GODTV: Divine or Manufactured Outrage (audio-visual presentation)

IS YOUR OUTRAGE REAL OR MANUFACTURED? 

🛑 The peculiar phenomenon of Jews who call out “GODTV” but ignore their own problematic associations with evangelical missionaries & their organizations. 🛑

 

Not Just GODTV

Scream about the outrage of missionary GodTV spreading their poison in Eretz Yisrael. But also scream about missionary Daystar TV which has been in Israel for years now. Even more, scream about the insanity of religious Jews who’ve joined hands with “relational evangelists” such as “Hayovel Ministry”, Return O Israel”, and countless others.

Hayovel Ministry: A Tragic Tale Of Jewish Collaboration With Missionaries

For years now, a handful of Jews have tried to expose Tommy Waller's "Hayovel Ministry", a crafty organization of evangelical missionizing in Israel. With their deceptive use of "relational evangelism" (a clever take on restoration theology), Hayovel accomplished an unbelievable thing. They formed relationships with religious Jews (including a small group of Rabbis) and successfully infiltrated religious communities. Twenty years ago this would have been unimaginable. Jews who would have dared to align with such people would have been ostracized by Torah-minded Jews in their own communities.

When Hayovel first came on the scene in Israel, their shocking candor showed their true intentions. As a result of these tactical errors, the earliest promotional videos were quickly removed, although they continue to make mistakes time and again. These occasional errors (less frequent today as they are groomed and taught by Jews how to behave ) occasionally compel Tommy Waller to engage in his patented apologies where he chalks up Hayovel's errors to a "learning process". Inevitably they still make mistakes, thus continuing the predictable cycle of Waller's breast-beating "apologies".

Although they are clever students, sometimes the truth comes out in other ways. Occasionally a video that wasn't supposed to be released shows us Hayovel's true "heart" when in an intimate American home-setting with fellow believers. In such settings, Waller can be seen praying for Jewish souls and explaining that his organization helps Jews discover "their messiah".

Hayovel is having a Livestream conference today featuring prominent religious Jews who've aligned and collaborated with them. The most tragic aspect of the story is that so many of the worst players in this saga are religious Jews. Some actually believe the distorted rationalizations they use to justify halachically problematic/prohibited associations. The sincerity of others is more suspect when you consider the enormous economic benefit they receive from these historically unprecedented associations and the inevitable explosion of libel and slander when the facts are exposed.

See for yourself. Behind the good old boy "heimish" veneer, this is the true face of Hayovel:

Hayovel Ministry's Missionary Hagadah (audio visual presentation)

The notorious "Hayovel Ministry" has a new "Christian" Pesach Hagadah. Shame on all the Jews in Israel, who are associated with this  pernicious missionary organization. When this Corona virus madness is finished G-d willing, there will be a tremendous need for Jewish employment in Eretz Yisrael. It's bad enough that Jewish communities and vintners sold out the Jewish people for the free labor of evangelical missionaries. When this quarantine is finished, with G-d's help these Jews will learn from the lesson of an unprecedented worldwide pandemic and do teshuva (repentance), cease all of their associations with missionary organizations such as "Hayovel", and start employing Jews to tend their vineyards. With G-d's help this will be an opportunity for the Jewish people to learn and grow from this latest challenge.

Open your Mouth!

The latest audio post from "Stop Hayovel". A call for decent Jews to open their mouths and expose the outrageous incursion of evangelical missionaries into Israel with the aid and support of fellow Jews.

There are many on social media who purport to give a damn about this critical issue, but they are inconsistent and their efforts are weak. They selectively target some while giving a pass to others, whether it be organizations or individual personalities.

If the problem bothers you do something about it. Explore these issues. Research and find out what is going on. And when you see what will be apparent to any reasonably intelligent person with integrity, make the right decision. Open your mouths and shout the Torah truth.

Those Who Can't Debate Defame - A Response and A Clarification

We at "Stop Hayovel" have several disagreements with many of the participants of "The Judean Roundtable". But neither I nor my colleague Moshe Schwartz have ever called them missionaries or accused them of engaging in missionary behavior. G-d forbid! Those who wish to understand the nature of our concerns should address them with us, provided they have the facts and not the false tales of those who would rather malign than debate the issues.

Those who associate and partner with the likes of Tommy Waller of Hayovel Ministry, Hananya Naftali, Jim Garlow/Rosemary Schindler of Skyline Church, and Mike Huckabee (among other people) should rightfully be called out. After all, this is forbidden territory for Torah minded Jews. Once upon a time this was common sense.

