May 1997 Newsletter (5757:9)

Picture yourself on Fifth Avenue in New York City. It is the height of rush hour and the swarm of bodies pushes past you like a solid mass of humanity wearing a thousand different faces. Some are expressionless. Most seem to project feelings of frustration, fatigue...

As a missionary with Jews for Jesus, I get excited about being a part of a team that is so much larger than our own staff could ever be. We’re able to be a resource to churches all over the country and, in turn, our best source of contacts for follow-up comes...

Recently I spoke at the funeral of a Jewish believer in Jesus named Barbara whom I had discipled. I emphasized to those who gathered that Barbara had realized that Jesus was the promised Messiah for whom the Jewish people had been waiting. God used Barbara’s...

It has been a little over a year since I first met a small group of Christians in northwestern Germany who were reaching out to Russian Jews in the area. One Jewish family with whom I shared the gospel stands out in my mind: a grandmother, Sara; Sara’s daughter,...

For many months, I have been meeting with a neighbor whom I’ll call Tasha. We met at the pool in our apartment complex. She was excited to meet a Jew for Jesus because she is Jewish and was baptized seven years ago in Russia in the Orthodox church. She was...

It is so exciting to find partners in ministry all around the world! Last month we showed you a letter from a Christian student named Claire who’s been witnessing to Jewish friends at Oxford University. She’d invited our missionaries Richard Harvey and...

When I preach in churches, I seldom preach about Jews for Jesus. I’m there to proclaim Christ, even to those who already know Him. It’s a joy to be able to show how wonderful, how adequate, how all together exalted is our Lord. Maybe you can tell, I like...

Whenever any of the Jews for Jesus find a notable restaurant on the road” we like to share the information among ourselves. Rob Wertheim found a place we thought we’d share with you, our extended family. It’s called The Crossing and it’s run by...

Ed: We don’t normally print letters to the editor, but we were interested in the responses many people sent in regarding Moishe’s column, which appeared in the March newsletter. Some of our friends, like Roy in Peoria, found the column timely in clarifying...