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Messianic Judaism
Kathie Lee Gifford at the 2016 Greenwich International Film Festival in Greenwich, Connecticut, June 10, 2016. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for GIFF)
September 26, 2017, 3:34 am
Kathie Lee Gifford wrote a book about Israel
'Today' co-host chronicles her past four rabbinical study trips to the Holy Land in 'The Rock, The Road, and the Rabbi'
By Gabe Friedman
Illustrative wedding photo. (JTA)
August 31, 2017, 10:38 pm
Messianic Israeli couple cannot marry in Jewish ceremony, rabbinical court rules
Couple say they believe in Jesus as the Messiah and that they work to spread the Gospel
By JTA
A new generation of Igbos is being raised with Judaism. (photo credit: Shai Afsai/Times of Israel)
August 11, 2017, 5:08 pm
Messianic Jews to Nigerians: You’re not ‘real’ Jews
Religious group from Arizona claims DNA testing proves that Igbo tribe are not genetically Jewish, drawing ire
By Melanie Lidman
Musician Glen Campbell at the Shangri-La Hotel Sydney on January 30, 2008 in Sydney, Australia. (Gaye Gerard/Getty Images via JTA)
August 10, 2017, 2:46 am
Musician Glen Campbell was a Messianic Jew
Country star behind 'Rhinestone Cowboy,' who died Tuesday at 81, was raised Baptist but spent last decades as part of Christian-Jewish sect
By Gabe Friedman
Michael Rood breaks matzah at the huge seder event 'The Road to Redemption' on Easter weekend near Charlotte, North Carolina. (Courtesy)
April 7, 2017, 11:15 pm
Why are these seders different from all other seders? Because Jesus serves as paschal lamb
Christians throughout the US are adopting the age-old Passover tradition, learning, sharing and coming closer to their Jewish neighbors
By Rich Tenorio
In a Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, file photo, Farhad Khan, who has attended the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce for more than seven years, shows members of the media its charred remains, in Fort Pierce, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
February 7, 2017, 12:19 pm
Jewish ex-con gets 30 years in Florida mosque fire
Joseph Schreiber apologizes for arson attack, says fear drove him to set ablaze Islamic center where Orlando gunman prayed
By TERRY SPENCER
The charred outside of the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce, Fla., following an arson attack, Sept. 12, 2016. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/JTA)
September 16, 2016, 11:14 pm
Arsonist who torched Orlando club shooter’s mosque has Messianic Jewish ties
Joseph Michael Schreiber, who confessed to starting the fire, displays messianic imagery on his Facebook page
By JTA
Israel Police hold back right-wing Jewish activists of the 'Temple Mount Faithful' movement outside the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, on April 10, 2016. (Corina Kern/Flash90)
April 28, 2016, 2:04 pm
As support widens for Jewish prayer on Temple Mount, should we fear apocalyptic consequences?
With almost daily disturbances at the most contested and incendiary of holy sites, and with an increasing number of religious Zionists yearning for a Third Temple, Israeli activists walk a fine line between peaceful protest and provocation
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
March 3, 2016, 4:07 pm
The synagogue she doesn’t go to
A search for a place to pray in Addis Ababa reveals a branch of Ethiopian Jews, and a messianic community too
By Melissa Toporek
Nicholas Thalasinos renewing his marital vows with his wife at a Jewish-style ceremony, 2013 (Facebook/JTA)
December 5, 2015, 2:20 am
Messianic San Bernardino victim was ‘gentile’ supporter of Israel, argued with killer on Islam
Nicholas Thalasinos was not Jewish, but 'felt he was put on this earth to follow Hashem and God’s people'
By Uriel Heilman
The interior of the Manassas Mosque in northern Virginia. (Courtesy Manassas Mosque)
December 4, 2015, 9:53 pm
US imam says mosque got threatening call from ‘Jewish group’
Abu Nahidian says message warned members of his congregation would die 'if one Jew has been killed in California'
By JTA
San Bernardino shooting victim Nicholas Thalasinos and his wife Jennifer (Facebook)
December 4, 2015, 2:25 am
Messianic Jewish victim of California attack had argued with shooter about Islam
Nicholas Thalasinos, 52, one of 14 fatalities, had heated debate with co-worker Syed Rizwan Farook two weeks before San Bernardino rampage
By TOI staff and Agencies
London's new Jews for Jesus storefront is located in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Hendon. (Jenni Frazer/The Times of Israel)
December 5, 2014, 12:56 pm
Jews for Jesus tries to set up shop in heart of Jewish London
Amid Jewish opposition and complaint to council, Messianic group aims to open for Hanukkah in former Hendon betting shop
By Jenni Frazer
The 'Chosen People's new $5m. Brooklyn Messianic Center and the Charles Feinberg Center for Messianic Jewish studies. (courtesy)
September 15, 2014, 12:48 pm
Messianic and Kiruv missionaries to rumble in Brooklyn
With one in four residents in the borough identifying as Jewish, competing religious institutions are setting up shop
By Cathryn J. Prince
Former US president George W. Bush (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images/JTA)
November 20, 2013, 10:11 pm
Has the time come to accept Messianic Jews?
Pew says 34% of Americans think you can be Jewish and believe in Jesus. So why doesn't the established Jewish community embrace them?
By Ron Kampeas
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