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Category Archives: Intermarried
Jewish Roots and non-Jews, Part 4
It is surely a puzzle to most Jewish people than non-Jews would want to embrace a Torah lifestyle. The overwhelming majority of the Jewish community is ambivalent. I was reminded of this at a recent interfaith wedding. Among the four … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christian, Gentiles, Intermarried, Judaism, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
Tagged Jewish Roots
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Haggadah for the Birth of Messiah
Calling on all Apple computer people . . . I have a little problem. I typed my Hagaddah into Mellel so I could mix Hebrew and English. Mellel does not have an option to save to PDF. Any ideas? …………………………. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Holidays, Interfaith, Intermarried, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism, Yeshua
Tagged Birth of Messiah, Haggadah
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Intermarrieds, Hanukkah, Christmas
A little humor, but not completely unrealistic:
Posted in Intermarried
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More About Christmas and the Haggadah
I wrote yesterday explaining what I see as some of the issues involved for intermarried families and the question of whether or not to celebrate Christmas. I think it is a tough issue and a tough decision for intermarried families. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Holidays, Interfaith, Intermarried, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism, Yeshua
Tagged Christmas, Nimrod, Ninurta, Tammuz
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Should Intermarried Families Celebrate Christmas?
Messianic Judaism brings together many intermarried families with many different backgrounds and stories. In December, there is an issue which touches the core of what it means to struggle with two heritages, two cultures, under one roof. Yesterday, in a … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Interfaith, Intermarried, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
Tagged Christmas, Hanukkah, Jewish
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Searching for Rebekah
Ah, the Rebekah story. Abraham has his servant put his hand under his thigh and swear (it wasn
Posted in Bible, Christian, Faith, Interfaith, Intermarried, Judaism, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
Tagged Genesis, Rebekah
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Jews and Christians Together . . . in Holy Matrimony
Rich Nichol, the Director of the Rabbinical Ordination Institute at MJTI (mjti.com) says,
Posted in Christian, Gentiles, Half-Jewish, Interfaith, Intermarried, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
Tagged David Rudolph, Ellen Quarry, MJTI
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Finding Out Who We Are and Vision for Tomorrow
The discussion the past few weeks about Messianic Judaism, Jews and Gentiles, and the future, has been great. Obviously it would be fun to get together in a big room, those of us conversing here and also many others who … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Gentiles, Interfaith, Intermarried, Judaism, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
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Opening the Gates, Chapter 1 Summary
Knowing that I am doing some soul-searching and thinking about the theological and practical issues of Messianic Judaism as a mixed community of Jews and Gentiles, David Rudolph, Assistant Professor of Bible and Theology at MJTI (mjti.com), encouraged me to … Continue reading