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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (244222)	10/6/2007 8:25:48 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>Re: you might as well throw in Irael. I'm pretty sure they ban proselytizing Please document this. I checked this out. There is no law against proselytizing in Israel, but there are some limits: it is illegal to offer financial inducements for converting. I have also seen some sites say that it is illegal to proselytize children. I saw an article in the Jpost a few months back where some Jewish parents in Jerusalem complained about Christians giving missionary literature to their children.

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (244222)	10/7/2007 1:12:06 AM
From: Elroy	Respond to of 281500

I read an article about a month that said it was illegal, evidently the article was mistaken. So, no, I aint got no documents! Then again, maybe it is documented. Search on "israel proselytize illegal" and a number of articles appear. In fact, this is the article I read that raised the issue: So there you go, you can throw Israel into your cut and paste piece on intolerance in the ME...if you're honestly objective about it. Or you could leave Israel off, if you just want to smear the Muslim countries and not discuss Israel. Up to you. Christian Evangelicals, Israeli Rabbis at Odds Over Holiday Event Sunday, September 23, 2007 foxnews.com JERUSALEM — Israeli rabbinic authorities have abruptly called on Jews to shun a major Christian tourism event, baffling and upsetting evangelical groups that traditionally have been big supporters of the Jewish state. More than 6,000 Christians from more than 90 nations are expected to arrive in Jerusalem this week to take part in the 28th annual Christian celebration of the weeklong Jewish holiday of Sukkot, or Feast of Tabernacles, according to the event's organizers, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem. Thousands of Christians take part in the celebration annually, as do Israeli lawmakers, government representatives and ordinary Israelis. Rabbi Shlomo Goren, a former chief rabbi, personally welcomed participants one year. But this year the chief rabbinate urged Jews to stay away from the event, saying some of the groups want to convert them to Christianity. Proselytizing is illegal in Israel. "According to information that has reached the chief rabbinate, there are participants in this conference who convert Jews to Christianity and perform missionary activity throughout the year," said Rabbi Simcha Hacohen Kook, the chief rabbi of Rehovot, who took part in committee discussions of the matter. "This is against the law, so the chief rabbinate is calling upon Jews not to take part in the conference."