ABSTRACT

A Jewish organization ought to be formed with the avowed object of frustrating and counteracting the conversionist activity among Jews. The creation of such a body seems indeed to be long overdue. But even when the real intention and the ultimate object of the missionary worker are discovered at the outset, it is often impossible for the Jewish victim to resist the attractive offers of help and of patronage so lavishly and obtrusively bestowed upon him, and the birthright is often sold for a mess of pottage. The co-operation of the existing great Jewish bodies—including the Zionist organization—might also be secured. A glance at the official reports of the principal English missionary societies will convince of the necessity of such an organization. The Jewish community can no longer face such a passionate activity with folded arms and allow the work to go on without any check or control.