Lev L'Achim
{{short description|Israeli Jewish educational organization}}
Lev L'Achim ({{langx|he|לב לאחים}}, "heart for brothers"), or P'eylim Lev L'Achim, is a Jewish educational organization operating in Israel. It has an American non-profit 501(c)3 affiliate of the same name.{{cite web |title=P'eylim Lev L'Achim|url=https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.irs&ein=135643666 |accessdate=20 March 2019}}
Work
Lev L'Achim's programs include: enrolling Jewish children in religious schools, operating Torah learning centers for teens and adults, assisting immigrants, shelters for abused women, big-brother programs, and drop-out prevention.{{cite book |last1=Dashefsky |first1=Arnold |title=American Jewish Year Book 2012: The Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities |date=2013 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3030039066}} The organization has also assisted in rescuing Jewish Israeli women held in captivity in the Palestinian territories{{cite web |title=Israeli Women Held Captive in Arab Villages Rescued in Joint EJFI & Lev L'Achim Initiative |url=https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/39937/israeli-women-held-captive-in-arab-villages-rescued-in-joint-ejfi-lev-lachim-initiative.html |website=Yeshiva World News |accessdate=20 March 2019}} and participated in opposing Christian missionary work in Israel.{{cite news |last1=Fendel |first1=Hillel |title=Chief Rabbinate Finalizes Ban on Christian Women's Conference |url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/122512 |accessdate=20 March 2019 |publisher=Aruz Sheva |date=20 May 2007}}
Controversy
In 2009, the U.S. State Department, in its annual International Religious Freedom Report,[https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2009/127349.htm 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
References
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External links
- [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/216980 "Missionary work in Israel a silent Holocaust"]
- [http://yadlachim.org/?CategoryID=196 Yad L'Achim]
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Category:Jewish organizations based in Israel