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 The Messianic Jew Who Wants To Be Georgia’s Next Governor
The gubernatorial election in Georgia is a ways away, but Republicans vying for the position are already lining up, including one unlikely candidate who has never held political office before — and who just declared himself a Messianic Jew. Marc Allen Urbach, a Marietta man who is a patron of Jewish War Veterans USA, faced…
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News Christians Celebrate The High Holidays, Too — But Are They Welcome At Synagogue?
Paula White, the charismatic megachurch leader and spiritual adviser to Donald Trump, fasts on Yom Kippur and urges her millions of followers to do the same. They’re also supposed to reflect on “the atoning blood of Jesus.” “The Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, is God’s biblical holy day that He established on Israel’s calendar…
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Fast Forward Kathie Lee Gifford Wrote A Book About Israel With A Messianic Rabbi
(JTA) — What does Kathie Lee Gifford do when she isn’t on air next to Hoda Kotb? Apparently, she visits Israel quite often. In fact, the “Today” co-host is publishing a book co-written with a messianic Jewish rabbi on her visits to the Holy Land. Gifford, who has said that she’d like to become a…
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Fast Forward Messianic Jews Can’t Marry In Israel As Jews Because They Are Considered Christians
An Israeli couple calling themselves Messianic Jews was barred from marrying in a Jewish religious ceremony in Israel because they are considered Christians, a rabbinical court ruled. It was the first time an Israeli rabbinical court was forced to grapple with the issue of the status of Jews who believe in Jesus as the Messiah,…
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News ‘Irresponsible’ Jewish DNA Test Sparks Backlash In Nigeria
Among the Igbo, a large ethnic group in Nigeria, there is widespread identification with Jews and Israel. But a recent genetic test carried out by an American missionary group searching for “Jewish roots” came back negative — prompting fierce backlash from activists who called the project faulty and irresponsible. Amidst waves of social media outrage…
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Books Messianic Jewish Publisher Sparks Ultra-Orthodox Anger at Israeli Book Week
An ultra-Orthodox group filed a complaint with Jerusalem police after HaGefen, a Messianic Jewish publisher, offered a new translation of the Bible to teenagers at Israel’s annual Hebrew Book Week. Yad L’Achim, a prominent activist group that has been known for harassing Christian missionaries to Israel and voicing opposition to Arab-Israeli marriages, complained that the…
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News Meet Jay Sekulow, A Jewish-Born Believer In Jesus, On Trump’s Legal Team
President Donald Trump welcomed an unlikely darling of the Christian right to his inner circle of defenders in mid-June. Attorney Jay Sekulow, the newest addition to Trump’s personal legal defense team, has been accused of fraud in the past. He has put his family in charge of his organizations. And he has been instrumental in…
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Fast Forward Meet The Jew-Turned-Evangelical Who Boosted Bob Mueller Firing Rumor
President Trump just welcomed another unlikely darling of the Christian right with a history of jilted business partners and employees. The newest member of the president’s personal legal team used to be a Jew. His name is Jay Sekulow and you should know who he is. A Messianic Jew Sekulow, 61, converted in college after…
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