Lives of Jewish Christian Women Today?

[Saint Beloved]

Hello
Please forgive my ignorance.
I don't know any Jewish women in my life so when I saw this forum I was happy.
I'd like to ask how your daily life practices are do you still observe Shabbat (sp?) and things is it still very much a Jewish life but one that believes in the Messiah? Or is it less about observing things as Christians celebrate less things?
Do married Jewish Christians or Christian Jews cover their hair and sit in separate places?
Sorry I have so many questions I'm very interested in the faiths roots.

Heaven bless you.

 

[timewerx]

Many complain about their culture/religion and their moms and many would like to get out of it if they could.

It's what I read from the internet and they seem genuine as Judaism has many similarities to Islam.

 

[ChavaK]

I'm not a Christian, but the few Jewish women and men I've met who converted to Christianity came from secular backgrounds. So they didn't tend to carry traditions and observances into their "new" life. I did meet two secular Jews who became Messianic, and they actually increased their observances because they did nothing before.
Orthodoxy has separate seating and covering the hair, so I would doubt most Jews who become Christians follow those practices.
BTW, welcome to the forum!

 

[AnnekeCr]

Hi I go to a Messianic congregation, but I'm not Jewish myself. It's different for everyone.

For some the discovery of their Jewish Messiah has led them to a deeper hunger for their "Jewishness" and have a newfound interest in keeping Torah. Some of the Jewish believers at my congregation do observe Shabbat, eat kosher (not rabbinic rules, just the Biblical ones), some men wear the prayer shawl, etc. Others don't.

Other Jewish believers don't observe the Shabbat, or keep Torah. They have found a new freedom in Messiah, that they have been set free from the commands of the Torah. Yet, some of the 'free-er' Jewish believers will for instance, prefer to walk to synagogue, or not eat pork, not because the Torah instructs them, but because they feel God has specifically spoken to them or has put that on their hearts.

Also, we don't sit separately. Men and women sit wherever they want and it's a very cheerful gathering with lots of singing and dancing.

Very happy to answer any questions you have. It's a beautiful discovery to find the Jewish roots of our faith.

 

[Open Heart]

Hi I go to a Messianic congregation, but I'm not Jewish myself. It's different for everyone.

For some the discovery of their Jewish Messiah has led them to a deeper hunger for their "Jewishness" and have a newfound interest in keeping Torah. Some of the Jewish believers at my congregation do observe Shabbat, eat kosher (not rabbinic rules, just the Biblical ones), some men wear the prayer shawl, etc. Others don't.

Other Jewish believers don't observe the Shabbat, or keep Torah. They have found a new freedom in Messiah, that they have been set free from the commands of the Torah. Yet, some of the 'free-er' Jewish believers will for instance, prefer to walk to synagogue, or not eat pork, not because the Torah instructs them, but because they feel God has specifically spoken to them or has put that on their hearts.

Also, we don't sit separately. Men and women sit wherever they want and it's a very cheerful gathering with lots of singing and dancing.

Very happy to answer any questions you have. It's a beautiful discovery to find the Jewish roots of our faith.

I haven't spent much time in MJ synagogues. Most of them are far to Protestant for me--if I'm going to observe Torah, I want to be around Torah keepers, and if I want to be around fellow Jews, I need to go to a regular synagogue. So my very personal preference is to keep going to church, but once a month attend my local synagogue. Even that's imperfect, since it's Reform, and I tend to be the most observant Jew there.

But there was an MJ synagogue I visited back when I lived in LA that I found very interesting. It used an Orthodox Siddur (prayer book) going back and forth between Hebrew and English, supplementing only with a preliminary song sheet and a reading from the Brit Hadasha. More Jews attended there than Gentiles, and you actually had second generation MJ's (young adults that had grown up in MJ homes) who were marrying. It had a Shabbat school, and a Torah portion class. The sermon was on, "Why a Jew should be kosher." It had a super Oneg afterwords. I loved this synagogue, because it was the first MJ synagogue that really earned the right to call itself a synagogue. By that I mean that you can't just put a kippah on every guy's head and sing Jewish music and say "This makes us a Judaism." You know what I mean?

If I still lived in that area today, I would attend Church still, but I would go to this synagogue.

 

[Traveling teacher]

Here are some sttistics
1. Around 14-15 million jews in the world
2. 6-7 million in israel
2. 6-7 million in US

-- around 20,000 messianic jews in Israel
---around 200,000 messianic jews in America
-- around 450 jewish led congregations in the world

90% of this growth has been in the last 50 years..
Marked by the retaking of Jerusalem in 1967

Side note: Christopher Columbus was most likely Jewish Believer in Christ

 

[Open Heart]

Here are some sttistics
1. Around 14-15 million jews in the world
2. 6-7 million in israel
2. 6-7 million in US

-- around 20,000 messianic jews in Israel
---around 200,000 messianic jews in America
-- around 450 jewish led congregations in the world

90% of this growth has been in the last 50 years..
Marked by the retaking of Jerusalem in 1967

Side note: Christopher Columbus was most likely Jewish Believer in Christ

very cool numbers!!! I am interested in your source for the 90% growth being in the last 50 years. It would be good to have on hand.

It's a shame the MJ numbers are so pathetically small. It's perhaps a good argument that we are not in the last days.

 

[makeajoyfulnoise100]

Here are some statistics
1. Around 14-15 million Jews in the world
2. 6-7 million in Israel
2. 6-7 million in the US

-- around 20,000 Messianic Jews in Israel
---around 200,000 Messianic Jews in America
-- around 450 Jewish-led congregations in the world

90% of this growth has been in the last 50 years.
Marked by the retaking of Jerusalem in 1967

Side note: Christopher Columbus was most likely Jewish Believer in Christ

I fixed your spelling and grammar for you in your quote. I hope for you to know that these things are important. I would also like to know the source of these statistics.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

The original poster has left the site about a month ago. There has been a lot of that going around.

 

[Open Heart]

I guess I trusted his stats on MJ's because I know his stats on Jews to be correct.