With All Due Respect To Dr. Michelle Scott of University of Maryland, Baltimore County...

Firstly, your faith and "objectivity as a historian" cannot be separated. For, "As in water face reflects face, So a man’s heart reveals the man." (Proverbs 27:19) Furthermore, "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things." (Matthew 12:35) You can't separate a worldview for any other kind of view, and vice versa. Secondly, there is a class of undeserving poor men. "A lazy man buries his hand in the bowl, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again." (Proverbs 19:24) Also:

⁶ But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he^[a] received from us. ⁷ For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you; ⁸ nor did we eat anyone’s bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, ⁹ not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us.

¹⁰ For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. ¹¹ For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. ¹² Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.

¹³ But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good. ¹⁴ And if anyone does not obey our word in this epistle, note that person and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed.¹⁵ Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

(From 2 Thessalonians 3)

There are welfare queens, people who want to blame the White man and conservatives (including you, since you talk about a "conservative backlash"), and others who refuse to face that deliberate ineptness, sloth, and similar factors are what influence and cause poverty and even the supposed War on Poverty (which has been a miserable failure) to happen in the first place-- in other words, as I admittedly tweeted during class today, "Reaganomics may've worked if the "undeserving poor" & the Church did their jobs." 

Also in other words, we wouldn't even need a "War" on Poverty, which has actually been a death march to poverty-- and we thought that slavery and the Holocaust were over. Oh no: many Blacks and many of us Jews-- that is, those of us in the ghettos such as Crown Heights and Northwest Baltimore-- have enslaved and entrapped ourselves under the burdens of unneeded government entitlements such food stamps, welfare checks, Social Security and unemployment benefits, and other "safety" nets. 

Thus, in conclusion, you are serving only to perpetuate a self-imposed Holocaust (among Jews) and self-imposed slavery (among Blacks and others)  by being among those who blame trickle-down economics and Republicans instead of those who refuse to work for and feed themselves, and instead of the Church-- who has grown deliberately weary in doing good; and which supposedly, since you implied that you had a faith, includes yourself. 

Does Jews For Jesus, And Do Similar Groups, Actually Proselytize? The Answer Is That...

They sometimes but rarely do. Let's first look at what proselytize means:

Definition of PROSELYTIZE

intransitive verb

1

: to induce someone to convert to one's faith

2

: to recruit someone to join one's party, institution, or cause

transitive verb

: to recruit or convert especially to a new faith, institution, or cause

— pros·e·ly·ti·za·tion  noun

— pros·e·ly·tiz·er  noun

Jews for Jesus does not intend to "induce someone to convert to one's faith" or "recruit someone to join one's party, institution, or cause"-- that is not up to them. "⁵ Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? ⁶ I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. ⁷ So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase." So goes the same for any other Messianic Jew and G-d, although Jews for Jesus does indeed intend to-- as they state-- make the Messiahship of Yeshua (Jesus) unavoidable.


When they proselytize is when they go into places where they're unequivocally unwelcome, unless they are called to go there by G-d-- but whether they are called is disputable as well. For, "when you go into a household, greet it. ¹³ If the household is worthy, let your peace come upon it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. ¹⁴ And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.¹⁵ Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!"


Most haredim in haredi shtetlach are preconceivedly exclusive, private, and unwelcoming of Messianic Jews-- so why Jews for Jesus does enter neighborhoods like Crown Heights and Northwest Baltimore, unless invited, is one aspect of Jews for Jesus that I question.


In conclusion, Jews for Jesus (and similar groups) proselytize only when they go into places where they are clearly unwelcome and not called to go. Otherwise, they do not do or intend recruiting or inducing regarding Messianic Judaism. 

An Internship Seeker Has A Few Questions For Any Intern Recruiters...

