Messianic Jews

Jewish groups ask Pentagon to stop Messianic chaplains from wearing Jewish insignia

Rabbi Laurence Bazer, who endorses Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox rabbis and cantors as military chaplains, said Jewish groups are working together on the issue

MARCH 7, 2026|ByASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

Jewish service members hold a torah scroll while wearing tefillin at the Aleph Institute's Military Symposium in February. 2026

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich, chairman of the Religious Zionist Party, addresses his party’s faction in the Knesset last week. He is dismissed as ‘messianic’ not just for his policies, but also a worldview he represents, says the writer.

'Messianic’: A slur, or Jewish birthright? - opinion

Throwing the word “messianic” around reduces complex ideas to caricature and avoids the real questions those ideas raise.

JULY 13, 2025|ByDEBORAH DANINO

Flowers are laid out near the site where two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum, in Washington, DC, US, May 22, 2025

Messianic and Episcopal communities mourn Capital Jewish Museum shooting victims

A photograph of the couple is now on display at the Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes next to some candles, inviting visitors to prayer.

MAY 29, 2025|ByASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

Jesus Christ - detail from Deisis mosaic, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

Jews for Jesus remains a deceptive cover to convert Jews - opinion

Jews for Jesus remains as it was established: a poorly veiled and deceptive cover for a full-court effort to convert Jews to Christianity.

NOVEMBER 16, 2024|ByALAN SCHNEIDER

School board that banned Anne Frank book invited ‘rabbi’ charged with sexual assault

Mark Aaron Griffin, a Messianic Jewish “rabbi,” is currently awaiting trial on four counts of sexual assault.

DECEMBER 14, 2022ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Mark Aaron Griffin, a Messianic "rabbi" awaiting trial on four counts of sexual assault, leads the opening prayer at Keller Independent School District's board meeting, Dec. 12, 2022.

Missionary group targets Ukrainian refugees, to ‘baptize 15’ by Passover

"Please pray that our staff in Israel will share the gospel with" these new immigrants.

MARCH 8, 2022ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN, AARON REICH

New immigrants arrive from Ukraine in February 2022

How many Israeli Jews believe in Jesus? New book sheds light

“Jesus-Believing Israelis: Exploring Messianic Fellowships" claims there are 280 Messianic fellowships in the Jewish state.

FEBRUARY 19, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

A picture of a menorah intended to explain the object's symbolism was actually a Messianic image in which the menorah's branches were described as symbolizing the "cross" and "resurrection."

Yiddish copies of Christian Bible distributed in Rockland County, NY

Rockland County has a very dense ultra-Orthodox Jewish population, especially in places like Monsey and Spring Valley. The Yiddish copies of the New Testament are linked to missionary organizations.

JANUARY 4, 2022ByAARON REICH

Alleged Christian missionaries' Messianic shul targets Chicago Jews - report

The synagogue has a Facebook page, Twitter account and website and has given itself the tagline "Making Disciples of Yeshua and Torah in Chicago."

DECEMBER 17, 2021ByAARON REICH

Boston suburb apologizes for using Christian menorah in holiday display

The image is widely available online as an illustration of Messianic interpretations of the menorah.

DECEMBER 7, 2021ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

At this Tel Aviv cafe, baristas will serve you espresso and Jesus

A Messianic Jewish organization based in Tel Aviv whose name means “small boat,” HaOgen is an “outreach coffee shop” that’s “staffed with evangelists ready to share the good news with every guest.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021ByABBY SEITZ/JTA