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With Sukkot falling on October 7 this year, our joy-filled holiday has become a time to remember and mourn. Four of our staff share reflections.

With the rise of antisemitism, some Jewish people have even embraced gun ownership. A newly-released movie helps us to reflect on this trend.

The Jewish heritage of Jesus is a simple fact of history. But Jesus’ Jewishness is vitally important for the world to understand and remember.

What is Jesus’ name in Hebrew? What is the origin of Yeshua, and why was he given this sacred name, before he was born—all as part of God’s plan?

Jewish tradition cites many reasons why we blow the shofar at Rosh Hashanah, and many of those ideas seem to be pointing us to Jesus

It’s a well-known fact that the first disciples of Jesus were Jewish. But what has happened with Jewish followers of our Messiah in the ages since?

Jesus’ teaching came right from the Tanakh. But it was unique and startling. The Messiah would bring atonement through a kind of ultimate Yom Kippur.

Reading scripture out loud in the community of faith is an ancient practice that God gave us through Moses. And it’s still vital for discipleship.

Though Sam was Jewish and Val was a Gentle Christian, they had almost everything in common. But would Jesus be the dividing line to keep them apart?

A new movie casting Jewish actors highlights old questions about the Jewishness (and maybe the Jesus-likeness?) of America’s most iconic superhero.

A lot of people will say that it doesn’t matter what we believe as long as we basically qualify as “a good person.” Why doesn’t Jesus agree?

When couples delay the hard conversations, conflict doesn’t disappear. But facing them early can lead to real connection and shared meaning.

The Jewish Messiah is for all people, and his followers are united in one faith in the God of Israel. But do Gentile believers need to keep the Torah?

When forced into a bomb shelter, our staff responded with faith in the God of Israel, singing worship songs together and praying for peace.

Last week, my daughter arrived in Israel. Now, she is staying in a bomb shelter, as are dozens of our Jews for Jesus staff and their families.

Since I’m Jewish and believe in Jesus, people sometimes say things to me like, “Your grandfather must be turning over in his grave.” Are they right?

If we trace the roots of the New Testament language, the term “church” actually comes originally from the assembly of God’s people in the Tanakh.

In regards to Torah, was Jesus observant like Orthodox Jews? Was he “the first Reform Jew”?  And how religious do you have to be to follow him?

We celebrate freedom from slavery at Passover and God’s giving us the Torah at Shavuot. Is there a contradiction there between freedom and law?

It’s easiest to pray in hard times. But praying when things are going great is vital for knowing God and preparing for whatever life may throw at us!

“I was happily surprised when my Orthodox dad came to my Jews for Jesus talk—then blown away by his reaction when I spoke of the blood of the lamb.”

Jesus didn’t come to start a new religion. His famous Last Supper was a Passover Seder in which he announced the new covenant promised in the Tanakh.

Reflecting on an off-beat movie about young Jewish men working through personal pains on a Holocaust tour. Does pain have to get the final word?

This list of fun Passover ideas was made with your Messianic Jewish family in mind. Some of these are old traditions and some are our own creations!