More Jewish people live in America than anywhere else in the world, with the possible exception of Israel. And yet, efforts to reach the Jewish people with the Good News have not been very successful in the U.S.
How the Changing Landscape in the Middle East Will Affect the ChurchBy Jack ZimmermanPicture this: white, sandy beaches; clear blue, sparkling ocean; luxurious hotels; gorgeous sunsets; peace; tranquility. Sounds great, doesn’t it. So where are we. The Caribbean, perhaps. Maybe Hawaii. The Bahamas.
By Jack ZimmermanDo you want to know a secret. No, I’m not talking about the Beatles’ song of the same name. I’m talking about a real, honest-to-goodness, bona fide secret. Ready. Okay, here goes: Yeshua’s existence did not begin in Matthew. Shocked. You shouldn’t be.
Since the day God called Abram to leave his father’s household and go to a land He would show him, promising this land to him and his descendants as an everlasting possession, the Children of Israel have been a Chosen People inseparably tied to a Chosen Land.
John had carried a deep burden for the Jewish People from the time he was a young child in Northern Ireland. When he’d watch news stories about events in the Middle East, he was filled with longing to offer comfort and care to those living in Israel. “I must get over there somehow,” he said.
Messianic Jews are Jewish in heritage and believe Yeshua (Jesus) is the Messiah promised in Old Testament prophecies. Other terms have been used for Jewish People who have placed their faith in Yeshua, such as “completed Jew,” or “fulfilled Jew.
This wasn’t Kris Repp’s first medical outreach with Jewish Voice. The 15-hour flight like the one from New York to Johannesburg was nothing new...neither was the four-hour flight to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, or the bus ride over bumpy, rough roads to Mberengwa.
Sukkot, The Feast of Booths (known to some as the Feast of Tabernacles)
My God. How had anyone been able to stand me. Why hadn’t somebody killed me long before now. I didn’t like the sudden blinding revelation that showed me to myself—the revelation that I, who had always thought I was so wonderful, was a total washout as a person. It sickened. It hurt.
A Celebration of Jewish Culture: Birth of a Vision
October 9, 2015 As a child growing up in a typical American Jewish family, I did not know much about Jesus, other than He was the god of Christianity. I’d been taught to believe He and His followers did not like Jewish People and that many atrocities had been committed against us Jews in His name.
