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NYC Christian radio station dumps show of Jew who works against Jews for Jesus
Salem broadcasting's WMCA, one of New York's largest Christian radio stations, pulled the plug on the Tovia Singer Show — hosted by a non-Christian Jew who works against Christian missionaries.

Singer calls himself an "anti-missionary," and his Outreach Judaism organization claims to "rescue" Jews from Jews for Jesus and other evangelistic organizations.

In a letter explaining the cancellation, obtained by the Associated Press, station general manager Carl J. Miller said that listeners' knowledge of Singer's "'anti-Christian missionary' efforts is problematic … given WMCA's primary commitment to our core audience, I simply cannot allow that particular broadcast to continue."

Singer blames "a full court press" by Jews for Jesus. "With all the breast-beating and loud 'We love the Jews and Israel' slogans emanating from the conservative Christian world these days, I didn't want to believe that this could happen — at least not now," Singer says on his website.

Only nine shows aired, from June 26 to August 28—all of them, including his earlier shows on another station, are archived on his site.

Take a look at Singer's website, especially the questions area. The real question is why a Christian radio station put him on the air in the first place.

Burnhams:

• U.S. effort against guerrillas in Philippines is messy success | More details emerge about the rescue attempts (The Wall Street Journal)
  
  
• The prayers to heal | Gracia Burnham speaks at 9/11 service (The Wichita Eagle)
  
  
• Burnhams humbled by gift of new home | Plans for the one-story home, built entirely by volunteers and with donated supplies, show a 4-bedroom, 1,700-square-foot house with a walk-out basement (The Wichita Eagle)

September 11 and faith:

• Noah and 9/11 | What do we do after the flood? (Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times)
  
  
• Religious Lessons Of Sept. 11: Do Good - And Fight Evil | PBS's two-hour special was particularly useful because, surprisingly, America's churches seem to have avoided the job of helping the country process this great national horror (Morton Kondracke, Roll Call)
  
  
• Remembrance Day: New York prayers on 9/11/02 | Are any Christian clerics left who reject appeasement? (Rod Dreher, National Review Online)
  
  
• Moving on | People will be examining religious, personal beliefs to commemorate Sept. 11. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Church and state:

• Prayer ban for public meetings upheld | California city councils that begin meetings with an invocation will have to reassess that practice (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• ACLU says SB schools mixed culture, religion | In-school events that taught about American Indian culture cut across boundary, lawyer says (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
  
  
• Burbank loses prayer ruling | No invoking the name of Christ at City Council meetings, says state appeals court (Associated Press)
  
  
• Judge OKs prayer at 9/11 ceremony | "There is an undeniable religious aspect to ceremonies such as this, for people often seek solace in religion after events as horrific as Sept. 11," says U.S. District Judge Charles Norgle.
  
  
• Classroom karaoke | If California schools keep the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, there will be kids like I was, who will remain silent, move their lips and hope that patriotic peers don't catch them (Susan McCarthy, Salon.com)

First Amendment:

• School violated club leader rights | A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a school district violated a Bible club leader's rights by refusing to give her club the same status and benefits granted to other school groups (Associated Press)
  
  

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