“Hayovel Ministry”- Candid Reflections from the Haaretz Article

Let me be clear. Haaretz is a vile left-wing rag fit to use as kittie litter. Yet like many writers and researchers, I frequently scour the sewer of the web to see what’s out there, and to stay abreast of issues from different perspectives, including the worst expressions of self-hating Jews. In a similar vein, back in the day, I would occasionally pick up a copy of the virulently anti-Semitic NY newspaper, “The Amsterdam News” to stay abreast of what black supremacists of urban America/New York had to say about Jews. It was a mouthpiece for the Khalid Muhammads, the Louis Farrakhan’s, the Al Sharptons, and the Jesse Jacksons of the world. After scouring the paper and clipping out any pertinent data, the paper itself was good for lining a gerbil cage or creating a Millwall brick.

And so it is with Haaretz. Fortunately, we can read many of these rags online today which saves us from having to purchase such filth. Haaretz offers a window into the twisted brain of extremist left-wing Jews. I forced myself to read a curious article in Haaretz about the notorious “Hayovel Ministry” and other evangelical missionary groups who contribute so much money and voluntarism in Judea and Samaria. The import of the Haaretz investigative article, Inside the Evangelical Money Flowing into the West Bank by Judy Maltz, is NOT the author’s leftist biased positions. The bias is nakedly apparent. More interesting were the statements and perspectives of several of the key Jews and gentiles involved in this madness. In large measure, the article confirmed many of the troubling things we have been saying for years, both in the candor of responses as well as the lies, distortions, and gross generalizations. 

Ten Things We Learned from The Recent Haaretz Article on “Hayovel Ministry” and other evangelical organizations.

1. Perverted Priority: The article illustrates that Haaretz doesn’t give a damn about Jewish souls or the spiritual dangers of evangelism. They are bothered that so much money is going to communities they deem outside of Israel, in what they disgracefully believe to be “occupied territory”. This is nothing new. Haaretz is the voice of Jewish secular Hellenism. Yet as the cliché goes, a stopped clock inadvertently records a truth twice a day. The writers of Haaretz hate Jews who live in the liberated areas. They care what the Jew-hating world thinks of us. They care as much as the Torah account of events or our claim to the land, as I care about whatever upcoming transgender festival may be coming to Tel Aviv in the spring. And they hate Torah values which oppose the morality of the swine. The real tragedy is that a dozen religious newspapers should be regularly investigating and writing about these issues from a proper Torah perspective. 

2. Normalization: Jews and Christians admit that their efforts to normalize have removed much of the past public opposition. Yet their assurances that MOST rabbis in Israel support such interfaith relationships and activities are inaccurate. Let’s be honest for a moment. Most Jews (including Rabbis) in Israel don’t even know about these issues. Those that have a vague sense cannot comprehend the full extent of the problem, certainly not these new peculiar marriages, and when they are apprised, they often express horror. Furthermore, such people often lack the temperament or the ability to research the issue and take steps to address the problem.  

It is equally inaccurate to say that MOST rabbis in the Shomron support such measures. To my knowledge, there are only two very prominent personalities who have taken an open position on these issues. Many prominent Rabbis in Israel have issued rulings in opposition to accepting funds or forging relationships with Christians. For an excellent compilation of classic and more recent Torah positions, check out: https://jewishisrael.com/page/halachic-rulings-opinions-and  Nevertheless, it is true that a terrible normalization has occurred over the years through a savvy campaign of hiding information from the public, abrogating basic halachic/hashkafic mores relating to interfaith dialogue, sanitizing "Hayovel" and other groups, isolating rabbis from missionary experts, and demonizing the few vocal activists on the scene.

FACT: Tommy Waller has a better chance of speaking with Har Bracha’s Rabbi Melamed than good Jews on the scene who were denied an audience with him over the years. 

FACT: Several of the most knowledgeable experts on the scene are righteous converts to Judaism who lived as evangelicals for years. The attempts to destroy their reputations by certain people is a chillul Hashem and a blatant violation of the biblical prohibition. 

3.Our Tax Dollars: The government will now be gifting Hayovel $16, 000 a year. This number will surely grow in the coming years. The government doesn’t GIVE anyone money. We Jews in Israel are now funding Hayovel with our tax dollars. An absolute outrage. Sixteen thousand annual dollars is merely the beginning of what will become a pot of gold for them. It will also free up their own capital for other nefarious projects.

