Monday, June 09, 2008

Messing with the Messianic Jews



On this harvest holiday, while people are happily tucking into cheesecake and blintzes all across Israel, some Messianic Jews will be saying grace before tasting the first morsel. Their belief in Jesus as the Messiah, even though they do not renounce any of the basic tenents of Judaism, has enraged some intolerant Orthodox Jews, who went on to burn bibles and attack one prominent family. ( Time magaine reports this week. The response after plastic explosives blew through their flat and maimed a teenage son? Turn the other cheek, but first put Shin Bet on the case and prosecute the culprit.

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