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MaozIsrael
November 2005
Tishrei - Cheshvan 5765 - 5766
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Public persecution of Messianic Jews in Israel
most serious since founding of the State
By Shmulik Eitan
This report is from Shmulik,
the brother of the pastor’s wife of
Congregation Yeruel in Arad, Israel,
written as an open letter to his friends
and acquaintances. Shmulik is an
Israeli tourist guide. Arad is a desert
town of 33,000 souls, 2,000 of whom
are ultra-Orthodox.
he contents of this letter may
be a bit shocking to many of
you. I will include a link in it, to cablenetwork television news broadcast [in
Hebrew, see page eight], about the
very intense persecution of Messianic
Jews in the southern Israeli city of
Arad, by a large group of Haredi
[Ultra-Orthodox] Jews called the Gur
Hassidim.
As you all know, I am not a believer
ULTRA-ORTHODOX DEMONSTRATE AGAINST BELIEVERS AT CHESS CLUB
and do not hold any religious beliefs
whatsoever. However, what is happening to the believers where the little Messianic congregation of Arad meets, etc.
in Arad is absolutely incredible, unacceptable and entirely In time, these demonstrations - which were not curbed by
non-democratic.
the police force - escalated and got much worse. They now
In March of 2004, these Hassidic people started dem- randomly attack believers in the streets whenever they reconstrating against Messianic Jews in Arad. It started as ognize them, in some cases shouting at a single mother with
sporadic demonstrations, sometimes outside my sister’s her little girl who is under five years old, “dirty Christian,
home, whose husband is the local pastor, sometimes outside you filthy Christian” and to the girl they shout “your mother
is a whore! Your mother is a prostitute!” It’s one thing for
you guys to read this in your comfortable homes. It’s quite
I do not hold any religious beliefs whatsoanother to go through it - on a daily basis by now - as these
ever. However, what is happening to the
people in Arad have.
believers in Arad is absolutely incredible,
My sister and brother-in-law, Debbie and Yakim Figueras,
along with their four children, have endured this too. Almost
unacceptable and entirely non-democratic
T
every day there are a few of them
opened the doors and let her and the
that come up to the house, somechildren in, for fear for themselves.
times banging on the windows and
At another instance, the police
shouting obscenities, like “Jesus the
authorized the Gur Hassidim to demb…,” “Nazis,” “filthy Christians,”
onstrate outside a place where the
etc. And every week, on the same
believers were having the Sabbath
day, there is a major demonstration
meal and worship. Things got out of
outside their home, with the Gur
hand pretty quickly, and when the
Hassidim carrying big signs against
believers wanted to leave the buildbelievers, and shouting obsceniing, the police - who were there all
ties again - with police looking on
along but who had lost control at
and many times giggling with the
some point - did not let them leave
demonstrators. To say the least,
the building because they could not
this is absolutely weird. However,
guarantee their safety. So now the
with every attack that has gone
believers were trapped inside.
unchecked by the authorities, these
Over a month ago, my brotherpeople get more bold and daring,
in-law wrote a letter to the Israeli
and things are escalating at an
chief of police, in which he gave the
alarming rate by now.
history of the past 18 months, and
Not long ago my sister was drivasked for his immediate intervention
ing with three of her children, to
as things were getting worse and he
pick up her eldest son from a music
feared physical assaults would be
lesson at the local conservatory.
next. He asked him, among other
As she stopped, two of these Gur
things, why the police sanction
Hassidim walked by and recognized
demonstrations where they are not
YAKIM FIGUERAS, PASTOR IN ARAD
her. One stayed by her car, the other
in control and cannot guarantee the
left. My sister, innocently thinking there was some opportu- well-being of the people being demonstrated against. There
nity for communication to this, waited and hesitantly began was never any response to this letter. Unbelievable.