4. Unscrupulous Business: Many Jewish businesses who profit from Hayovel Ministry’s free agriculture labor are doing very well financially. Not only are they involved in halachically prohibited labor, but they are also denying their fellow Jewish citizens employment, and affecting the businesses of any Jews who might refrain from such free labor. Being profitable businesses, they could pay Jews today, but greed has taken over. Call them out and they get defensive. When the author of the article asked the owner of Tura Winery some probing questions, he got defensive:

To hear it from (Nir) Lavie, there is no reason to take pity on him or his business.

Asked if the winery was profitable, he responds: “Baruch Hashem” (“Thank God”). He becomes more defensive, though, when asked how much money he saves from all the free help. “And what about the kibbutzim?” he responds angrily. “They didn’t save money with all their volunteers from Holland and Sweden?” 

He has a point, of course, except that volunteers on kibbutzim traditionally received room and board in exchange for their work. Hayovel volunteers do not; they are required to cover all their expenses on their own. 

This is big business. Many self-appointed leaders, rabbis, and organizations have made lucrative businesses and are earning large salaries courtesy of these obscene relationships with evangelical missionaries. “Lipkin Tours” dominates a peculiar form of Christian tourism, catering largely to some of the most aggressive missionary organizations in the world.

5. Pious Frauds: Hayovel likes to play the righteous card about how they are fulling their part to bring "restoration" (keyword for their nefarious missionary agenda). When asked if they would take money from vintners who are profitable, they play the pious card about not wanting to take their money. The truth is that they already profit with percentages of sales from the wine purchases going to Hayovel. The image of pious pilgrims is a farce. The Waller family are doing very well. It is the foolish pilgrim who pays for his volunteerism.

6. Open Purses: Jews know that for every program or business they want to start in the liberated areas, they can easily reach out to any number of prominent organizations to get the money that would be otherwise harder to procure. Evangelicals are brilliant when it comes to finding niches to peddle their charitable wares. From preying on forgotten vulnerable Jews living in depressed regions to purchasing MRI machines in a country which until recently had so few of them (shame on Israel!), they know that Jews want beautiful parks and need ambulances. In a country which may deprive them of niceties and necessities, the lure of Christian generosity is too tempting for many people.

7. Arrogance: Hayovel and evangelical groups are brazen, a clear reflection of how Jewish leadership dropped the ball. It is also true that many good individuals abandoned the fight after frivolous lawsuits from powerful Christian interests, or because they were tarred with libel and slander from many of the Jews involved in this sin. As Rabbi Meir Kahane often stated, “those who can’t debate, defame”. Much has changed since the days when the Waller’s had to look the other way each time they met a fellow Christian for coffee or visited their notorious friends, the messianic Ortiz family in Ariel.

8. Not Only Anglos: It is not only those Jews with an Anglo background who enable these predators. Many of the most prominent players in Israel are native-born Israelis who discovered the evangelical cash cow. All that was required was a willingness to tread on the forbidden ground for money and other interests, and to close their ears to the religious hymns being sung/played while the harvesters picked away at the vines. As Maltz notes in the article:

“On Haaretz's visit to Har Bracha, volunteers from the United States, Sweden, Norway, Hong Kong, Austria and New Zealand could be heard singing Christian hymns as they picked grapes in the vineyards owned by Tura Winery. Some of the women had babies strapped to their backs as they moved up and down the rows.”

9. Clever Tactics: Hayovel’s normalization is s tragic illustration of just how effective "Relational Evangelism" can be. It is the most pernicious and successful form of evangelism since it opened doors with religious Jews; an unprecedented thing in Jewish history. Missionizing is more than baptizing people. They are breaking down barriers, changing the mindset and values of Jews on the issue of Jesus, and planting roots within the framework of “restoration”. In truth all evangelicals had to do was exchange the thirsty sword for the sweet nothings of a forked tongue, and Jews would bite the bait. Who knew that the tongue could do what the sword could not?

