Tuesday, March 22, 2011 (9:43 am)
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent
ARAD, ISRAEL (Worthy News)-- Representatives of a Messianic Jewish community in the southern Israeli town of Arad said Monday, March 21, they face "increased persecution" by ultra-Orthodox Jews who accuse the believers of missionary activities and want them to leave Israel.
ARAD, ISRAEL (Worthy News)-- Representatives of a Messianic Jewish community in the southern Israeli town of Arad said Monday, March 21, they face "increased persecution" by ultra-Orthodox Jews who accuse the believers of missionary activities and want them to leave Israel.
"Last week they were two times at my house with megaphones," said a Christian involved in one of four Messianic congregations here. He spoke to Worthy News on condition of anonymity because of security concerns.
He said the religious war in this town of 25,000 residents also impacts other members of his Messianic congregation.
Among those targeted is widow Polly Sigulim, a Jewish mother of three Israeli soldiers. Last week, a crowd of some 200 Orthodox Jews gathered in front of her home shouting that she and other Messianic Jews should "leave Arad and Israel, a Jewish state."
"We hope that after we will be here and demonstrate and really speak from the heart, we won't need to return again for demonstrations because the Messianic Jews, as they call themselves, will be erased from Arad," demonstrator Benny Vulcan was heard saying.
In 2008, the Supreme Court of Israel ruled however that Messianic Jews have the same rights regarding automatic citizenship as Jews who do not believe in Jesus as the Messiah.
He said the religious war in this town of 25,000 residents also impacts other members of his Messianic congregation.
Among those targeted is widow Polly Sigulim, a Jewish mother of three Israeli soldiers. Last week, a crowd of some 200 Orthodox Jews gathered in front of her home shouting that she and other Messianic Jews should "leave Arad and Israel, a Jewish state."
"We hope that after we will be here and demonstrate and really speak from the heart, we won't need to return again for demonstrations because the Messianic Jews, as they call themselves, will be erased from Arad," demonstrator Benny Vulcan was heard saying.
In 2008, the Supreme Court of Israel ruled however that Messianic Jews have the same rights regarding automatic citizenship as Jews who do not believe in Jesus as the Messiah.
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Polly Sigulim is a widow and mother of 3 IDF soldiers, yet the haredim continuously harass her because of her identification with the Messianic Jewish congregation in Arad. They organized a large demonstration right outside of Polly's house in a quiet residential area. Polly's neighbors were so upset that they held their own counter-demonstration. see video:
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