Jewish people believing in Jesus has been a thing since, well, Jesus! But in , it became the name of the organization founded by Dr. Moishe Rosen. About Jews for Jesus. We exist to support you in exploring Jewish life with faith in Jesus. Who We Are We are a c 3 non-profit organization made up primarily of Jewish people, as well as other followers of Jesus who are committed allies of the Jewish people. What We Do. Promote Jewish Faith in Jesus. Facilitate Jewish Community. Provide Local Services.
Where to Find Us Jews for Jesus has branch offices in over a dozen cities around the world. When I was 15 years old, I traveled in Israel for a month. My best friend, from Childhood on, is a Jew. I have a large Star of David tattooed on the middle of my back, which I got when I was The tattoo has exposed me to anti-Semitic persecution on more than one occasion. I wish I was Jewish.
I would trade my strait blond hair and blue eyes, for dark curly hair and brown eyes any day. Why not? Rabbi Simmons also seems to assumes that this is some deceptive tactic by a dirty Christian, rather then a grass roots movement of Jews who do believe in Jesus and who do a better job of holding on to early Christian i.
Jewish practices. I am glad to have found your website, and will continue to visit regularly. Simmon writes like he does and why you feel like you do. Trust me. What you see is only apparent. All the best for you who has moved your heart so close to us and I wish you much success in finding out why postings here and in the article are written like they are each from his perspective. I agree with his concern that this is a cult. I am a Catholic Christian Kosher Coordinator who visits Jewish sites to learn more for my personal and work benefit.
Last year we took in a foreign exchange student and met a "Jews for Jesus" follower who had a Jewish student staying with her. She took this child to her services every week and agressively tried to convert him. I believe that the parents had no idea and feel this is very wrong.
Our foreign student was required by us to go to services every week, but her parents decided what church and I provided transportation to make sure she followed her faith, not mine while she lived in our home. I believe to use deception to convert someone is a serious sin and I saw deception in the efforts of the Jews for Jesus follower that I met.
I find "the jews for jesus" an irrational way of thinking. Either you are a jew or you are not, any "adds on" to the jewish tradition is invalid, as invalid are the efforts of the Christians to undermind more than 3 thousand years of history.
Some years ago I found out that my ancestors were jewish in Mexico, their last names was Berman. My wife, a jew, was the one who discovered this and asked me to find out about it.
Although I haven't found concrete evidence about my jewishness, I have converted to judaism because I feel it in my soul and blood. Those who are certain to have been born jews should be consider themselves lucky and proud of it and forget about fanatic manipulations of any sort, and dedicate themselves to revisit jewish history and read more torah in order to immerse themselves into the jewish reality.
We are jews!!! I couldn't agree more with Rabbi Simmons. When I worked for the Boston-based paper back around , "The Jewish Advocate", there was an ad we placed huge ad unwittingly for this underhanded organization.
It advertised a television show about a day in the life of a Rabbi. Little did any of the Jewish newspapers know it was about a Rabbi who converts to Christianity. Organizations who cannot be upfront and honest deserve cautious scrutiny by others. Mind you, I am a Christian myself actually a "Mormon" - so we are not recognized as Christian by other christian churches , so I don't fully appreciate the perspective of the Jewish people when confronted by "Jews for Jesus".
But I know of organizations out there who try to fragment the Mormon people, such as the so-called "Christians Concerned for Mormons, Inc. I suppose that whatever one believes, there is going to be somebody out there convinced you will go to hell if you don't accept what THEY believe instead.
Thank you for this article. It was well-written, and truer words have never been committed to "ink". It is without total comtempt for christians that I support fully Rabbi Simmons and the others who are dedicated to educating and counseling our jewish youth who are confused and trying to find their own way. It is overwhelmingly alarming at the great differences between the Christian and Jewish faith while at the same time so similar.
While my husband never was able to grasp his jewish education nor the meaning and grew up disallusioned, I was adamantly taught evangelical christianity but found an end with no answer to my questions in that circle of religion. I sought my answers and begged for guidance and was able to steer myself out of a mirage of confusion.
I have always believed that I begged for wisdom and because of my persistence was shown the truth. Now that I know better and realize I was on the wrong path for me, it is with great satisfaction but as well great work on my part to pursue this truth and show my appreciation for this great "revelation of truth and wisdom".
As well I have a responsibility to the "ONE" for all of my actions and which direction I take from this point. It is with great sorrow as I have tried so many times to help some of my christian friends understand, that the emotion of that religion is the appealing factor. If only I knew how to get beyond the emotions without destroying a christian friend's entire inner spiritual set of faith and value beliefs. The Rabbi that is willing to learn this will be the one able to clear the way for the Moshiach.
As it is my understanding that when the Moshiach comes, all will know and honor him as the one who has retored order and peace to the world. As a deeply committed Jew, and the first generation, post-Holocaust survivors of both of my parents you have now given me the means to counter the propaganda of my sister. More than six months ago she was, unfortunately taken in by this rhetoric and continues to practice Messianic Judaism.
