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Harav Sholom Dov Ber Lipshitz, ...

Harav Sholom Dov Ber Lipshitz, zt"l, Founder of Yad L'Achim
Harav Sholom Dov Ber Lipshitz, zt"l, was niftar early Friday morning, Erev Shabbos Parashas Nitzavim-Vayeilech, after a difficult illness. He was 83 CLICK HERE!
Moment of Decision For Two Jewish ...

Moment of Decision For Two Jewish Children
The children's uncle issues a personal plea: Two Jewish children, aged four and two, my sister's sons, are now in Hungary, caught up in a legal storm that will decide whether they are raised by their Jewish mother, and receive a Jewish education, ... CLICK HERE!
Dramatic Rescue Nearly Nixed by ...

Dramatic Rescue Nearly Nixed by Terrorist Freed in Shalit Deal
A Purim miracle. That's how a Yad L'Achim rescue team described last week's dramatic evacuation of S., a Jewish woman, and her three children from a hostile Arab village near Beit Lechem. CLICK HERE!
Yad L'Achim Counters Missionary ...

Yad L'Achim Counters Missionary Pitch Based on Rav Kadouri, zt"l
That missionaries have no limits to how low they'll stoop is nothing new to Yad L'Achim, which has been battling them for decades. But their latest, despicable ploy is stunning in its audacity, deceit and sacrilege CLICK HERE!
French Mother Fears Son Will Be ...

French Mother Fears Son Will Be Kidnapped to Tunisia; Yad L'Achim Brings Mother and Son to Israel
The hysterical phone call in French, punctuated with outbursts of tears, was obviously an exceptional case. The operator manning Yad L'Achim's hotline transferred the call to the organization's French-language division for immediate care. CLICK HERE!

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RECENT YAD L’ACHIM NEWS

A team of missionaries hits the streets of Kiryat Malachi

Warning: Cult Launches Countrywide Campaign

Some 70 missionaries from Canada, the United States and Britain landed in Israel early last week and began going house to house in many cities, including Beit Shemesh, Rishon LeZion, Tel Aviv, Kiryat Malachi, Rechovot, Bnei Ayyish, Petach Tikva, Kfar Sava, Bat Yam, Gedera and Karmiel.

03/19/18

Youth Raised as Muslim Returns to Judaism, Thanks to Yad L'Achim

The picture attached to this article appears commonplace: It's a kitchen in a Jewish home somewhere in Israel being koshered, something that happens dozens of times a day. But the story behind this picture is breathtaking: H., 21, the tenant who lives in this apartment, was raised as Muhammed in an Arab neighborhood in northern Jerusalem.

Part of the crowd that attended one of the festive Purim events organized by Yad L'Achim

Even on Purim, Yad L'Achim Wages Battles Against Cults

The battle between Yad L'Achim and members of the Messianic Jews cult continued over Purim last week.

Yad L'Achim activists had received information that the missionaries were planning to pounce on Purim, organizing events designed to get Jews to convert out of their religion, and responded by organizing a range of activities of its own that presented a truly Jewish alternative.

During the signing of the Ketuba. Credit: Fotolia

From Turkey to Israel: The Daughter of a Muslim Father Marries under the Chuppah

Only a few of the guests knew the secret of the bride at this Monday's wedding in the center of Israel, including activists from Yad L'Achim.

The new missionary facility above the Sonol gas station.

Yad L'Achim Battles to Block Opening of Major Missionary Center in Ashdod

Yad L'Achim has long warned of a "thriving" missionary industry in Ashdod, mainly targeting new immigrants, and has been working full-force to counter it. The missionary effort is led by a congregation that calls itself "Beit Hillel" and uses deceitful tactics to lure innocents to its center in a rented building on Orgim Street.

The Sound of Missionary Music

The missionaries have come up with a new tactic: They're sending musical bands to Israel to perform songs with clear missionary messages.

02/15/18

A Yad L'Achim rescue from area under control of the Palestinian Authority.

Closing of a Circle: Survivors of Arab Village Enrolled in Torah Schools

Half a year ago, in a meticulously planned operation, Yad L'Achim succeeded in rescuing S. and her three children from an Arab village in the south of Israel to a secret safe house in the center of the country.

01/31/18

Arab MKs Confess: We Wouldn’t Want Our Daughters to Marry Jews

Arab Knesset members from the Zionist Union and the United Arab List have revealed in recent interviews that they don't want their daughters intermarrying with Jews.

