Tovia Singer

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Tovia Singer
TitleFounder and director of Outreach Judaism, a counter-missionary organization
Personal
Born (1960-09-20) September 20, 1960 (age 61)
Pennsylvania, U.S.
ReligionJudaism
NationalityAmerican
DenominationOrthodox Judaism
Alma materThe Mir Yeshiva
OccupationRabbi
Jewish leader
Websitewww.outreachjudaism.org
PositionRabbi
SynagogueBeit Torat Chaim
Jakarta, Indonesia
PositionFounder and Director
OrganisationOutreach Judaism
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Tovia Singer (born September 20, 1960) is an American Orthodox rabbi and the founder and director of Outreach Judaism.[1] Outreach Judaism is managed under the Eits Chaim Indonesia Foundation, which describes itself as an advocate for the Jewish faith, the Jewish people, and the State of Israel.[2] After five years in Indonesia, Singer moved to Jerusalem on 9 May 2019.

Outreach Judaism[]

Singer is the founder and director of Outreach Judaism, a Jewish counter-missionary organization.[3] It describes itself as "an international organization that responds directly to the issues raised by missionaries and cults, by exploring Judaism in contradistinction to fundamentalist Christianity."[4] Singer cautions regarding congregations that "are designed to appear Jewish, but are actually fundamentalist Christian churches, which use traditional Jewish symbols to lure the most vulnerable of our Jewish people into their ranks."[5] Outreach Judaism was described by J. Gordon Melton in 2002 as an example of "the current state of Jewish counter-cult activity."[6]

Dispute with Christianity[]

Tovia Singer engages in numerous disputes with Christianity including that of Blood Atonement or the Passion of Jesus ("to suffer, bear, endure"). [7] Tovia Singer believes that the trinity is proof that Christianity is incorrect. [8] Singer is said to believe that the New Testament is antisemitic. [9] Singer is the author of the book "Let's Get Biblical! Why Doesn't Judaism Accept the Christian Messiah?" [10] This book was debated and responded to by Michael L. Brown in Countering the Counter-Missionaries. [11] Tovia Singer engages in anti-missionary work and attempts to bring individuals over to Judaism from Christianity. [12] He additionally defends Islam against Christianity. [13]

Other activities[]

From 2002 to 2010 Singer hosted The Tovia Singer Show on Arutz Sheva's Israel National Radio. The show launched again in October 2013. The radio show had many prominent guests, including Israeli and American politicians, rabbis, terror victims, and authors. Among those who came on the show were: 47th Governor of Texas Rick Perry; American stand-up comedian in political satire, Jackie Mason; former US ambassador for the UN, John R. Bolton; businessman Ronald Lauder; Israeli Ambassador Dore Gold; American-born Israeli historian, author and politician, Michael Oren; Dead Sea Scroll expert Prof. Lawrence Schiffman; American conservative political activist, Alan Keyes; Israeli politician, Danny Danon; former American ambassador and an ardent anti-communist, Jeane Kirkpatrick and many others. Singer was also one of the first who interviewed Walid Shoebat. In 2006, Singer interviewed Wafa Sultan on the show.[14]

Singer is the author of the book and audio series Let's Get Biblical: Why Doesn't Judaism Accept the Christian Messiah? His new expanded edition is a two-volume book that takes a critical look at long-standing Christian charges against the Jewish faith.[15] According to David Brickner it has "grabbed the attention of many evangelicals simply because it has been so widely distributed."[16] A book review by Jewish Values Online described Singer as "a master of his material" and that "his meticulous research and command of Biblical sources is most impressive."[17]

Together with Eits Chaim Indonesia Foundation,[18] whose founders are of Dutch Jewish descent, Singer started the only Jewish Center legally acknowledged by the Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs - Torat Chaim. Since Judaism is not yet a recognized religion in Indonesia, religious freedom for Torat Chaim and its members is guaranteed and protected by the Christian Desk of the Indonesian Religious Affairs Department.[19]

Works[]

  • Singer, Tovia (2010). Let's Get Biblical. RNBN Publishers; 2nd edition (2010). ISBN 978-0615348391.
  • Singer, Tovia (2010). Let's Get Biblical - In depth Study Guide. Outreach Judaism (1998). ASIN B0006RBS3K.

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Outreach Judaism Inc.
  2. ^ Yayasan Eits Chaim Indonesia
  3. ^ Michael C. Duke, "Messianics pervert Passover at some Houston-area churches", Jewish Herald-Voice, April 2, 2009.
  4. ^ About Us, Outreach Judaism website. Accessed January 9, 2011.
  5. ^ Simon Schoon, "Noachides and Converts to Judaism", in Jan N. Bremmer, Wout Jac. van Bekkum, Arie L. Molendijk. Cultures of Conversions, Peeters Publishers, 2006, ISBN 978-90-429-1753-8, p. 125.
  6. ^ J. Gordon Melton, "The Modern Anti-Cult Movement in Historical Perspective", in Jeffrey Kaplan, Heléne Lööw. The Cultic Milieu: Oppositional Subcultures in an Age of Globalization, Rowman Altamira, 2002, ISBN 978-0-7591-0204-0, p. 285, note 4.
  7. ^ "LET'S GET BIBLICAL , PLEASE! Response to Rabbi Tovia Singer's Lecture 'Sin and Atonement'". www.thirdmill.org. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  8. ^ Hafichuk, Victor. "False Teacher - Tovia Singer - Idolatrous Judaism". The Path of Truth. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  9. ^ https://www.thepathoftruth.com/false-teachers/tovia-singer.htm
  10. ^ Singer, Tovia (January 1, 2010). Let's Get Biblical! Why Doesn't Judaism Accept the Christian Messiah?. RNBN Publishers. ISBN 978-0615348391.
  11. ^ https://www.biola.edu/blogs/good-book-blog/2015/reject-jesus-for-judaism
  12. ^ https://www.jewishtelegraph.com/prof_402.html
  13. ^ https://www.jewishtelegraph.com/prof_402.html
  14. ^ Michael Cappi. A Never Ending War, Trafford Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-4251-1567-8, p. 326.
  15. ^ Rabbi Tovia Singer, "Let's Get Biblical: Why Doesn't Judaism Accept the Christian Messiah?", 2014, ISBN 978-0-99609-131-2, [1]
  16. ^ David Brickner, "Encountering Jewish Resistance", in J. Dudley Woodberry (ed.) Reaching the Resistant: Barriers and Bridges for Mission, William Carey Library, 1998, ISBN 978-0-87808-380-0, p. 90.
  17. ^ "The Jews and Jesus" on Jewish Values Online.
  18. ^ Yayasan Eits Chaim Indonesia
  19. ^ Rabbi Yosef Serebryanski, "Jews in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea", The Jewish Press, August 28, 2015.

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