1970; 54 years ago (1970) (as Hineni Ministries).
1973; 51 years ago (1973) (as Jews for Jesus)
Founder
Moishe Rosen
Type
Non-profit
Purpose
Religious proselytization
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Executive Director
David Brickner
Formerly called
Hineni Ministries
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Jews for Jesus is an international Christian missionary organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, that is affiliated with the Messianic Jewish religious movement. The group is known for its proselytism of Jews[1][2][3] and promotes the belief that Jesus is the Christ and the Son of God.[4][5] It was founded in 1970 by Moishe Rosen as Hineni Ministries before being incorporated under its current name in 1973.
There are no Jewish religious authorities[clarification needed] that consider Jews for Jesus to be a Jewish organization. Rabbinical authorities[6] point out that there is only one mention of the Old Testament (the Tanakh to Jews) in its "Statement of Faith".[6] Additionally, the Supreme Court of Israel determined that Messianic Jews are not actually Jews as belief in Jesus as the Messiah is not a Jewish value.[6] Instead, most Jews view Jesus either as a good Jewish teacher or as a false prophet, but most certainly a failed messiah claimant.[7][8]
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^Jacob, Jeff (5 November 2018). "Are 'Jews for Jesus' Jewish? – The Boston Globe (opinion)". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
^Burton, Tara Isabella (2018-10-31). "Messianic Jews and Jews for Jesus, explained". Vox. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
^"Movements | Messianic Judaism | Timeline | The Association of Religion Data Archives". www.thearda.com. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
^"Who We Are". Jews for Jesus.
^ abc"Jews for Jesus". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
^Levine, Amy-Jill (2006). The misunderstood Jew : the Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus. San Francisco: Harper-Collins. ISBN 978-0-060-78966-4.
^"What Do Jews Believe About Jesus?". My Jewish Learning. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
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redeem the Jews. The Jewish view of Jesus is influenced by the fact that Jesus lived while the Second Temple was standing, and not while the Jews were exiled...
group JewsforJesus". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 3, 2023. Burton, Tara Isabella (October 31, 2018). "Messianic Jews and JewsforJesus, explained"...
portrayed the Jews as Christ's killers ... But though the New Testament clearly looks to the Jews as responsible for the death of Jesus, Paul and the...
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itinerant teacher, he was often referred to as "rabbi". Jesus often debated with fellow Jews on how to best follow God, engaged in healings, taught in...
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and former Executive Director of JewsforJesus, a Christian missionary organization that focuses on evangelism to Jews. Rosen was born in Kansas City,...
do not Jews believe that Jesus was the Messiah?", AskMoses.com, Retrieved April 15, 2007 Waxman, Jonathan (2006). "Messianic Jews Are Not Jews". United...
Antiquities of the Jews, written by the first-century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus around AD 93–94, contain two references to Jesus of Nazareth and...
agree that Jews who accept Jesus should still observe all of Torah, see for example Dual-covenant theology, based on warnings by Jesus to Jews not to use...
the Jews against Christ, God, and the Christian religion) which discussed Jesus in the Talmud. The first book devoted solely to the topic of Jesus in the...
established in 1985 by Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz. The name Jewsfor Judaism was developed from "JewsforJesus", one of the principal missionary organizations it...
Judaea, to be tried for claiming to be the King of the Jews. In the narrative of the synoptic gospels, after the arrest of Jesus, he is taken to the private...
century, when various liberal Jews sought to emphasize the Jewish nature of Jesus, and saw him as something of a proto-Reform Jew. Perhaps the most prominent...
Jews both date back to the early years of Christianity and are derived from pagan anti-Jewish attitudes that were reinforced by the belief that Jews are...
non-biblical works that are considered sources for the historicity of Jesus include a mention in Antiquities of the Jews by Jewish historian Josephus (dated circa...
Kai. "An Introduction to the Names Yehoshua/Joshua, Yeshua, Jesus and Yeshu". JewsforJesus Headquarters. Retrieved 27 March 2014. "Word 'y$w('". dukhrana...
the Curse on Jeconiah in Relation to the Genealogy of Jesus - JewsforJesus". JewsforJesus. 1 January 2005. Haggai 2:23 (cf. Jeremiah 22:24). Matthew...
the same time, Jesus is said to have despised the Romans for their cruelty, and fought them courageously. The book states that the Jews had nothing whatsoever...
the Jews in America 2000 p218 "In its size and stature, JewsforJesus became in the 1980s and 1990s what the American Board of Missions to the Jews had...
Churches, trace their roots directly back to the Jesus movement, as do parachurch organizations like JewsforJesus and the contemporary Christian music industry...
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