to talk to the one who stayed - thinking there was some
A couple of weeks ago, things reached a new low, when a
point in quoting scriptures to him. She didn’t realize that the chess-playing club owned by local believers, where they hand
only God these people really serve is the god of hatred and out Bibles and Messianic literature, was burned down – and
ignorance. Within a few minutes the other man came back mysteriously, next door a new chess club opened, owned
- with reinforcements. Her car was now surrounded by 15 of and operated by the Gur Hassidim. Some reporter from one
them, screaming, cursing, hurling insults at them and Jesus, of Israel’s two leading newspapers called my sister up and
shouting at her that she’s a filthy Christian, shouting at the asked her some questions about this incident. The reporter
kids (aged almost two and almost four) that their mother wrote in a very bold manner about it and the article came out
is a filthy Christian and they need to leave Arad and “stop as a two full-page article, with bombshell quotations from
kidnapping
and
her, and the reporter
baptizing children!
pointing to the fact
ELDERLY MEN OF ARAD PLAY CHESS, RECIEVE
BIBLES,
LITERATURE,
FOOD
AND
CLOTHING
BUSLOADS
of
that the police are
children!” My sweet
not really doing anylittle nephew Yair,
thing and that at the
leaned his head out
rate things are going,
the car window and
lives will be lost
growled back at
before this is over.
them. I was mortified
They had a large
when I heard this.
picture of the burnedNeedless to say
down club, and huge
this is yet another
letters quoting a phitraumatic event for
losopher who said
all of them to go
“In a place where
through. It took a
they burn books,
while before the
there they will also
conservatory staff
burn people.” I
thought that was amazing, that they had it in there.
miracle that no one has been hurt so far. So I ask that you
My brother-in-law, Yakim, had a meeting with the mayor all take some sort of action: Write the Israeli government
of Arad, where he presented their case, expressed his concern offices - the Prime Minister’s office, the Ministry of Public
and tried to elicit his help. The mayor said quite simply that Security, the Ministry of Justice, The Israeli Police Force.
he knows things are very bad and that he does think things These offices, if flooded with emails from Christians and
will end with bloodshed, but he has no intention whatsoever Messianic Jews around the world enquiring about and
of getting involved. Can you believe that?! This is the mayor demanding the safety of Messianic believers in Arad, will
of the city. Apparently his coalition is not doing well, and no longer be able to claim they didn’t know about it.
therefore his strongest allies
Write your senators; ask
in the city hall coalition
them to contact the Israeli
are, unfortunately, the Gur
ambassador and tell them
Only when authorities in Israel
Hassidim.
their constituency members
realize this little minority, which
By now it has become
are very concerned about
amply clear that the authorithe blatant violation of
is so easily ignored, has many
ties are not at all interested
human rights in Arad, and
friends around the world who will
in implementing the demoof the democratic right of
cratic right of Freedom of
Freedom of Worship. It’s
hold
the
goverment
accountable
Worship in Israel, when
amazing - in the Jewish
it comes to the Messianic
State of Israel, you can
for what is going on, will they put
Jews in Arad. They will
be a Buddhist, a Bahai, a
an
end
to
the
persecution.
most likely only take action
gay or Lesbian - and your
if and when there is blooddemocratic rights are fully
shed. That is what concerns
protected and upheld. But if
me. And that is why I am writing this letter to you - friends you’re a Messianic Jew, they will do nothing for you unless
that I guided through Israel from Bible school, friends from they absolutely have to. This is partly because Messianics
my former musical period, etc.
are not loud and boisterous and demanding, and therefore
The believers in Arad need your help. It is my belief are easily overlooked and easy to ignore. If you could bring
that the only time the authorities in Israel will start putting their plight to the Israeli government and authorities, it
an end to the escalating persecution of believers in Arad, would be very helpful.
