Targetting the Elderly

Unfortunately, it is rather common for Messianic missionaries to target elderly for conversion. Often, they will visit the older people in nursing homes, knowing that they are lonely and make easy targets. The Jerusalem Post recently wrote an article on two Messianics who targetting an elderly woman with dementia. By definition, a person with dementia has experienced a significant decline in cognitive functioning. To target an elderly person with dementia is the equivalent of targetting a young child or a person with a developmental disability. Here is a link to the article from Penina Taylor of Shomrei Emet's blog. Penina is quoted in the article:
http://ajewforjudaism.blogspot.com/2009/07/are-missionaries-targeting-elderly.html

In case you should think that this is a "blip on the radar" behavior, there is plenty of evidence of this practice. Ellen Kamentsky, a former member of Jews for Jesus, has written about how Jews for Jesus specifically would target elderly at nursing homes. I recently found an article from the Prince of Peace Church by Igor Bagirov, a Southern Baptist Convention Messianic missionary. He talked about getting a letter from a Jewish nursing home which banned him from going there. So, he sent a friend to go evangelize for him at the nursing home. It truly disgusted me to read about the behavior and how he was so proud to tell the church about his behavior.

Targetting the elderly is an old technique of Messianic missionaries and shows just how low many member of the movement will stoop to convert Jews.