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Lev L'Achim Demands the Cancellation of a Massive Missionary Event in Jerusalem
by Betzalel Kahn

The activists of Lev L'Achim's Department for the Struggle Against the Missions has launched a public battle to prevent a large gathering which the British missionary, David Hatwai is about to hold. David Hatwai is a member of the Messianic Jews cult. The gathering is slated to take place in Binyanei Ha'Uma, and masses of new immigrants from C.I.S. countries have been invited to attend it.

News of the gathering became known only recently, after announcements in Russian were posted in many cities in centers for new immigrants from the C.I.S. These posters invite new immigrants to participate in what is called "Festival Alef Yisrael" which is supposed to take place in Binyanei Ha'Uma over a period of three consecutive evenings on 21, 22 and 23 Iyar. In addition to free transportation and entry, the organizers promise forums on "Therapy for Body and Soul."

Lev L'Achim demanded that the administrators of Binyanei Ha'Uma cancel the event. The administrators, in turn, replied that they had no idea that such an event was slated to take place, and that their records state that the auditorium was rented for those days for the purpose of holding a medical convention.

In urgent letters to the members of the Jerusalem City Council and additional public officials and bodies, Lev L'Achim demands that steps be taken to cancel the missionary event right away. The possibility of forcing the cancellation of the event through legal means is being examined, since it involves preaching conversion while promising benefits, which is forbidden by the law.

 

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