10. Unspoken War: Most Jews don’t know what is happening with the evangelical incursion. Many don’t care. Many lie to themselves and speak of “pragmatism” and “righteous allies”, neither of which applies to these evangelical opportunists. Perhaps Jews need to start researching some of the wines they drink on Shabbat and get a history of the process. Besides the uniquely crafty tactics of Hayovel, the impact of the millions of evangelical dollars coming into Israel is impossible to calibrate, and those Jews who have the most to lose are those most vulnerable to the toxic sweetness. These would be those who draw near to the church for psychological, financial, and cultural/religious reasons. Some of the more outrageous street missionaries of Israel’s depressed area are experts at preying on the destitute and the elderly. Evangelicals spread their money everywhere, from the coarse street performer Jacob Damkani types to the more respectable outlets who zealously avoid such garish tactics. 

We have three threats exhibited in the article: 1) biased Jewish Hellenists who don’t like religious Jews or evangelicals because neither has a tolerance for abortion on demand or gay rights. 2) enabling Jews who flout Halacha and halachic precedent to form forbidden relationships. 3) Brother Esau types who play the part of Santa year-round. 

Chanukah and Purim epitomize the two types of war Jews face throughout history. The threat of physical and spiritual extinction. Every G-d fearing Jew knows that missionaries deserve the same fate as physical Amalekites. This is basic Torah, despite what spokespeople for Israel365 may say on the matter. Evangelicals and Jews are not natural allies. We are the most natural of enemies. They wish to replace us, and when that term became provocative, they developed/evolved the doctrines of restoration (Esav Exposed) to say what they really want to say in nicer ways. 

Chanukah may be over, but as I noted recently, the war for Chanukah is never over. It is a lifelong war until the arrival of the true Jewish Moshiach; a figure who will be a man of flesh and blood and not some made-up "reincarnated" composite of ancient pagan religions.

Hashem, give us the will and the wisdom to combat and destroy our enemies. Whether it be the sword-wielding crusader, the smiling apostate, or the Ishmaelite fiend with a vest of explosives strapped to his person. Or the grinning “Brother Esau” who wishes to hug us with a deadly embrace. Beware his teeth

An Evangelical "Chanukah" Event

WARNING!!!

Several Jewish attendees: Yisrael Medad, Ari Abramowitz, & Tuly Weisz

On Wednesday 12/5/18 of this coming Hanukah, the Menachem Begin Heritage Center is hosting a conference dealing with the Temple Mount, Temple Mount 18 Jerusalem Convention, organized by notorious missionary Doron Keider's "Cry For Zion" organization. Other prominent missionary heavyweights include Lars Enarson, Jon Enarson, and Aaron Murphy and Zac Waller of "Hayovel Ministry". While several Jews are listed as featured speakers (Yisrael Medad, Ari Abramowitz, Tuly Weisz), the majority are evangelical/messianic activists and leaders. No decent Jew should attend such an event. Please share and spread the alert about this chillul Hashem scheduled to take place on Chanukah.

Note: A warning was sent out earlier from the excellent Tomer Devora blog.  Please check out the link to read her important perspective.

Excellent resources:

• Esav Exposed: Lars Enarson
• Esav Exposed:Hayovel
• |JewishIsrael: Doron Keidar
• JewishIsrael: https: Hayovel

Hayovel Ministry-The Poison Apple of Relational Evangelism (AUDIO)

Reflections on the infamous "Hayovel Ministry" in Israel. Despite patriarch Tommy Waller's insistence that he did teshuva (repentance) from what he now acknowledges was a missionary past, he exposes that he and his organization are still committed to evangelizing Jews. It is 2018, and Hayovel still associates with overt missionaries and sells messianic material on their online shop. Below are screenshots of a messianic daily planner, "Daily Bread" which can be purchased on their website. A cursory glance of the screenshots says everything you need to know. Given the naked agenda, it is clear that Jews who continue to defend Hayovel are either insane or liars. Only a fool denies what is evident to anyone with even a rudimentary mass of grey matter. 

The article referenced in the audio: Anatomy of a Missionary

Screenshots from the "Daily Bread" planner:

One of many "goodies from the Hayovel shop. The fact that Hayovel's webpage features such an obvious messianic text reflects the degree which they no longer feel that they have to hide their beliefs and associations from their Jewish defenders. I doubt that most of Hayovel's Jewish supporters even glance at the website. Tragically, one wonders if the presence of a messianic journal would bother them. Personally I doubt it.More importantly, what does this say about Hayovel? Would any xtian organization truly opposed to missionizing sell such material? 

Tommy Waller is crafty. He has a knack for duping Jews and the many silly pilgrims who enrich him and his family, under the guise of doing "the Lord's work." The ability to travel across the world with ease and to be able to purchase a million dollar plus complex in Missouri shows that this isn't merely about following what he believes to be the bible. Like many before him, he has discovered the golden goose of evangelical enterprises.

