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What characteristics define a cult?

In this interesting post let us find out what characteristics define a cult. Cults or more specifically, destructive cults, are characterized as fo...

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Are missionaries a problem in Israel?

Yes. An increasing number of Christian missionary groups - most of them based in the United States - have targeted the Israeli Jewish population fo...

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A Guide to Missionary Tactics

This guide is intended to teach you about the tactics used by missionary groups and cults. The tactics of missionaries and missionary groups may va...

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How do Christians feel about "Jews for Jesus" groups?

A number of sensitive Christians have condemned the deceptions of groups like "Jews for Jesus." Read more about it in this Q & A article.

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Are the missionary leaders sincere?

Some of them are undoubtedly "in it for the money," but most are probably very sincere in their belief that only people who believe as they do will...

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Do cult leaders really believe what they preach?

Many leaders of religious cults claim to be G-d’s special messengers, prophets, Jesus, the Messiah, or G-d Himself. For example, Jews believe that ...

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Are people who get involved in cults less intelligent than 5s?

On the contrary, cultists are bright, idealistic, caring individuals. They get “hooked” because they believe they will be doing important work for ...

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What positive actions can we take to avoid getting involved in a cult?

What should you do to avoid getting involved in a cult? Care about yourself as a person and as a Jew. Find out more in this article.

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Is there a way to prevent someone from becoming involved?

An effective program of prevention has five components: Affiliate: become part of the Jewish community, by taking classes, joining a synagogue or a...

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Is there any way a person can avoid getting involved in a cult?

Momentary crisis situations make people vulnerable. When you acknowledge that it can happen to you, you will be more aware and less gullible. This ...

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How do people join cults and missionary groups?

Let's find out the answer to the question about how people join cults and missionary groups. What is the reason people do it?

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Homecoming

After several years of marriage my husband and I became interested in religion and how we would raise our children. Neither of us had much of a rel...

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Sheina's Story: An Academic Search for the Truth

My story begins on the other side of the world in Australia where I was born. Both sides of my family immigrated there in the mid to late 1800s. My...

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Alex's Story

My parents and I immigrated to the United States from the former USSR. We were raised as atheists but I did receive some training in Judaism by att...

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Why I became a Christian - then left it for Judaism

Read this story of someone who became a christian and then left it for Judaism. Why did he do that? Find out in this interesting post

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The So-called Hebrew Christian Seder

I was recently invited by a "Hebrew Christian" acquaintance to a program called "Christ in the Passover". She told me that Jesus was the ultimate m...

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The Hard Truth About "Soft-Sell" Evangelism

When it comes to salesmanship -- which is essentially what evangelism is all about -- the “soft-sell” is still a sales pitch. The “soft-sell”, howe...

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Dina's Story

When I was sixteen, I went to church with a friend. I felt something powerful inside that I had never felt before. I was curious, why I hadn't felt...

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Larry Levey: Why I Embraced, then rejected Messianic Judaism

A lawyer reflects on 18 months as a member of the militantly proselytizing Hebrew-Christian community. What made him choose Judaism?

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David's Story

My name is David. I was born a Jew. When I was growing up, I had a very limited Jewish education. It was in my mid-20's when I began to feel the...

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Why I Am Converting To Judaism - Part 1

Why I Am Converting To Judaism - This is part 1 of a 3 part series by Angela Dekort about why she converted to Judaism. You can read Part 2 and Par...

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Jack's Story

For over a dozen years I was a Jewish Christian missionary. I believed in the Christian doctrine that everyone I knew and loved, who didn't believe...

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The Right Place At The Right Time: Saving a 14-Year-Old's Life in Israel

In addition to lectures, news interviews and meetings with government officials, my colleagues and I distributed thousands of copies of a new Hebre...

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Is The Christian Movement Called "Messianic Judaism" a Form of Judaism?

What is messianic judaism, is it an5 form of judaism? The goal of this article is to convey that Judaism and Christianity are 2 separate faith syst...

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Does the Talmud talk about a ressurection 3 days after the end of the world?

Does the Talmud indicate a 1st century Jewish belief that resurrection would occur 3 days after the end of the world? Is there a reference about a ...

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Lisa Cohen's Story: Surviving Mormon Love

Read this interesting post about Lisa Cohen who talks about her love for a Mormon and how she as a Jew kept her interests first.

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Robin Schanker The Long Road Home

Gradually it became clear that Holly wanted me to accept Jesus as my savior. I insisted that, to Jews, Jesus is not the Messiah. No bibles were ope...

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Leviticus 17:11

One of the cornerstones of Christian theology is that the only way to achieve atonement for sins is through the offering of a sacrifice whose blood...

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Lisa's Story

I was born Jewish, but I became a Christian nine years ago during a difficult time in my life when I was searching for G-d. My sons and I joined an...

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Jewish Belief in Messiah and the Messianic Age

“I Believe With Complete Faith In The Coming Of The Messiah….” (from the Thirteen Principles of Faith). Let us find out what Judaism teaches about ...

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