WHAT

MESSIANIC JEWISH
LEADERS ARE SAYING ABOUT?
The old statement remains true: two Jews, three opinions. Even when Jewish
people come to believe in Jesus and follow him for decades, that axiom remains
true. We have different opinions on all kinds of concerns and discussions. Israel,
evangelism, Church and its relationship with Jewish people, work, Law vs.
Grace?the list goes on and on as

Bob Mendelsohn

reveals

You would think we would
all agree on matters of
faith, now that we all
love the Lord Jesus! I
guess that?s the same
mistake that the non-Christian world
makes about the church in general.
Certainly on matters of doctrine
and creeds, at least 99 per cent of
true Christians will believe in the
statements found in the Apostles?
or the Nicene Creed. But the other
matters, well, human opinion goes a
very long way. And the more I travel
in Australia and the region; I discover
a significant variation of thoughts on
significant matters.
With that in mind, we thought it might
be interesting in at least one article
to show what Messianic Jewish
leaders are saying about various
topics of interest in the media and in
the church.
Jewish Forum | SPECIAL INTEREST
Here are our presenters: Mrs. Carmit
Verreyne (an Israeli living in South
Africa), Susan Perlman (a New
Yorker living in San Francisco),
Jonathan Bernis (a New Yorker living
in Arizona), Lawrence Hirsch (a South
African living in Melbourne), and me -
Bob Mendelsohn (an American living
in Sydney). I spoke with each of
them, and they told me their stories
and opinions for our Alive magazine
readers. Each is Jewish by birth and
each has come to personal faith in
Jesus.
Carmit
I came to faith in Jesus in June 2004.
I was born in Petah Tikvah in Israel.
My family is chabad, all very religious.
My husband, Jason and I were not
believers and moved to South Africa.
Jason got saved first.
I was ready to leave, they warned
me this would happen. I thought, my
kids would be influenced by this new
faith. But then I saw big changes in
Jason?s life. I knew what it was, and I
still didn?t like it.
Then I met Elisheva, a Jewish
believer in Y?shua. In fact, she was
the first Jewish believer I had ever
heard of. Elisheva invited me to
lunch, and then she and a friend
asked if they could pray for me. I
didn?t want any of that, but I was
polite. After thirty minutes they asked
me to pray. I remember thinking,
what can I say? All I said was, God
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