is when the government and police force realizes that this
Write, call, email - whatever. Make the Israeli governlittle minority, which is so easily ignored, has many friends ment know these few believers have the world’s attention,
around the world who are watching with growing concern, and Israel’s democratic rule is being tested here. The total
and who hold the government accountable for what is going insensitivity of calling Jesus a b… time and time again, is
on. When the government sees that they are beginning to look absolutely unacceptable, as is the blatant trampling of the
bad around the world, when foreign diplomats and senators rights of the Messianic believers in Arad. Children should
and ambassadors tell the government they are concerned not be made to grow up in Israel as if they are in Germany in
about what is going on in Arad, the authorities - if only for the 1930’s. This whole situation is drastically wrong, and the
selfish reasons of
people persecuting
EDDIE (RIGHT) SHOWS ARI THE NEW METAL DOORS HE HAS BUILT
looking good - will
them are absolutely
ACROSS
THE
FRONT
OF
HIS
CHESS
CLUB
TO
PREVENT
ANOTHER
ARSON
quickly give orders
primitive and evil.
for the persecutions
Please
take
there to be stopped.
action. We need
These believers
your help. Please
are not just my sister
tell your friends and
and nephews. They
anyone who may
are your brothers
be concerned about
and sisters of your
the well being of
own faith. And
believers in Israel,
believe me, they are
or anyone who may
suffering, and have
be in a position to
been going through
help. Any press and
this for a long time
media attention to
- with absolutely
this issue would be
no protection. It’s a
helpful, too.
THE
PERSECUTED
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wo thousand feet above sea level
in the hills of the Negev, Arad is a
poor, isolated town. It has one natural
resource: it is famous for its deliciously
clean, dry mountain air. In the 1990’s the
town doubled in size as Russian immigrants poured into the area. It is Bedouin
country, but the government built this
community near ruins of the ancient town
of Arad where Israelites lived during the
times of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
The rebellious Israelites even built an
exact copy of the tabernacle, (against the
Law of Moses, because Jehovah’s place
of worship was to be only in Jerusalem)
and then added an extra altar in their
“tabernacle,” possibly, the archeologists
think, to the goddess Ashterah.
Over 2,000 Gur Hassidim, a sect of
ultra-Orthodox Jews, also live in Arad.
They have built a large religious center
with a yeshiva for training their non-working population of men. More recently, the
ultra-Orthodox, Habad sect, which has a
strong anti-Messianic spy organization
called Yad L’Achim, have moved some of
their people into Arad to cooperate with
the Gur Hassidim against the believers.
POLLY’S SONS AND FOUR OF HER FOSTER CHILDREN
You could not find a more
colorful group of believers!
Polly, a registered nurse, had met an
Israeli in Canada and soon they were
married. They immigrated to Tiberius
where two of their children were born.
After Polly spent many years praying
for her unsaved husband, he accepted
Yeshua as his Messiah, but died three
months later of a heart attack. Polly, five months pregnant, with her two kids left for the States, but her heart
remained in Israel and after five years she decided to
move back. She chose the Beersheva area in southern
Israel and rented a home in nearby Arad where she met
up with a Messianic Jewish couple, Milton and Lura.
Polly began working with a believing crisis pregnancy center and opened up a branch in Arad. That
led her to begin taking in children who had no parents
and nowhere to go. Today, her two oldest sons serve
in Israeli elite army units, and Polly takes care of her
younger son, and five foster children. It was in front of
her house 18 months ago that the Gur Hassidim first
began to lead protests to harass the believers. Until
POLLY AT HOME WITH HER SON AND FOSTER CHILD
today, the Gur continue to show up several times a
week, screaming obscenities and warning the public
that these “missionaries will kidnap your children.”
Milt and Lura made aliyah to Israel ten years
ago where they found themselves in a town with
only a tiny handful of Messianic Jews and no congregation at all. So they began a Bible study,
rotating between the homes of Polly, a group from
Beersheva, and their own home. Most likely, this
was the first such gathering in Arad of true believers since the destruction of the Temple. When Milt
suddenly died of a heart attack, Lura and Polly were
left to carry on the home group – until Eddie arrived.