May Hashem see fit to bring her back to his love and care speedily and May He bless you all for your work. These Christians don't believe that Catholics are Christians, In fact, any purported Christian who doesn't accept their theology is suspect as unsaved.
Jews for Jesus believes in the existence of a Satanic devil deity, which belief is avoda zara, contrary to Torah. Paul their Apostle justifies deceptive tactics in I. Corinthians I was all things to all men in order that I save some of them.
I understand that the Halakhic way to counter such missionaries is to inform them about the Sefer Toldoth Yeshu. After reading it, Santa and the Easter bunny will never seem the same. I don't know much about the JFJ people but I am a Christian who understands that the Jewish people have suffered greatly throughout history at the hands of "Christians". I am so sorry for your suffering but I want you to know that there are many, many of us who love the Jewish people and Israel dearly with no strings attached.
You are God's chosen ones and you are kept in my heart always! With much love and respect, An American Christian. I remember a Rabbi who said "Jesus was a very righteous man". Anyway, I think that what he was talking about was really hardly understood, if he is the messias then nobody listened I am living in the state of utah, usa.
Here i am living an interesting dilemma: Since this is the state of mormons, traditional christians seem to be as jews among traditional christians This is an e-mail also to warn you of this phantom named mormonism: They are practically copying Jewish law from Jew law, they are trying to teach everysingle thing Jew religion has The worst of all is that this religion is expanding very quickly, what has happened to Israel?.
While Israel sleeps or fight for survivance, there are groups trying to steal its heritage, isn't it time to be reorginized?.
Isn't it time for a prophet?. At least a great sage?. I cant believe there is not a new maimonides or someone able to re group all Jews I live in the Dallas, Texas area. Most of the growth is being propagated by Apostate Jews who are leaders in the Christian Messianic Movement. If you think this type of Judaism is still where it was for the past 20 years, let me tell you it is not.
It has developed into a completely Jewish expression. They have synagogue settings with a complete a Traditional service out of the siddur "in Hebrew" and they are keeping correct Kashrut and observing all religious life cycle and holiday events from a halakah point of reference, ect.
The foundation of their belief is totally Pagan. Momanides 13 principles on their level They should then be taught what sin atonement, God, and a Messiah is in the religion of Christianity and why it is a false biblical belief. Children should know this because they are living in a Christian country and they will be faced with Christianity's belief system and evangelists on a daily basis as young adults and adults. They need to have a perfect "understanding" of Jewish perfect faith.
With this in place they may be able to bring Apostate Jews back to Judaism when confronted with an Apostate Jew or Gentile Christian trying to convince them to convert to Christianity. The Jewish community can not "just assume" the children are completely informed about Judaism and have obtained complete understanding about what they have been informed with. Thank you for letting me tell you what I think. Signed: Very Concerned.
Dear rabbi How I agree with those parts of your report that condemn the deceptive, proselytising methods of certain christian evangelists. Some christians have used these methods to bring people to the christian faith for two thousand years and they are wrong. Conversion at the point of the sword or pen if the pen is really mightier than the sword! In the context of my being a christian pastor I may not be an acceptable commentator, but as I really care about Israel and the Jewish people, and am deeply grieved that my heritage towards you has been persecution and deception I want to be a part of building bridges to try and redress the balance.
It seems to me that we need to build some bridges of understanding about each other without proselytising. There are problems of course because the more passionate we are about our faith the more we suspect the motives of the friendly hand outreached to say hello.
However, the dangers are great if we do not talk and make friends. I would hate that many Jews came to think that all Christians are only interested in Jews so we can deceive them into becoming Christians. Yours in friendship David Squibb. Are we that stupid? My complaint is that Christianity seems to make people dead from the neck up. Every Jew knows that Jesus is not G-d. If Jesus was Jewish he knew that too. Personally, I think the Chassidim are the real Messianic Jews, and that when the Messiah comes the divine kingdom will be a reality on earth.
Since I don't see the world as a paradise, I don't believe the Messiah has come yet -but, I'm still waiting. These guys have made their poor parents ashamed of them. For that I am ashamed. Romo , January 4, AM. As a Christian Zionist I believe we are at the Time of Jacob's trouble and the Jew people, and especially Rabbi's have to start preparing to take over the job of evangelizing the whole earth because G-d is going to thrust it upon Judaism very soon.
The Book of Revelations clearly shows Jesus condemning Christianity for having failed in their mission, and the job is returned to the Jew! In the same Book of revelations it is clearly stated , Jews, 12, of each tribe will spread what I call the Gospel according to Torah.
I do not believe in preaching Jesus to Jews, but i preach for all Christians to support Israel and the Jews I have very few christian friends!!! Much of Christianity has fallen for the big lie that it has replaced Judaism and that is leading us up to the 4th reich and the ultimate holocaust. Most Christians are totally unaware of our Jewish heritage and I try to win friends for Israel by explaining how Even Jesus said he had not come to do away with the law but to fulfill it.
I feel it is time for Rabbi's that feel we are in the last days to come out vocally world wide and preach their message. I know many Christians would pay attention to the Rabbis because in their hearts they know it is time and ministers and the catholic churches are only concerned with themselves. Because of the times Jews accept and like me, to my knowledge. I don't hit any of my friends over the head with my Bible, including Jews. I would place my self in harms way to protect a Jew or anyone friend or not.
