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He leads a congregation in Maryland and views Messianic Judaism as another branch of Judaism, but acknowledges how controversial the movement is. He estimated there are around 1,000 Messianic Jewish congregations and small groups in the United States, including about 250 full-fledged congregations. A Jewish convert to Christianity founded the Messianic organization Chosen People Ministries in Brooklyn in 1894, which later helped produce and publish the Yiddish Bible.īarry Rubin, a Messianic Jew, is the owner of the aforementioned Yiddish New Testament translation, the only known one in existence. In New York, the movement goes back to at least the 19th century. They often have ties to explicitly Christian organizations. Messianic Jews often refer to Jesus by the Hebrew name “Yeshua” and use Christian holy books, including the New Testament, that have been translated into Hebrew. Jews for Jesus is often synonymous with Messianic Judaism, but it is one of many organizations in the messianic movement. Some Messianic Jews want the movement to be accepted as a sect of Judaism. It is virtually unanimously considered outside the fold by all Jewish streams, who say the ideology directly contradicts many of the religion’s principal tenets. Messianic Judaism is a movement that combines Jewish tradition and practice with the belief that Jesus Christ is the coming messiah. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel) Who’s your savior? Illustrative: A missionary group’s office in New York City. The targeted towns have a high concentration of ultra-Orthodox Jews - especially near synagogues, since driving is prohibited on Shabbat and holidays, and congregants must live within walking distance. She doesn’t suspect any covert missionaries in the recent case, though. Sometimes undercover missionaries get to know an area, or get access to a synagogue’s directory, and the area gets “bombarded” with missionary materials, she said. Her organization has identified covert missionaries inside Jewish communities in the past. She said it was unclear how many had been sent out, but that copies had been spread “all over the community.” But this one in particular looked like the was sending out a free. “They’re so used to getting missionary material, if it doesn’t look kosher, they don’t even open it,” Nuszen said. Please send a whatsapp or email for more information.