Eddie grew up in the mean streets of New York
LURA, EDDIE AND ARI
City. An airforce veteran from Viet Nam, a construction
quality inspector of ships and submarines, and a chess
buff to boot, he came to visit Lura in Israel after Milt’s
death. (Milt was a former airforce buddy of Eddie’s.)
Eddie stayed in Israel and he and Lura married some
months later.
They opened up a Chess Club/Bible Shop called the
King’s Men, where anywhere from 30 or more elderly
citizens come daily to pass the time. Eddie and Lura
offer Bibles and literature to those who want it and also
run a free clothing distribution center. It is a work of
love that certainly must please their Lord.
The chess club was badly vandalized last summer
(on the very day the police, who
have been hostile to the believers, held Eddie and Lura in the
police station for eight hours). A
few days later, the chess club was
set on fire, burning up everything
inside the club, including their TV
and DVD equipment. The police
did nothing.
In the year 2000, Yakim and
his wife Debbie moved from
Jerusalem to begin a new work
in Arad. They now have a congregation of Messianic Jews and
Christians with about 35-40 in
attendance, including children.
There could not be a more gentle,
Messiah-like man of God than
Yakim! He and his congregation
suffer through continuous harassment before, during and after their meetings, with the
Gur Hassidim surrounding their congregational building, threatening and heckling the believers and intimidating any non-believer who might be brave enough
to attend a meeting. The continuous persecution is
wearying; they pray that God will give grace to their
children and protect their minds and spirits from harm.
But the believers repeatedly told us that their faith
and that of their children has only been strengthened.
Polly’s soldier-son told us that he is a stronger believer
because of the Gur Hassidim. Of course, because of
the persecution, everyone in the city – from the mayor
on down – knows of their faith in Yeshua the Messiah.
LEFT: A DUPLICATE HOLY OF HOLIES WAS BUILT IN ARAD ON A HIGH PLACE BY THE ISRAELITES. THE ALTAR ON THE
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LEFT IS PRESUMABLY FOR JEHOVAH, AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT FOR THE GODDESS ASHERAH. RIGHT: THE JEWS
OF ANCIENT ARAD CONSTRUCTED A FORTRESS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST THEIR ENEMIES, THE EDOMITES.
GO TO YOUR
COMPUTER AND SEE
THE NEWS CLIP FROM
ISRAEL TV NEWS
they are less than human, and therefore do not have human
rights. The public in Germany didn’t really resist, until it was
too late. Take a look at this scene. It may ring a disturbing
bell. What you are looking at in this article is a hate fest, clear
and simple. You’re looking at a freakish mutation: Jews who
are acting like Nazis. Clear and simple. Jews, blinded with
hate, persecuting other Jews, and hurling unbelievable insults
at them and at Jesus.
ere you will see news coverage of some of the Next you’ll see a local secular Israeli, complaining that the
believe it or not - more peaceful events of persecution mayor needs to put an end to this hatred because there is no
in Arad. It’s in Hebrew, but you’ll get the gist of it. (Actually, reason for it. Little does he know that his mayor has no such
you should send this link to the Israeli Ambassador in your intention. He ends by saying - The Gur Hassidim here in Arad
countries and ask him what is going on down in Arad.) Let will not give up. I know them. They are a large community
me just translate some of the highlights for you:
here in Arad and they will absolutely not give up. The mayor
It starts with the narrator saying that these pictures are part needs to stop this. What is he sitting [as mayor] there for?!”
of a two-year war waged in Arad by the Gur Hassidm against
Next you see a Gur Hassid saying, “They kidnap children
the Messianic Jews. Then you see some of them, harassing and baptize them to Christianity. Stay away from them.”
believers who give out clothes to poor people, saying, “This Does that remind you of allegations by Nazis and other antiis how they take children and baptize them to Christianity; Semites against Jews in Europe? Then you see them addressthey give them some clothes and food and then they tell them, ing and humiliating a local secular citizen who tried to defend
come and bow down before Jesus, the b…”
the believers. You’ll understand this part - it’s in English.
