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Most believers appreciate having a clearer understanding of the Scriptures from a Jewish perspective. Explore more about our faith in Jesus from this angle and other topics, including evangelism, Israel, antisemitism, biblical festivals, the international Jewish community, Jewish roots of Christianity, personal testimonies, and prophecy.
A Surprising Encounter in Tokyo In a small café in Tokyo, one of our Japanese Christian volunteers noticed a Star of David necklace on a young man working on his laptop. His name was Arik,* a Jewish traveler from Israel who had been exploring Japan for several months…
Jesus is Jewish On a Friday evening in Manhattan, as candles flickered and the Sabbath blessings were spoken, an unexpected guest stepped into our gathering. She was an Orthodox Jewish woman—faithful, traditional, cautious—yet something had drawn her there. Just days earlier, she had attended a service hosted by…
Hope and Healing in Israel So much is happening in Israel right now—and because of you, meaningful follow-up ministry is flourishing. During the recent holidays, one young woman named Miri* opened her heart during a conversation about redemption. She shared that she carries deep shame over her past and…
Coming-to-Faith Testimonies of the Jewish People Our missionaries evangelize Jewish people all over the world in obedience to the Word of God, which says, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations” (Matthew 28:19), and as a mission to the Jewish people, we pay careful attention to the…
Israelis Encounter the Love of Yeshua in Unexpected Ways When the Kaufman* family set out on their post-army adventure across the United States, they expected a typical sightseeing trip—not a life-changing encounter with the love of Yeshua. But God had other plans. As tensions between Israel and Iran…
One of my favorite book genres is mysteries. I like reading the whodunit novels and trying to solve the mystery of who the perpetrator is. As we come to this wonderful season, celebrating Messiah’s birth, the Hebrew Scriptures present us with clues that help us solve the mystery of…
A New Look at the Hanukkah Story Modern Judaism views the commandment to have no other gods before us and not to create graven images of God as the reason why the very idea of an incarnation is unacceptable to Jewish people. Yet, when the background of the Hanukkah…
Ephesians 1:9–12 (Part 2) In Ephesians 1:9, Paul tells us how God will reveal the mystery of His will: “He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him [the Messiah].” That is the key: The revelation of the…
The work of Jewish evangelism is not new. It has been ongoing since Jesus first walked the earth. Chosen People Ministries has been serving Jewish people for the past 131 years. Our ministry endured the Spanish flu, World War I and World War II, the rise and fall of…
By Ben Volman Many of us who grew up in Jewish homes were told, “It’s impossible for God to become a man.” Indeed, the second commandment forbids Israel to fabricate an image of any living thing for worship (Ex. 20:4). But the issue is…
One can learn much about God’s character by studying His various names. One of these names is “the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” Early in the Scriptures, we realize that God is a God of people – a God of relationships. This is one of the most reassuring…
By David SedacaVice President of Chosen People Ministries Over the past three decades, a new form of congregation has arisen on the scene: the Messianic Jewish congregation. A Messianic Jewish congregation is a New Testament church that is fashioned after traditional Jewish worship styles. Messianic Jewish congregations represent…