Some 500 fervently Orthodox Israelis protested outside a building in Beersheba in the wake of reports that it was a center for missionary activities and baptisms of Jewish children. Israeli police appealed to rabbis to help restore order so that members of the Jews for Jesus movement could leave the building.
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