They actually don’t use the name Jesus or Yeshua here, but
Next the reporter says, “While Mayor Brill buries his
rather call him Yoshkeh, another derogatory name for him. head in the sand, 200 Messianic Jews in his city are perseThen the clip shows the burned-down chess club and burned cuted in a manner which is reminiscent of sights from the
Bibles etc, and an English-speaking believer talks for a bit. exile period.”
You’ll notice he says, “I guess they’re coming up with a final
You’ll see a Messianic woman walking by, holding her
solution now, of some sort. Burning.” He is alluding to the little daughter, and Gur Hassidim say, “This is Rebecca Frei,
fact that this behavior is very reminiscent of Nazi behavior born to a Haredi [ultra-Orthodox] family. She was kidnapped
in pre-World War II Germany. And he’s right - and the news by the Christians and made into one.” “Know the truth!”
anchor echoes that at the end.
they shout, as they lie, outright. Next, she is interviewed and
Next you’ll see a Gur Hassid shouting, “Who wants to says how they spread lies about her, publish her picture and
sell their soul to Jesus, the b…? Just dip in the sea, sell your address in the streets, saying she’s a dangerous missionary.
soul to a b… who has
Then you see one of
been buried and rotting
them heckling a Russian
http://news.walla.co.il/?w=/3807/770929
under the ground for
believer, saying, “Where
(Note: Wait for the advertisement that takes a few seconds to pass.)
2000 years, and you’ll
is Yeshua? Yeshua is in
get rags! Jesus the b…
Chernobil.” (where they
is giving out rags. Rags
had the nuclear disaster
from the b…. Next
years ago)
you’ll see him saying to
It ends with the
the believer there, “He’s
reporter saying: “It
a b…. Yeshua is here.
would be interesting
Here!” - as he stamps
to see what an outcry
his feet indicating Jesus
there would be if this
is under him.
happened in any other
Many of you have
country against Jews.
been to Israel, and I
Germany, for instance,”
guided many of you
- clearly meaning that
through the Yad Vashem
there would be a major
Holocaust
memooutcry of anti-Semitism
rial museum. I always
if this level of persecupointed out the process
tion happened in any
of humiliating Jews in
other country.
public, in order to show
Shmulik Eitan
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Ari Sorko-Ram invited five of
our oldest members to give their
testimonies of how they came to
faith in Yeshua the Messiah. Their testimonies were riveting! When we asked all the
new believers of the last two years to stand, more than half of the congregation stood up!
What great things God has Done!
H
ow would you feel if every time you
We were taken inside the
walked down the street, fingers
chess club which had been
pointed at you and you were identified
torched, and shown the progas the enemy? How would you feel if
ress that had already been
profanities were hurled at you and the
made as they begin to clean
vilest of names were shouted in your
up and remove the destroyed
direction, even while walking with your
furnishings and equipment.
young child? Would you be able to
On a white plastic chair rested
hold up if your life was constantly
singed Bibles, the burnt remains
threatened or if crowds shouted that
of books which were no longer
they were going to carry you out of
salvageable. Outside the door,
town in a coffin?
a yellow oak tag sign read, “The
How would you feel if this hapeyes of God are in every place,
pened every day – and ALL
watching the evil and the good.
BY COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
BECAUSE OF YOUR FAITH?
