Marcello Araujo, 59, is not just a living, breathing paradox of faith. He is the only person who knows the identity of a traitor inside the Canadian wing of the evangelical group Jews for Jesus, a person described by a judge as more of a “mole� than a “whistle-blower.� This mole, according to court records, emailed Mr. Araujo a valuable list of donors after Mr. Araujo was fired for violating Jews for Jesus’ fundamentalist code of employee conduct, by getting married without permission.

Mr. Araujo’s secret, and JFJ’s effort to pry it out of him, is at the heart of a five-year legal saga unfolding in Ontario Superior Court, in which he has sued for wrongful dismissal, and JFJ countersued for poaching the donors, alleging he contacted them on behalf of his new employer, JFJ’s main “competitor� in Jewish evangelism, Chosen People Ministries.

Even though he was fired for getting married without his employer’s permission, it is not clear from the law that this was wrong, or that Mr. Araujo deserves the six-figure settlement he is seeking for lost wages and benefits, plus punitive damages.

Based in San Francisco, with Canadian headquarters in Toronto, Jews for Jesus believe “that Jesus the Messiah was eternally pre-existent and is co-equal with God the Father,� and that the Bible, both New and Old Testaments, is “divinely inspired, verbally and completely inerrant in the original writings.� Employees are required to live by “biblical morality and accountability,� to dress “modestly� and to “avoid questionable forms of amusement.�

Comedian Jackie Mason made a cameo appearance in federal court, accepting an apology from the missionary group Jews for Jesus in return for dropping a lawsuit in which he claimed the group damaged him by using his name and likeness in a pamphlet.

A Florida woman whose lawsuit against the Jews for Jesus group was thrown out last December will get another chance to make her case, an appeals court decided today.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jews for Jesus thought it was amusing to put comedian Jackie Mason's image on a pamphlet aimed at converting Jews to Christianity, but Mason found it no laughing matter and has sued the group for $4 million (2.1 million pounds).

If you've been through downtown White Plains lately at midday, you've seen them. If you've gone through any number of train stations here or subways in the city, they seem to be everywhere. If you live in Rockland County and have a Jewish surname, you've probably received mail from them.

Messianic organization launches campaign to convert New York Jews, including immigrants from Israel; Federation of Jewish Communities ask Consulate for aid

Evangelical group takes shot at Goodman

Christian evangelical group Jews for Jesus is suing Google Inc, saying a Web log hosted through the Internet search leader's Blogspot service infringes its trademark.

Ruth Rosen of San Francisco shows Jeremy Bevins a detail in a flier that explains Messianic Jews’ beliefs on the 16th Street Mall last week. The Jews for Jesus group is in Denver for two weeks as part of a 66-city tour.

Jews for Jesus Trains 600 for Street Work

FAIRFAX, Va. The Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington is holding meetings to counter an evangelistic effort by Jews for Jesus that starts this week. The council's executive director, Ron Halber, says Judaism and Jesus are incompatible.

WEST PALM BEACH - A judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit from a woman who sued a religious movement for claiming she converted to the organization's beliefs.

In a presentation that blurred the lines between Judaism and Christianity, the founder of Jews for Jesus spoke to the First Baptist Church of Prunedale on Sunday.

A Delray Beach woman sued Jews for Jesus Thursday, claiming it fraudulently reported that she converted to its movement when she did not.

Advertising watchdogs have rejected complaints about an "offensive and racist" campaign by a controversial Christian organisation urging Jewish people to "think for yourself".