My old self was very much the opposite! This is an excellent article. The subject needs wider exposure. Credit Joan Rivers for taking a strong stand. Other well known Jewish entertainers,etc could be solicited to add their voices. I spent several years as the lay leader for a military synagogue where a local group of the messianic Jews made numerous attempts to infiltrate our synagogue. So for the most part I was able to keep them out of our synagogue by approaching them, and confronting them with the knowledge that I knew who they were and what they wanted.
IF they chose to stay for service -- they were to make no attempts at discussion of their belief. Or, they would be escorted out. They quickly, left. So may I suggest strongly based on my former association, and knowledge of how they work -- that every effort be made to advertise in major and local news papers across the nation -- frequently -- some of the excellent books that can be obtained that refute their claims.
Such as the current work a remake of "The Disputation", "Faith Strengthened", and a little more philosophical work called "Jewish and Christian Ethics". All clearly give some excellent points of refutation to the missionary outreach by the various church groups.
I now live in Israel and am finding many secular who are also being influenced by the " Club" type shows. I use these books as reference materiel. May Hashem prevent the Yatzer Hara of deciet -- from fooling our people. I fell for the tactics, but not from Jews for Jesus but from the Baptist Church itself. The pastor there told me all the same things mentioned above that come from JFJ missionaries. It worked, and for 6 years I was a practicing Christian, becoming baptised and the whole nine yards.
Finally, by this year I allowed those uncomfortable feelings I had all along to take over the desire to "fit in" I live in a Bible thumping area of central California. I have since returned to practicing Judaism, and my husband has remained a Christian. We will figure it out, but other Jews must not fall for the tactics used by the JFJ's as well as by the churches. We must remember that being Jewish gives us the connection with G-d so many Christians go through Jesus to get. When the Messiah comes, we'll ALL know it.
Until then, we must love G-d and follow His mitvot. Once again I comment on what I have read and in the first portion of this message the truth is evident to me first hand in the section begining with: for example. Once you use different terminology, you can hide the actual message. I recall a Christian writer who wrote that satan uses a lake of truth to hide a pint of poison. It is the sublime messages that Messianics use to bring people into a sense of comfort and therefore the people believe they are on the right track.
That the Jewish element of ritual, and so forth is only a natural path to follow. The Jewish rituals are indispersed with preaching from the New Testament. Obviously a conflict. Shalom, Henry Murray. Ken , October 19, PM. I am not a Jew but I fully agree with the atricle. The type of propaganda used by Jews for Jesus is primitive protestantism that makes one allergic after first minute of reading. This organisation from time to time distibutes their leaflets in Moscow - the content is primitive and tasteless.
A sort of primitive brain-washing similar to the "chewing gum" of American protestant preachers. I don't think their activies can do any good either to Jews, or to Jesus.
Unfortunately, all religions have their subversive elements. Its part of the nature of religion and politics not subvert, convert, control any and all opponents by what ever means. Anyone who wishes to ward off conversion to anything must fully understand psychology and that takes study. Simple "say no to The value of Judaism must be so high that everything else seems second rate.
Jews being Christian and cloaking it in Jewish practice and calling it Jewish is not. Call it what it is - Christianity. And Christianity is not Judaism, regardless of "Jewish trappings". For centuries Christian populations have watched the Jews among them retain their faith in the midst of challenge, persecution and death.
And for centuries, the Christians have envied Jews our accomplishments in education, the arts and sciences, business, and almost every other endeavor we undertake. Our sense of peoplehood has been perceived as a threat to those among whom we reside. This whole "Jews for Jesus" thing is the inverse of the old maxim, "If you can't beat them, join them", except in this case, they succeed by having us join them, thereby bolstering their own flagging faith.
It's dirty and underhanded, but it's our own fault for not educating our own and instilling the pride we've earned by outlasting every persecutor we've had for the last years. If the Gospel of Jesus is Truth it will survive. If it is false it will fall. Time is the test for every religion. It is our responsibility to know the truth and how better to do that than to search the Bible for our answers. It is important that we ask what G-d has to say about it rather than to ask what is man's analysis.
May you and I be blessed with wisdom as we search for the Truth. Anonymous , October 19, PM. I would like to know who made the law that as Jews you cannot believe in Jesus? Unfortunately, there has been a lot of persecution in Jesus name Is that HIS fault or the fault of man?
The concept for this subversion sounds like something out of the dark ages; their need to trick good Jews into converting and their continuous missionary zeal are merely expressions of personal weakness and lack of self-confidence.
I am a Christian although almost all my major beliefs differ from orthodox Christianity. I am interested in aish. Even as a Christian I am disgusted by the kind of tactics recorded here.
This is exactly what the Roman Catholic church tried to do by merging paganism and Christianity. Cody , February 2, PM. Shalom friends. That was a lot of comments to read to find one that really nailed it. Your email address is kept private. Our editor needs it in case we have a question about your comment. Get Our Emails. Current Issues. The Top 17 Pieces of Marital Advice.
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