Consider how low these predators go to infiltrating the Jewish world. On the left we see an example of messianics usurping the holy blessing which traditional Jews make prior to studying Torah, followed by a messianic style blessing which invokes the name of "that man".

They dont care. Hayovel knows that anytime some heat is placed upon them, they need only send out Tommy Waller to make a video where he sheds crocodile tears for the Jewish people. Yet the presence of such ideological religious materials in their shop shows precisely where they stand. Nothing has changed. Hayovel has simply mastered the rhetoric of apologetics and explanations, after years of making crude mistakes. It also helps that "yeshivas" run by religious Jews feed them with the education of learning about Jewish mores, lifestyles, and distorted interpretations of Judaism; which aid them in their ability to speak a more kosher tongue when dealing with Jews.

The messianic blessing above is grotesque. Perverting our sacred blessings on Torah to include idolatry.

In the screenshot on the left, we see another favorite tactic. Messianics often cite and use standard texts used by traditional Jews. This allows them to throw out terms such as "Artscroll" and "chabad", and share the lingo of those whose lives are immersed in Jewish Torah study. This bizarre usurping and usage of conventional Jewish names and organizations reflect the attempt to normalize the pagan with contemporary Jewish experiences.

Let me be clear. Any Jew who associates with Hayovel or defends them will have to answer for their sins one day. Once upon a time, such a statement would be obvious since this kind of madness was impossible to fathom in supposed Torah circles. We live in lunatic times, where the ignoramuses do as they wish without fear of Rabbinic reprisals or being socially ostracized. 

"Hayovel" 101-Introduction

JewishIsrael's excellent collection of articles, videos, and halachic statements from prominent Rabbis relating to the evangelical missionary organization "Hayovel". Essential reading for all concerned Jews who wish to understand the problem:

• Videos
• Articles
• Halachic Positions

"Zehut": Soft On Missionaries?

Moshe Feiglin & “Zehut” should be ashamed. Hitching their cart to someone so brazen about flaunting his friendship with spiritual predators like Jim Garlow, Hayovel, & others. Time for a public statement @moshefeiglin. Enough of this nonsense. #WhereThereAreNoMen #TorahRising pic.twitter.com/k5vpWiat4c

— Stop Hayovel! (@SHayovel) July 5, 2018

Who Let Them In? Part II (Stop Hayovel Podcast)

As I promised, in this podcast, I call out Zehut's Moshe Feiglin for his hypocrisy in his April article: https://www.zehutinternational.com/single-post/2018/04/27/PM’s-Serious-Identity-Blunder. By all means, Feiglin should call out Benjamin Netanyahu for hiring Youtube missionary Hananya Naftali, and for Bibi's general association with evangelical missionaries. But in the interest of consistency, he should first make sure that his own house is in order. If he calls out Bibi, then he needs to bounce Yishai Fleisher out of Zehut for his known associations with missionaries such as Robert Stearns, Mike Isley, Micke Huckabee, Glenn Beck, Jim Garlow, and Hayovel. I'm sick and tired of hearing (more than a few murmurings from insiders who are sensitive to this issue) about elements within Zehut (some in the hierarchy) who are tending to the "problem". If Feiglin is any sort of leader, he needs to deal with this immediately. 

• https://stophayovel.blogspot.com/2018/05/evangelical-missionaries-who-let-them.html
• https://stophayovel.blogspot.com/2018/02/our-orphaned-generation.html

Link to evangelical leader Jim Garlow, Skyline Church's "Tree of Life" Messianic Congregation, and Skyline's three "Rabbi teachers". Scroll down the page. Note: They reversed Fleisher's name with Tuly Wiesz. and of course, Yehuda Glick is the third of the three.

Who Let Them In? Part I (Podcast)

My reflections on the sudden feigned concern about missionaries, coming from certain "hasbara" circles. Ironically, some of the loudest voices come from those self-appointed religious voices who collaborated with evangelical missionaries. A foundation for a series of future audio posts providing further analysis. Warning: No quarter will be given. Part II will address Moshe Feiglin's (Zehut party) April article which addressed this outrage. My problem with Feiglin is one of intellectual honesty and integrity. Is Zehut's house really clean itself? https://www.zehutinternational.com/single-post/2018/04/27/PM’s-Serious-Identity-Blunder

The Final Solution for the Jews - Assimilation

An excellent presentation from "Mitzion Productions" exposing evangelicals and Hayovel Ministry, who planted roots in Eretz Yisrael thanks to the aid of so many Jewish collaborators.

