In recent times, Israeli cities have become inundated with millions of Christian missionary books. These texts contain controversial messages that some view as overt incitement against specific communities within Israel. Residents in cities including Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Givatayim, Givat Shmuel, Haifa, Yavneh, and others have reported finding books in their mailboxes, without clear identification as missionary content.
Two particular books are being widely disseminated across the nation. One is titled "The Chosen One," purportedly authored by the organization Messianic Jews. This book is being distributed in four million copies via a mailing distribution company. Though the exterior does not reveal its missionary nature, its content makes the intent crystal clear.
"The Chosen One" chronicles the story of missionary Tom Cantor and his relationship with a woman named Cheryl. At a certain juncture, the character of Cheryl takes on an unsettling form, asserting that rape sullies the victim. A passage from the Hebrew version of the book reads: "I was expecting someone who would cleanse me of my impurity and immorality. Later, I expected to be married to her and changed by her purity, perfection, and innocence, but when Cheryl told me that she was raped and became pregnant, I crashed. Sheryl was no longer pure, healthy in her soul and innocent. Her rape dropped the ground from under my feet. Sheryl can no longer be my path to purity."
Fake Christian missionaries masquerading as Rabbis & the Men In Black make life extremely difficult for Jews in the ancestral homeland. pic.twitter.com/Am3kRDGRA4
ā Stone W (@StoneWaimea) August 23, 2023
This is not the only missionary book circulating in Israel currently. In Haifa and other cities, another deeply problematic book has been reported, which incites against both the Jewish Orthodox community and the LGBT community. Titled "Twelve Considerations of the Religious Community Regarding the LGBT Agenda," the book seems, at first glance, to be distributed by religious Jews. However, a brief internal examination reveals its true purpose: to undermine Judaism.
The text makes an outrageous claim that the rise of the LGBT community led to the ascension of the Nazis. An excerpt from the book states: "Samuel Igra, in his 'Germany's National Vice,' documents the rise of zealot culture that prepared the ground for the prosperity of Nazism. Many have placed the blame on God, who allowed the horrors of the Holocaust to materialize. However, the facts show that prior to 1933, homosexual activity was illegal in Germany." The book, presenting a false narrative that Nazism was tolerant of homosexuality, frames the Jewish community as the instigators of their own annihilation in Germany and Europe.
Iām seeing more and more of this and it worries the hell out of me.
ā a tax payer called Maria (@midkentforbrit1) August 20, 2023
Could it be that there is a growing movement of Messianic Jews in Israel.? They truly are wonderful Christians.
The Israelis see them as a threat. š¤¦āāļø https://t.co/NMu5uUcjT6
These two books, with their troubling content and widespread distribution, have brought to light concerns over the methods and messages of the missionary movement within Israel. The fact that they are delivered without clear identification, and the inflammatory nature of their content, creates a serious challenge for the Israeli community that will likely prompt further scrutiny and response.