01/24/18

Until Two Years Ago She Spoke Only Arabic; Last Week She Celebrated Her Moving Bat Mitzvah

An emotional Bat Mitzvah celebration last week represented the closing of a circle for the 12-year-old girl and her family.

01/8/18

The Chief Rabbi of Tzefas, Harav Shmuel Eliyahu, addresses the survivors.

From Darkness to Light: Yad L'Achim Hosts a Very Special Chanukah Party for Survivors of Arab Villages

Some 100 survivors who were rescued by Yad L'Achim from Arab villages in the past year participated last Tuesday, the first night of Chanukah, in a candle-lighting ceremony and Chanukah party in Bnei Brak.

12/20/17

Yad L'Achim Reaches Ashdod Residents Influenced by Missionaries With Special Event

Against all odds, Yad L'Achim succeeded in foiling a missionary campaign in Ashdod targeting immigrants from the Former Soviet Union, pushing back the darkness of false beliefs with the light of Judaism.

Stunning Revelation: Ashkelon Youths Baptized Off City's Coast

Ashkelon is reeling from the news that two senior missionaries baptized a number of young Jews in the waters off the coast of the southern city. The youths, who live in the city and attend local schools, include two brothers, aged 16 and 17.

12/6/17

Harav Moshe Cohen, from Yad L'Achim, helps the Bar Mitzvah boy with his hat.

Emotional Bar Mitzvah at Kosel for Boy Rescued from Arab Village

The Kosel has seen many tears – of sorrow, supplication, joy. But this Monday it saw tears of gratitude as a young Jewish man who was raised as a Muslim celebrated his Bar Mitzvah.

11/29/17

Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Issues Special Warning Against Missionary DVD Campaign

A special notice was issued this week by the office of Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef warning the public of the distribution of millions of DVDs in home mail boxes as part of a massive missionary campaign aimed at getting Jews to leave their religion.

She died as a kosher Jew. The Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva.

On her Deathbed, Italian Jew Tells Missionaries: 'Let Me Die as a Jew!'

The call came to Yad L'Achim last year concerning a Jewish woman in her 70s who had begun to believe in "that man," ym"sh.
The caller delivers a regular Torah class in Dimona and was told by one of the participants about a neighbor who had immigrated from Italy and was being visited by missionaries from the J's Witnesses cult. These missionaries were taking advantage of her difficulties acclimating to a new country to forge a close relationship.

11/7/17

A warning notice by Yad L'Achim that was published in Yisrael Hayom, Israel's largest newspaper.

Missionaries Expand Unprecedented DVD Campaign; Yad L'Achim Fights Back with Multi-Media PR Blitz

The brazen missionary distribution of hundreds of thousands of DVDs in home mail boxes around the country continues, to the shock and outrage of wide segments of the public. Yad L'Achim reports that some areas are seeing a second wave of mass distributions.

11/3/17

"Dangerous missionary material." A Yad L'Achim notice warns against the missionary discs

Yad L'Achim Warns of Missionary Discs Appearing in Mailboxes

Entire cities are being flooded with the discs of a well-known missionary from abroad that contain messages of idolatry and apostasy, Yad L'Achim warned this week. Hundreds of thousands more discs are being prepared for distribution, the counter-missionary organization learned.

10/25/17

Women Survivors of Arab Villages Prepare for High Holidays at Yad L'Achim Shabbaton

Some 70 women rescued by Yad L'Achim from Arab villages, and their children, were treated to an extraordinary Shabbaton this week to help them form close bonds with one another and prepare them for the holidays of Tishrei.

09/19/17

Probe by Yad L'Achim's 'Searching' Magazine Reveals:'Rabbi' Who Converted to Christianity Is Hungarian Farmer Accused of Theft

An investigative report in the most recent issue of Yad L'Achim's Searching magazine reveals that a "Rabbi" from Hungary whom the missionaries claimed converted to Christianity has been tried in the United States for impersonating a Rabbi. The report brings authentic documents proving that the "Rabbi" is actually a farmer accused of theft who ran away from Hungary.

Tel Aviv Rabbinical Court Bars Missionary Couple from Marrying as Jews

The Tel Aviv-Jaffa Rabbinical Court rejected a request by a missionary couple to marry as Jews.
The Rabbinical Court, headed by Hagaon Harav Cohen, Hagaon Harav Amrani and Hagaon Harav Ben Yaakov, invited a Yad L'Achim expert on cults to cross-examine the couple as to their beliefs. The two stated clearly that they believe in "that man" as the messiah and in the cult's avoda zara.

09/7/17