Evangelical Missionaries: Who Let Them In? Part I

Benjamin Netanyahu’s hiring of YouTube "sensation" Hananya Naftali as his new deputy social media adviser is disgraceful. As a notorious online missionary, Hananya Naftali's brazen admissions of proselytizing while in the IDF are well known. This disgraceful act from Bibi proves once again, that even in an era of anti-Torah values where anything seems possible, there are always lower levels of chillul Hashem that a society can succumb to. It exposes how far Israel's leadership has fallen. This is well beyond the challenges of secularism as it relates to a Jewish society, albeit one that very far from a Torah society. This speaks of basic Jewish identity and self-respect, so necessary for us to survive as a religio-nation. In short, when a spiritual predator of Jews whose proselytizing efforts are documented on video, can nevertheless be hired by a prime minister of Israel, something is indeed very wrong with the Jewish psyche. 

This is what happens after years of sleeping with evangelicals. Sleeping with the enemy is bad enough when it's just a one night stand. The torrid love affair with evangelicals is an enduring one.

Contrary to what too many brain-addled daati-leumi types think, evangelical money doesn't come free. The cost is high: a growing missionary presence in Israel that is more sophisticated, ambitious, and powerful than it was even five years ago. Thanks to Jewish collaboration. The reaction from the enemy is nauseating. Gloating and celebration.

The messianics and missionaries (in Israel and abroad) are celebrating because they know that missionaries are normalized in Israeli society and by the Israeli government. They understand that not only is Hananya Naftali no longer viewed as toxic, he is seen as a friend and an advocate for Israel. If in the past, Israel's anti-missionary laws were weak and ineffectual, they are entirely impotent today. Once upon a time, decent traditional secular Israelis would have wept. Today, more than a few religious Jews couldn't care less. Some are even glad.

In the aftermath of this perversion, certain voices rose up in outrage. Outrage is correct and understandable. But when did they wake up? And have they really? As I noted, the Likud has been in bed with missionaries for years. So it was inevitable that a friendly online missionary would become mainstreamed in an age of mindless, blathering, pandering, hasbara. Why not? Naftali “defends” Israel on YouTube. This is the end-goal, so why should hasbarites be surprised.

Yet the chutzpa of certain voices is beyond the pale.Some of the voices of outrage come with those who collaborate & collude with evangelicals. From the kinds of people who write books with missionaries, engage and dialogue with them, and even have tanach sessions in Knesset. Consider Rivka Adler Lambert and her "Ten For The Nations" book, which has chapters written by missionaries. She had the nerve to recently open her mouth on Facebook about Naftali. Shortly afterwards, she deleted the post when some of us "hijacked" her wall (the precise word used by an anti-missionary activist who disliked our aggressive approach) and demanded accountability from her. As these respectable types see it, Lambert should be praised. I believe that it is a clever diversion by a guilty party who is trying to sanitize her credentials from odious associations.

Similarly, Zehut's Moshe Feiglin has no credibility when he opines on Naftali yet ignores Zehut's Yishai Fleisher's enduring friendship with Hayovel missionaries, and his regular participation in the Knesset's tanach sessions with evangelical soul-snatchers. Such Torah sessions are well beyond the pale of anything acceptable in Torah society, and as such they are a clear violation of Rav Soloveitchik's strong position against any form of interfaith dialogue as expressed in his classic essay, "Confrontation". I am still waiting for JewishIsrael to explore Feiglin's failure to address this troubling issue. After all, JewishIsrael has written extensively on these issues in the past.

Take the hasbara blog Israellycool as another example. They celebrated Hananya Naftali until they could not. But even then, they gave him a slap on the wrist and refused to really tear into him. They attacked me relentlessly for calling out their soft handed approach. They never mentioned that "The Israel Project" still uses him, or gave it to "StandWithUs" for merely scrubbing him from their system. That would be hasbara suicide. The "Elder of Zion" blog had him listed for their coveted "hasby awards" in 2017. In the interest of complete candor, they recently published Varda Epstein's article against Hananya Naftali. Although it was a flawed effort which neglected many of the more difficult questions, it is nevertheless interesting that it wasn't featured on Israellycool, where her past articles were given a forum. 

