Proselytization and counter-proselytization of Jews

==Jewish response==
{{Jewish outreach}}
Jewish counter-missionary organizations respond to these efforts by offering personal counseling, web sites with articles addressing common missionary tactics, and discussion forums where Jews who have questions about the differences between Judaism and other religions can be answered by observant Jews.

Some Jewish resources are specifically aimed at countering the missionary efforts aimed at Jews.

* [[Jews for Judaism]] is an international organization that provides a wide variety of counseling services, along with education, and outreach programs that enable Jews of all ages to rediscover and strengthen their Jewish heritage. Jews for Judaism has offices in Baltimore, Toronto, Los Angeles, Australia and South Africa.<ref>[http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=20&Itemid=464 Jews for Judaism]</ref> On their website, Jews for Judaism offers many articles discussing missionary tactics towards Jews,<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=27&Itemid=504 |title = Jews for Judaism}}</ref> approaches by Mormons,<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=142&Itemid=505 | title=Jews for Judaism}}</ref> Jehovah's Witnesses<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=141&Itemid=506 | title=Jews for Judaism}}</ref> and various "proof texts" and other arguments often used by missionaries as they evangelize Jews.<ref>[http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=315:the-scriptural-messiah-a-second-look&catid=72:scriptural-studies&Itemid=507 Proof Texts]</ref>

* [[Outreach Judaism]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://outreachjudaism.org/ |title=Judaism's response to Christian missionaries |publisher=Outreach Judaism |date= |accessdate=2011-01-21}}</ref> a site run by Rabbi [[Tovia Singer]]. Outreach Judaism is an international organization that responds directly to the issues raised by missionaries and cults, by exploring Judaism in contradistinction to fundamentalist Christianity. Outreach Judaism provides full-time, multi-level informational resources.

* [[Beyneynu - בינינו]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beyneynu.com/ |title=The Committee for Good Relations |publisher=Beyneynu |date= |accessdate=2011-01-21}}</ref> is founded by former Evangelical missionary Shannon Nuszen. Beyneynu is a non-profit organization that monitors missionary activity in Israel and abroad. Based in Israel, Beyneynu works with government and community leaders to raise awareness of Jewish evangelism, its danger to the Jewish people, and encourage safe and consistent boundaries in the [[Interfaith marriage in Judaism|interfaith]] relationships of Jewish communities worldwide.

* [[Kiruv Organization (Mizrachi)]] - an [[Orthodox Judaism outreach|outreach organization]] founded in 1995 by Rabbi [[Yosef Mizrachi]] in New York for the purpose of teaching [[Torah]] to both secular and religious Jews.

Rabbi Moshe Shulman has responded to specific missionaries who target Jews, including Michael Brown,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.judaismsanswer.com/Brown-Index.htm |title=Michael Brown |publisher=Judaismsanswer.com |date= |accessdate=2011-01-21}}</ref> Rachmiel Frydland, Risto Santala, and [[David H. Stern]] (author of the [[Complete Jewish Bible]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.judaismsanswer.com/lies.htm |title=Lies Damned Lies and What the Missionaries Claim the Rabbis say |publisher=Judaismsanswer.com |date=1996-02-22 |accessdate=2011-01-21}}</ref> Rabbi Shulman's website offers scholarly articles on the mis-use of the Targums, Midrash and Talmud by non-Jews who quote from Jewish sources in an attempt to convert Jews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.judaismsanswer.com/ |title=Judaism's Answer |publisher=Judaismsanswer.com |date= |accessdate=2011-01-21}}</ref>

The leading counter-missionary organization in Israel is ''[[Yad L'Achim]]'', an organization focusing on [[Orthodox Judaism outreach]] and counter-missionary activity. Yad L'Achim is made up of both paid staff and volunteers, and is largely supported by donations both from Israel and the diaspora.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yadlachimusa.org.il/Index.asp?CategoryID=190 |title=About our Staff |publisher=Yadlachimusa.org.il |date=2010-12-23 |accessdate=2011-01-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503085652/http://www.yadlachimusa.org.il/Index.asp?CategoryID=190 |archivedate=May 3, 2010 }}</ref>