{ "item_title" : "Not Ashamed", "item_author" : [" Ruth Tucker "], "item_description" : "Christians who believe that Jesus brings joy, peace, and the only way of reconciliation to God cannot allow themselves to be deterred by the fact that many people find that conviction insulting or even demeaning. The idea is to present the good news the way Jesus himself might present it--with love and compassion--and let others decide whether they will be insulted or intrigued.-Ruth A. TuckerIn the early 1970s, a band of youthful zealots of Jewish decent took to the streets of San Francisco to challenge the Jewish establishment on the concept that one could not be a Christian and a Jew at the same time.Their tactics ran counter to Jewish tradition in that they engaged in in your face sidewalk evangelism. They handed out self-published booklets and subjected passers-by on the sidewalk to a barrage of questions designed to make them question the traditions of their own religious faith.Soon these sidewalk evangelists formed an alliance with the equally fervent Californian Jesus Movement. They called themselves Jews for Jesus.This well-written history of the 25-year-old movement chronicles the ups and downs of its leadership, including a focus on founder Martin Moishe Rosen, who made a practice of taking the group's message into the heart of the Jewish establishment. Missionary trips to Jewish New York City neighborhoods were standard practice under Rosen's leadership.At first glance, author Ruth A. Tucker would seem to be an unlikely person to write this book since she is of German-American heritage, a fact some Jews no doubt found offensive, but she confronts that issue early in the book and moves on to other things. This book can be considered a definitive history of Jews for Jesus.-James L. Dickerson for A Closer Look", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/57/673/700/1576737004_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "16.99", "online_price" : "16.99", "our_price" : "16.99", "club_price" : "16.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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