Instead, they jump on Jews who do not know much and have a weaker personality.

For each of us Jews it is very important to know at least the basics of Judaism. In any case, you should get some information about the real facts.

http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/