My understanding is that Israellycool is now reticent to address Hananya Naftali, further proving my point that they have no spine or integrity. They get angry at me for my past assertions regarding their craven platform, and they then confirm my arguments. I am no mind-reader, but they are as predictable as the sunrise. Their mindset is clear. If it is good enough for the Prime Minister of Israel, what is any self-respecting hasbarite to do? Fight the PM and call him out? This would be a shanda for the goyim!

And even were Israellycool to go after Naftali they have a dilemma. What kind of credibility can they have, when they still ignore their own contributor Kay Wilson’s documented messianic past which she has never admitted. They will scream slander in the face of unread, ignored, evidence, yet once upon a time they made an interesting claim themselves. At the time of the incident, when she was unknown and they had no relationship with her, they were eager to get the scoop, and the following comment was posted on their blog. I bet they wished they hadn't been so ambitious. 

And what of the so-called experts who defend a Kay Wilson while touting their so-called credentials and ignore the naked facts of an unrepentant former(?) messianic?Self-proclaimed expert, Penina Taylor comes to mind. Personally, I have no patience for such disingenuous behavior. Ms. Taylor might benefit from further investigation into Kay Wilson, starting with JewishIsrael's article "Will The Real Kishkush Stand Up?" To date, Penina Taylor has never presented a public refutation of the article's contents. As I see it, her sanctimonious assurances of having "vetted" Kay (as articulated in her Times of Israel article, "The Witch Hunt") are devoid of any credibility, if she cannot answer questions. 

Tragically, certain individuals and organizations today who previously fought these issues, were bullied into submission over the years. Some of them are reticent to address these troublesome issues. Some pop up from time to time to offer their expertise. More than a few nakedly pander to the same forums and personalities who bashed them yesterday. (We have screenshots.) My advice to these weathered veterans. Call them all out, or shut your mouths and go away. Or do what the mainstream hasbara forums do and blog about celebrities and the BDS movement. But don’t lecture the few who are consistent and unafraid to demand equal accountability from everyone. It is normal to be broken by bullies, and to lose resolve. It is a tragic, but normal human reaction in the face of unrelenting bullying. If this is the case, retire gracefully and go away. Because one responds to bullies by punching their lights out, not by appeasement. 

I want to reiterate that’s Hananya's hiring is indeed an outrage and the kind of thing that should destroy a coalition (were there principled traditional/religious Jews in Bibi's coalition). Every day, the chillul HaShem grows stronger, and because he can, Bibi will continue to do what he wants. A simple and attainable goal would be to demand Naftali's firing. It will require extraordinary muscle, and I fear that at this point the collective Jewish voice is atrophied. 

In truth, the only voices that can argue such a position in good conscience are those whose conscience is clear. Not from those shtetl syndrome types who grovel before goyim and seek arrogant token gentiles to "defend" them with un-Jewish arguments. And not from those timid "hasbarites" who pine for popular attention and yearn for those coveted "hasby" awards.

To be continued......

Our Orphaned Generation

“Woe to our orphan generation.” -Rabbi Meir Kahane

The following meme was  recently circulated on Facebook, following the outrageous spectacle of religious Jews "studying Torah" with evangelical missionaries in the Knesset. Fortunately, the meme's simple message was right on target and it was perceived as such by many sensible Jews who shared it widely on social media. Sadly I cannot give kudos to the anonymous person who created it, but I can share it and provide some additional context. I feel confident that the meme's creator would agree with my sentiments.

In the past, Yishai Fleisher and a host of other self-appointed religious Jewish advocates slandered those of at the “Stop Hayovel” blog who fight the missionary menace. Our crime? We pointed out their public associations with evangelical missionaries. We made no accusations that THEY themselves are missionaries, but we correctly pointed out that they are aligned with some of the most dangerous evangelical missionaries on the scene today.

There is no choice for any Jew who is concerned with this menace. We cannot remain silent while these outrages persist. So we must be aggressive and uncompromising as we publicize ugly truths. With this in mind, it must be said that the recent “Torah session” in the Knesset with notorious missionaries constituted an unprecedented chillul HaShem. 

Fact: Hayovel are a missionary organization. We have documented it ad nauseum for years now, along with other activists, who’ve documented Hayovel’s clever journey to plant roots in Israel. The evidence is overwhelming. 

