New York – A campaign to persuade major booksellers to move missionary-generated holiday Passover Haggadahs off the “Judaism” shelves has won the first round.
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The Jewish anti-missionary organization Outreach Judaism raised the alarm about Passover Family Pack: Everything You Need to Enjoy a Passover Seder Dinner earlier this week, warning Jews the so-called Haggadah was really a Christian text.
Rabbi Tovia Singer, director of Outreach Judaism, called on Jews who unsuspectingly purchased the book to return it at the point of sale, and to lobby the bookstores and corporations to remove the tome from the “Judaism” section of the shelves. Singer also called on people to sign an online petition to ban the misleading holiday guide.
One customer, irate at being misled, responded by firing off a letter to mega-bookstore Barnes and Noble, a copy of which he sent to Israel National News.
In the letter the customer quoted the online petition against the Haggadah, complaining that the “innocent-sounding book title… departs from thousands of years of Jewish tradition and introduces concepts associated with the Christian deity into the traditional Passover Seder service. This counters the basic tenets of Judaism, according to Jewish denominations across the board.”
He called on the U.S.-based corporation to “exercise responsibility to the public and remove this missionary Hagaddah from the Passover and Judaism sections in your online and conventional bookstores, and accurately label it ‘Christian.'”
In a courteous response, the Barnes and Noble Customer Service Department assured the customer that the mistake would be rectified:
“Thank you for bringing your concern to our attention. We will make the necessary change to our website within the next 24 hours and categorize this title under Christianity. We apologize for the error.”
Singer called on the public to continue to send emails to Amazon.com and to Wal-Mart and other book outlets where the misleading missionary material may be sold.
For Amazon.com, click on “help” in the upper right corner of the page. Click on the yellow “Contact us” tab in the right column. Then click on “Skip sign in” at the bottom of the box.
For Wal-Mart simply follow the customer service links to provide feedback.
Yosher Koach, to Rabbi Singer. He has been involved in anti-missionary work for so many years. Saved maybe hundreds if not thousands olf lives as well as many future lives. Yosher koach! Hashem should bless you and your family with good health ’till 120 years.
Chaya Lipschutz
This story sounds fake to me, just as the two comments above sound fake. I suspect it’s justa publicity stunt by this anti-missionary organization.
Go on-line and try to find this item. You’ll see that it is barely available anywhere, costs over $100 because it is so hard to find, and is clearly marked in the Amazon comments as being Xtian.
I dare them to reveal the name of this so-called, innocent buyer who was shocked to discover what he had just bought. And, I dare them to prove that this innocent buyer had no previous connection to their organization.
Good job Reb Tuvia, we need more activists like you to monitor what is going on especially in the world of missionaries, they are so slimy.
SD are you having a bad hair day?, it was seen at Barnes & Noble at the Palisades Mall and has been moved to the section for Religion under Christianity.
SD What is your story? For many years you goyim have tried {sometimes successfully} to infiltrate the Jewish religion
with your Christian beliefs. Give it a rest. There are enough non jewish souls out there to occupy you missionaries for a good long time. Try working on them for a while.
Reply to #4 :
“It was seen.”
Really?
Did YOU see it?
If it wasn’t you, then what is the name of the person who did see it?
It’s not on their website as one of the titles they carry.
Did it cost $100, like it does on Amazon from the one place that still has it?
Reply to #5 :
I happen to be Charedi.
Now, to both of you: Nu, so produce the evidence. What’s the name of the guy who bought this book at B&N, was shocked to find out it was Xtian, and then contacted your organization?
Tell us why we should believe that is not just a publicity stunt.
i have just sent my e-mails hopefully it will work
we should demand that these additional xtian books be placed where they belong. Not in the Jewish section. Messianics are xtians and their books belong in the appropriate section.