This is the Forward’s coverage of Messianic Jews, who follow Jewish law but believe that Jesus is the Messiah. The major denominations of Judaism reject Messianic Judaism as a form of Judaism.
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Fast Forward Should Jews attend a rally against antisemitism hosted by people who try to convert them?
Chosen People Ministries says it is "proclaiming the Gospel message of salvation in Jesus the Messiah to Jewish people around the world"
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Opinion This Yom Ha’atzmaut, we need the humility to question Israel’s future
My Religious Zionism teaches me that blind faith and total despair are faulty responses to this Independence Day
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Fast Forward New Discovery/Max reality show ‘Survive the Raft’ features a Messianic ‘rabbi’ who says ‘I’m Jewish, too’
The series is meant to show people with diverse perspectives working together
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Culture Smoke-filled skies evoke the Christian apocalypse — but what does Judaism say about the End Times?
New York was engulfed by thick, yellow smog from wildfires this week, causing a lot of discussion of doomsday
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Culture Why some Christians use matzo for Communion — yes, really
One church-supply website even offered 'Streit's Communion Bread'
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News For this Jewish teen at a Christian school, a Messianic Jewish speaker crossed a line
A Messianic Jew's lecture on Passover raises questions about how Christian schools treat Jewish students
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News A Michigan politician announced her baptism in Messianic Judaism. The rabbi of her synagogue says there’s no such thing.
‘Her beliefs are personal, and she's not going to be bullied into a box or forced to explain herself to a bunch of intolerant, politically motivated hacks,’ Lena Epstein’s political adviser said
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Fast Forward Michigan GOP candidate who was raised Jewish now says she’s a Messianic Jew
Lena Epstein, who is running for chair of the state GOP, said in a video that she has been 'baptized' and is now a 'Jewish Messianic believer of Christ'
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Opinion Progressive Jews are trying out post-Zionism. There’s one big flaw in their approach
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