Prov. 15: 3 - perhaps, the best fire
Well it is happening, in the town
protection - a stern reminder of the
of Arad where the few dozen community of believers judgment which awaits those who seek to injure their
in Yeshua the Messiah are having to endure daily fellow man.
harassment by an Orthodox Jewish sect which has
We couldn’t help but feel that we were amongst a
decided that this town is their territory and any who group of very special people who were living out their
think different will be silenced and run out.
faith in the most difficult of circumstances – experiencMany of us believers who live in Israel have heard ing what the early believers had in the same land – not
about their plight for several months, and we’ve been much had changed even with the passage of more
receiving regular updates about the increasing per- than 2,000 years.
secution accompanied by both physical and mental
As we sat in the open courtyard a few yards away
attacks which have been occurring with more and to interview some of the believers, a group of the men
more intensity.
were strumming and singing “Kumi Ori” a well known
So a few of us from Maoz decided to take the two- song taken from Isaiah 60 – “Arise, shine for your light
hour drive south through Beduin desert towns and see has come and the glory of the Lord has risen upon
and hear for ourselves firsthand what was happening. you…And nations will come to your light and kings to
When we arrived, we walked through the open-air the brightness of your rising.”
marketplace called the “shuk”, and we were greeted by
Could there have been a more prophetic word spoa groups of elderly men playing board games, eating ken out over this city whose light has surely come?
food which had been provided for
And who are the messengers of
EDDIE WITH FRONT PAGE STORY BY THE
them and listening to music that
this light – a vast army of choice
SECULAR PRESS OF PERSECUTION OF
MESSIANIC JEWS AND CHRISTIAN
lifted up the name of the Lord. It
pickings? No – just another
was a warm and friendly feeling.
rag tag Gideon’s army that
Some of the believers who had
God Himself assembled to be
come from Jerusalem to serHis chosen vessels. They are
enade them, came up to us and
mostly widows, elderly, unwed
embraced us – grateful to see
mothers, orphans and a former
that we too had come. It was so
Viet Nam veteran. Some don’t
clear that these townsmen who
speak much Hebrew and most
would normally be looked upon
are not even schooled in the
as outcasts – not worthy of a
Israeli mentality enough to know
second thought – were being
the ins and outs of life in the
treated like they mattered and
Middle East. But there are also
being served as if they were as
among them a small smatterimportant as anyone else.
ing of native-born Israelis, and
These believers have devoted
the impact of this tiny group, in
their life to bringing the message
comparison to the 2,000 strong
of Yeshua to the outcasts of this
ultra-Orthodox is apparently so
underdeveloped town, a pit stop
intimidating to them that there
on the way to the Dead Sea.
has been a collaborative effort
HOW
WOULD
YOU
FEEL?
CONTACTS IN ISRAEL
to rid the community of their presence. Why? Because here, as well as in your part of the world.
they are upsetting the apple cart just as Yeshua did,
So the next time you walk down the street freely,
and the status quo is being forcefully challenged.
knowing that you are blessed to think and worship as
How would you feel if this was the place where God you please, remember those who are paying a heavy
would have you be? Few of us would probably feel price for those same thoughts and the same worship
equipped to live under such stressful circumstances, – those who are sharing in the fellowship of His sufbut these believers are standing tall, knowing that God ferings. Lift them up in prayer as well as the salvation
is doing something unusual in an unlikely place. They of the 33,000 residents of Arad whose walls will yet
are not shirking away or buckling under the heavy be called salvation and whose gates will yet be called
load. I was very proud to be in their presence and praise. (Isaiah 60:18)
sense that even, for a few hours, I was there supportWe believe that Arad’s destiny is found in this amazing them and letting them know that they
ing chapter of Isaiah 60, especialare not alone. We hope to go
ly in verse 14 which says, “And
back and bring others with
the sons of those who afflicted
us to encourage them
you will come bowing to you
and stand with them.
and all those who despised
For it’s possible that
you will bow themselves at
one day, we may need
the soles of your feet; And
them to shore us up when
they will call you the city of
persecution reaches our
the Lord, The Zion of the Holy
doors. We must rememOne of Israel.” (Isaiah 60:14)
ber these souls in prayer
May we see “the hastendaily and do what we can
ing of its time” as it says
to share their hardship and
in the last verse, and may
shoulder the burden.
its wave-swell pour forth
They are, after all, part
throughout the remainof our very own Body
der of this land.
ARSONIST BURNED THE CHESS CLUB / BIBLE SHOP IN ARAD
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