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{"....The fact is, that in deeply religious Jewish communities, you'll find that there's no problem with it. It's in communities where there is far less belief in their religion, and when people attemtp to get others to convert, it's taken as a direct assault on their religion...."}

You make an interesting point. A missionary does not stand much of a chance of seeking converts, in deeply religious communities - Jewish, Muslim, or otherwise.

It has often been noted that those Jews who join the messianic groups, are almost never observant Jews, and are not part of any Synagogue.

Therefore, messianic activity should be seen as beneficial, because unattached Jews who don't observe the Torah, anyway, get to be part of a religious congregation of people who are ethnically Jewish.

That means that a member of a messianic congregation, has a better chance of marrying someone who is ethnically Jewish, than an agnostic Jew who is not involved in Jewish community life in any way.

Rather than driving Jews to extinction through assimilation, messianic congregations help to retain intact Jewish communities.