A two-day seminar in Russia focused on ways to fight missionaries seeking to convert Jews. Jewish activists and communal workers from nine cities in the Urals region were introduced this week to anti-missionary techniques, which organizers hope will enable Jewish organizations to cope with groups such as Jews for Jesus that are active across the former Soviet Union.
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