Rabbi Tovia Singer, an Orthodox Jew and founder and director of Outreach Judaism who has devoted his life from the age of 16 back in 1976 to trying to rescue hundreds of thousands of assimilated Jews who have been enticed into Christian churches was recently interviewed by Yaakov Langer, host of the Living L’Chaim podcast – Inspiration for the Nation.
Raised in Brooklyn where he learned in the Mirrer Yeshiva, Rabbi Singer has appeared on radio programs including his own with Israel’s Arutz Sheva to explain how Christianity in the New Testament has purposely mistranslated the Tanach (the Jewish Bible) in order to erroneously find contrived connections to Jesus, the source of their man-made religion.
Until about fifty years ago, for almost 2,000 years Christians were frustrated by their inability to convert large number of Jews to their faith, despite the fact that the man Christians worship was himself born a Jew. They realized that most Jews, even ignorant Jews who had not studied their Torah heritage were reluctant to abandon their faith for a religion that had brutally persecuted Jews for almost two millennium. So, the Christians came up with a new tact – promoting a Jews for Jesus movement that tried to make the unwary Jew believe that he was just becoming a more complete Jew.
It was at the age of 16 that Tovia Singer coming out of Moshe Peking with his parents, a then popular kosher Chinese restaurant in Manhattan saw three Jews for Jesus posting notices of an event by and he confronted them. While he wasn’t able to save them, it inspired him to study Tanach and also the Christian New Testament. The result is that not only has he brought back thousands of Jewish men and women to their Jewish heritage, which they had not been given the opportunity to learn; but he also became the source for many Christians who as a result of listening to his radio programs and later podcasts on YouTube and the internet began to realize the serious fallacies of Christianity. He is the author of “Let’s Get Biblical: Why Doesn’t Judaism Accept the Christian Messiah?” that has influenced both Jews caught in missionary schemes and Christians who have been themselves shocked to discover the theological fallacies of their faith in the supposed son of god.
Thousands Have Been Inspired to Convert to Judaism
Interestingly today, even though Rabbi Singer’s main goal is to still save Jews from the clutches of Christian missionaries, his radio interviews and podcast have inspired thousands of gentiles to abandon their faith and convert to Judaism.
Many tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands more have opted for the more-easier step of becoming Bnei Noachides, gentiles who have committed themselves to accepting the Seven mitzvahs or commandment that G-d wants all non-Jews to observed. The Torah Sages guarantee that such a non-Jew who faithfully keeps the Bnei Noachide commandments will also be guaranteed a place in heaven or the World-to-Come.
In his interview on the Living L’Chaim podcast – “One Jew is Outsmarting Missionaries at Their Own Game,” Rabbi Singer revealed that the vast majority of his listeners today are not the Jews he is committed to bringing back from Jews from Jesus and other Christian churches, but rather non-Jews who have heard of his attacks on the New Testament’s attacks and purposely misquoting of the Jewish Bible.
Many Muslims Listen to Rabbi Singer’s Programs
Another interesting point that Rabbi Singer told Yaakov Langer was that he is getting emails from many many Muslims who have listened to his programs and interviews and have become sincerely interested in learning more details about G-d’s purpose for non-Jews who commit themselves to the Bnei Noachide commandments.
To listen to the entire 1 hour and 12-minute podcast with Living L’Chaim, google “One Jew is Outsmarting Missionaries at Their Own Game” or the YouTube code https://youtu.be/YydqL_UooCc
In a related not, this reviewer has heard similarly from other popular mainstream Jewish podcasters that with the advent of the internet, they too have large audiences tuning into their programs about Judaism. Many have contacted the podcasters with inquiries about becoming Jewish or for more details about the fast-growing Bnei Noachide movement.
Rabbi Lazer Brody has estimated that 40% of his audience is comprised on non-Jews. And Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi has also noted the large number of email inquiries he has gotten from non-Jews who have had their faith in both gentile religions and atheism challenged by his pro-Torah programming. Apparently Torahanytime.com, aish.com, Chabad.org and other similar websites hoping to reach out to Jews in need of spiritual chizuk are also being viewed by growing numbers of non-Jews who as a result have become potential geirim (converts) to Judaism or committed Bnei Noachides.
Reprinted from the August 11, 2023 edition of The Jewish Connection.
