Lev L'Achim ( he, לב לאחים, "heart for brothers"), or P'eylim Lev L'Achim, is a
Jewish
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educational organization operating in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. It has an American non-profit 501(c)3 affiliate of the same name.
Work
Lev L'Achim's programs include: enrolling Jewish children in religious schools, operating
Torah
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learning centers for teens and adults, assisting immigrants, shelters for abused women, big-brother programs, and drop-out prevention. The organization has also assisted in rescuing Jewish Israeli women held in captivity in the Palestinian territories and participated in opposing Christian missionary work in Israel.
Controversy
In 2009, the
U.S. State Department
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, in its annual ''International Religious Freedom Report'',
International Religious Freedom Report 2009: Israel and the occupied territories
Released by the U.S. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor noted that Israeli "society's attitudes toward missionary activities and conversion generally were negative. Most Jews were opposed to missionary activity directed at Jews, and some were hostile to Jewish converts to Christianity." In that context, the report named Lev L'Achim as one of the groups of "concern" for their work against Christian missionaries operating in Israel.
See also
* Shuvu Chazon Avrohom
*Judaism in Israel
Israeli Jews or Jewish Israelis ( he, יהודים ישראלים, translit=Yehudim Yisraelim) are Israelis, Israeli Israeli citizenship law, citizens and nationals who are Jewish through either their Jewish ethnicity and/or their adherence ...
*Missionary
A missionary is a member of a Religious denomination, religious group which is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Tho ...
*Proselytization and counter-proselytization of Jews
A number of religious groups, particularly Christians and Muslims, are involved in proselytization of Jews: Attempts to recruit or "missionize" Jews. In response, some Jewish groups have formed counter-missionary organizations to discourage missio ...
*Lehava
Lehava ( "Flame," he, למניעת התבוללות בארץ הקודש ''LiMniat Hitbolelut B'eretz HaKodesh''; Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land) is a far-right and Jewish supremacist organization based in Israel that strictly oppo ...
References
External links
Operation Mobilization
Heart Cry Missionary Society
The Christian and Missionary Alliance
One for Israel
"Missionary work in Israel a silent Holocaust"
Yad L'Achim
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Jewish organizations based in Israel
Jewish outreach
Jewish counter-missionaries
Rabai Shech