1. I am a Political Science Major at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and I am thinking of either going to law school or going into journalism upon graduation. Are you recruiting interns majoring in Political Science, Pre Law, or Journalism, or similar subjects at this time?
2. In your field, what is a typical day and work setting like? What does a typical schedule look like?
3. What do you like about your own job in your chosen field? Is there anything that you wish that you could change about your job?
4. Is there any reason why people leave your field? Is there any turnover?
5. What does the typical career path look like? What are the levels in your career field?
6. Are there any promotion opportunities in your field?
7. What kind of travel, if any travel, is involved?
8. What influenced or made you choose your own career path?
9. What kind of background and skills should I have in your field?
10. I have Diplegic Spastia Cerebral Palsy, Obsessive Compulsive and Anxiety Disorder with Depression (for which I take medication), and mild ADD and possible mild Aspberger's (for which I do not take medication). I am currently on SSI. Are there opportunities and accommodations for someone such as me in your field?
11. What else would you like to know about me?
12. What else should I know about you and your field?

Please e-mail me or look about my about.me webpage to find out more about me. Thank you.

Nicole Czarnecki

 

Some Facts That You Should Know (Watch Me)....

1. I'm not going to "get fat", as my mom's afraid that I might. I'm even going to lose weight this week.
2. I'm going to "make it"-- by "make it", I mean "be rich and famous"-- and I could(n't) care less about the rich part.
3. I'm going to impact lives somehow (and I'm not just saying that. People have told me that.).
4. I'm a Jew, and I don't hide that I'm a Jew. I'm a Messianic Jew as well. 
5. I can take your threats and epithets. Call me a "k***"; tell me that I'm a not a real Jew; tell me that I wasn't gassed, etc.. I'm so used to Anti Semitism and Anti Missionarism that I'm not even phased by your threats. I know who I am. I've done my homework, my research, and my Scripture reading. To find out that I'm Jewish, I looked at Ancestry.com, JewishGen, and other websites and other things-- and I enlisted the help of my Levi cousin Kevin Fosko-- shoutout to the Levshiks, even though they're his relatives. 'Am Yisra'el Chai!
6. I'm related to some famous and aspiring-to-be-famous people (and some infamous people), but I don't  plan to use their names any time soon-- in other words, I'm going to make my own name in my own right.
7. When I say and do what I say and do, I can usually back up what I say and do.

What else did you need to know about me?

I've Been Busy Lately, But...

One would think that more people would be looking at my blog (part of which you're reading at present), YouTube channel, @Nickidewbear Twitter account, and Facebook page. Alas, I've gained only a few more followers on Twitter, a few more subscribers on YouTube, and one more "Like" on Facebook. What do I have to do to get more Klout and Kred (puns intended)? I'm not trying to make this all about.me (again, pun intended), but I would like to get LinkedIn.

If nothing else, I'm hopefully skilled at making puns. 

For Half Of These Celebrities, Their Religion Is Not Real To Them...

For the "Christian" celebrities in particular, some of them are only externally-culturally Christians. For example, Carrie Prejean, Carrie Underwood, Toby Keith's family, Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert-- they all claim Jesus; but:

¹⁵ “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. ¹⁶ You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? ¹⁷ Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. ¹⁹ Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ²⁰ Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

²¹ “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. ²² Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ ²³ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

I already covered Toby Keith and his family. As for Carrie Prejean (and I thought, though I could be wrong about, that NotYourTypicalNegro on YouTube was the one who made this point about her), she stated that she believed that homosexuality is wrong only because of her upbringing and not because she really believes that "[n]either fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals,^[a] nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God." For Carrie Prejean ("No offense; that's just how I was raised."), the message of the Cross is offensive:

Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient,^[a]

“The stone which the builders rejected

Has become the chief cornerstone,”^[b]
And a rock of offense.”^[c]

⁸ and

“A stone of stumbling

They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.

And of course the message of the Cross will be offensive; "[f]or the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." By the way, homosexuality as a thorn in the flesh is (as a like to say) a-whole-nother discussion; but you can't get away with being a Christian and not expect to cause offense-- which I myself have to relearn daily.

As for Carrie Underwood, I don't see a woman who is serious about "Jesus, Take the Wheel"-- especially when she sings songs such as "Before He Cheats". The same goes for Miranda Lambert (e.g., "Kerosene), Blake Shelton's mistress and now wife.

In conclusion, these celebrities tend to have their religion as only their external, not their internal, culture because "that's just how [they] were raised", not how they ever really believed for themselves. The same may go for the parents who raised them (For more on this, ask me about it in the comments section.).

Never Forget That....

'Am Yisra'el Chai.