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From the blog of Barry Newman at The Times of Israel

A self-professed "good Jewish boy from New Jersey," Rabbi Michael Elkohen had come a long way. In the ultra-Orthodox enclave in Jerusalem where Elkohen now lives, he was often called on to perform marriages, circumcisions and other sacred Jewish rituals. He was even hired to write Torah scrolls, handwritten copies of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, in a task typically reserved for the most devout and highly trained scribes.  But for 15 years, Elkohen was apparently living a lie. The father of five with the black hat, beard and side curls was fluent in Judaic texts and ...

But it was not only these traditional Jewish news sites that expressed shock and outrage. The headline in Israel Today, a Messianic Jewish publication in Israel, read, “Shock After Christian Family Found Living as Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem.” Yes, Jewish followers of Yeshua (Jesus) were taken aback as well, since we too denounce deceptive missionary tactics. As stated in an official Jews for Jesus document titled, “Jews for Jesus Principles ff Ethical Ministry” (sent to me after I requested a statement from David Brickner, head of Jews for Jesus), “We are Jews. We believe in Jesus....

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denied the allegations in an interview with Israeli news station. Nonprofit missionary watchdog group Beyneynu claims the rabbi's true mission was converting members of the Jewish community to Christianity. “He ran a yeshiva for Messianic Jews, was giving smicha [rabbinic ordination] to messianic Jews, and conducting weddings in Messianic communities in Israel and the US," Shannon Nuszen, who runs Beyneynu, told Israeli media. Elkohen was apparently born Michael Elk in Salem County, and sent to Israel to convert Jews to Christianity,