TRADITIONAL
JEWS QUESTION EVANGELICAL SUPPORT OF “
Brooklyn,
NY, August 23, 2007.
Recent claims by Evangelical Christians that the State of Israel is the
fulfillment of a biblical prophecy and the upcoming series on Christian
Zionists airing on CNN beginning this week has caused great alarm among many in
the traditional Jewish community.
Torah-true
Jews feel that these Christians' sympathy is misplaced. They are putting their
resources into strengthening Jewish settlements in the
We
are commanded by the prophet Jeremiah (29:7), "Seek the peace of the city
where I have exiled you, and pray to G-d on its behalf, for with its peace you
will have peace." The Jewish people can be redeemed from exile only by
Divine redemption; only then can there be world peace.
The often-quoted verse, "And I will bless those who
bless you" (Genesis 12:3), means that all people in the world should bless
and befriend the Jews if they want to earn G-d's favor. Historically, those
gentiles who welcomed Jews into their country and allowed them freedom to
practice the Torah and full rights were considered friends of the Jews. Anti-Semites
were those who expelled Jews from their country and wanted them elsewhere. "Gentiles
who wish to merit G-d's blessing are encouraged to continue being good
neighbors to the Jews in their home countries, not send them off to the State
of Israel," said Rabbi Hersh Lowenthal of True Torah Jews.
Additional
information concerning the position of the Anti-Zionist Orthodox Jews may be
found at www.truetorahjews.org
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