Fact: Dr. Jim Garlow and Rosemary Schindler of the missionary Skyline Church are spiritual predators. 

To be blunt. This was indeed a “Torah” session with missionaries. This was worse than mere interfaith-dialogue, which is halachically prohibited. Yet Fleisher boasts and speaks of dreams in his Facebook post (see image on left). His dream is our nightmare. Research Skyline Church, Dr. Jim Garlow and Rosemary Schindler, yemach sh’mam v’zichram.

This abomination in the Knesset was nothing less than the fusion of baal with Torah.Something to tear kriya over, and not something to celebrate. Something against Torah and sanity. Something which trampled on Rav Soloveitchik’s ironclad ruling opposing interfaith dialogue, as found in his classic essay “Confrontation”. 

Funny how Fleisher mentions the “Schindler Society” but neglects to mention their leadership of the missionary Skyline Church, which is merged with a messianic “Jewish” congregation targeting Jews. The Tree of Life Messianic Jewish Congregation. 

So enough of this nonsense of denying what is apparent. Shame on Tuly Weisz, Yishai Fleisher, Yehuda Glick, and any other Jewish attendee. Those who wear head-coverings and purport to speak in the name of Torah will have to answer for this public abomination. Truly, we are an orphaned generation. 

• When will good Jews, both the religious leadership and laity, speak out against this outrage? 
• When will religious Jewry unite with an uncompromising voice of outrage, on an issue which should resonate across the religious continuum? 
• And when will those Jews who have the chutzpah to flaunt these associations, be excoriated and ostracized for this egregious behavior?

In the interim, I hear crickets, as Achashveirish’s feast is re-enacted with Brother Esau. The recent Knesset abomination and like-minded outrages will surely bring upon us the Divine retribution promised by the neviim. The land can only tolerate so much filth before a terrible purging occurs. And these outrages are perpetrated in large measure by those who claim to be religious Jews. 

Where There Are No Men
Indeed there are no men, or very few of them, fighting this battle. There are few women also, but in a battle where only few fight, men are outnumbered by a handful of women. The silence of the Nation is staggering. The willful blindness of others a thing to weep over. Most tragic of all are those good Jews who agree with us, but are afraid to open their mouths. Sadly, this includes some very prestigious Torah scholars.

StandWithUs? The clarion call of hasbara impotence.  I disagree.

• Don’t stand with those who enable and empower our physical and spiritual enemies with weak-kneed shtadlanus. 

• Don’t stand with those who wouldn’t know how to defeat the Arab/Islamic savages if the solution hit them in the head. 

• Don’t stand with those who align with our spiritual enemies out of fear of Islam and Arabs and a desperate need for friends. Even those of a false persuasion.

So what does one do if he gives a damn about preserving Jewish Identity? 

1. Start by sharing this post and getting involved in educating Jews about what is occurring with our tax dollars in the Knesset, and the general spiritual violence occurring in the vineyards of Samaria.
2.  Let it be known that the most recent phenomenon of relational evangelism throughout Eretz Yisrael is being aided and abetted with the help of religious Jews. Educate yourselves and spread the message. Inform your local Rabbis and religious leaders. Demand that they get involved.
3. Above all, name names! This is not an amorphous vague faceless sin. The active players are often well-known, their personal involvement a badge of honor for them. If they wish to be known, let the public know the full story. A terrible tale of Jewish complicity and collusion with today’s clever evangelical missionaries.

So much more to come. Purim Sameach!
#StandWithTorah

Limp-Wristed LAVI

It’s bad enough that LAVI advocates for their un-Jewish “indigenous rights” nonsense. It is equally tragic that they represent a new “peace” movement which seeks to humanize inhumane people. But they are also frauds. Their impotence on the evangelical issue is apparent. pic.twitter.com/4L7DRdKC13

— Stop Hayovel! (@SHayovel) December 20, 2017

Limp-Wristed LAVI

It’s bad enough that LAVI advocates for their un-Jewish “indigenous rights” nonsense. It is equally tragic that they represent a new “peace” movement which seeks to humanize inhumane people. But they are also frauds. Their impotence on the evangelical issue is apparent. pic.twitter.com/4L7DRdKC13

— Stop Hayovel! (@SHayovel) December 20, 2017

Hellenists In The Heartland

Audio reflections on another species of Hellenist. The kipah wearing one who learns gemara.

Hellenists In The Heartland

Audio reflections on another species of Hellenist. The kipah wearing one who learns gemara.