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Community Did Jews For Jesus Get Something Right About Jewish Millennials?
A version of this article originally appeared in New Voices. I know, I didn’t think I’d be writing that headline today either. But a Jews for Jesus study may have actually made an interesting insight about Jewish millennials. What am I talking about? Jews for Jesus recently commissioned a study surveying 599 Jews born from…
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Breaking News Jews For Jesus Study Says Jewish Millennials Are Religious — But Not Affiliated
NEW YORK (JTA) — Are Jewish millennials the most religious generation? And do one-fifth of them think Jesus was God in human form? Yes and yes, says a new survey of 599 Jews born from 1984 to 1999. The survey creates a contradictory portrait of Jewish millennials: These young adults describe themselves as religious, and…
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Fast Forward Messianic Jews Face Backlash From Ohio Community
A new Messianic school in Dayton, Ohio, is prompting some backlash among the Jewish community. According to a recent Dayton Jewish Observer report a so-called Messianic Jewish group named Ahavat Torah Yeshiva is ramping up online activity — but not clearly indicating to potential members that the group does not follow traditional Judaism and believes…
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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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