Meir Panim, founded and run by haredi PR flack Dudu Zilberschlag, is taking donations from an overtly missionary Christian group that also funds Christian missionaries and Messianic congregations in Israel.
Shearim has posted a picture of what is supposed to be a Meir Panim representative dancing with a Christian missionary tour group on the Mount of Olives. Note he's holding a woman's hand:
Here is a closeup of the alleged Meir Panim representative:
And here is the German language description of what took place, posted by REA Israel, the Christian missionary charity:
MEIR PANIM, SUPPENKÜCHE
Auf dem Ölberg wurde unsere Reisegruppe von einem orthodoxen Mitarbeiter von Meir Panim empfangen. Diese jüdische Hilfsorganisation kümmert sich um Minderbemittelte und ist zur grössten israelischen Unterstützungskette im Land gewachsen. Eine Anzahl eigener Restaurants und Brockenstuben gehören dazu, und über 3000 Freiwillige helfen mit. Mehr als 19‘000 Menschen erhalten dadurch eine tägliche Mahlzeit.
Der Abgeordnete hiess uns mit den Worten willkommen: „Es ist uns eine Ehre, euch von Rea Israel zu treffen. Eure Spenden sind ein Teil unserer Arbeit. Ihr helft mit, dass die Welt besser wird. Ich danke Kurt Wenger und euch allen dafür!“
Bevor er seinen Umschlag mit einer weiteren finanziellen Unterstützung entgegennahm, bildeten wir alle einen Kreis, und gemeinsam sangen wir ein hebräisches Lied.
Here is REA Israel's list of the projects REA Israel supports. As you can see from the following Google Translate screenshot, some of these project are overtly missionary:
Here is the entire REA Israel projects list in German as a PDF file:
Download REA Israel Christliches Hilfswerk – projects
Meir Panim founder Dudu Zilberschlag (also spelled Zilbershlag) was recently blackmailed by members of Meir Panim's staff, who sent a young actress to Zilberschlag to seduce him.
Haredi rabbis have led a very public fight against the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews – which does not support Christian missionary activity. The IFCJ is led by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, who is Modern Orthodox.
Haredi rabbis and Chabad rabbis have forbidden nonprofits from taking donations from the IFCJ. (1, 2, 3)
Indeed, based on those rulings Israel's haredi Interior Minister, Eli Yishai of Shas, refused to take fire trucks the IFCJ wanted to donate. If Israel had taken those fire truck, much of the destruction and loss of life caused by the massive Carmel-area wildfire a couple months ago could have been prevented.
Yet haredi rabbis appear so far to be silent about REA Israel, its very real support for Christian missionary activity in Israel, and Meir Panim's role.
Another haredi charity supported by REA Israel is Yad Sarah, which provides crutches, walkers, wheelchairs and other medical equipment to needy Israelis.
Will these haredi charities stop taking REA Israel's money? Time will tell.