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I recently met up with an old friend for a beer. This is someone I’ve known since the age of 4, so he and I have some mileage together. I’ve also known his family for many years. Before I could barely sit down on the barstool, he grabbed my arm and said, “Hey, I’ve got to tell you something. My little brother is getting baptized—or christened, or whatever you call it – in a couple of weeks.” It took a few moments for the information to sink in for me, since these folks are Jewish. Nominally Jewish, but still Jewish. “What do you mean?” I asked. My friend laughed and said, “Yep, he’s gone goy.” He went on to explain that his brother – who is in his mid-40s and was brought up with no religious education, background or… read more

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Posted by Raafa on 05/12/12 at 01:04 AM

AF:

“I wonder if the converting brother put any effort at all into search to find something in Judiasm that would meet his needs.”

I personally think that the converting brother put quite a bit of effort into searching for “something in Judaism to meet his needs”. After all, Jesus (Yeshua) was Jewish; and as a typical Jew, one will have a harder time finding the courage to read that “goyische” Bible and go into a “goyische” church (or “meshumad” synagogue) than he or she would to read Talmud-Bavel and enter a regular shul.

I am speaking as a “shemad” and “mamzerah” Jew who was raised in mainstream churches all my life and have been a “mamzerah-shemadah” since I was 6 or 7, and as a Messianic and patrilineal Jew who has faced quite a bit of hostility from at least some in the non-Messianic Jewish community.

Posted by Nicole Czarnecki on 07/15/10 at 06:59 PM

I wonder if the converting brother put any effort at all into search to find something in Judiasm that would meet his needs.

Posted by AF on 07/15/10 at 05:03 PM

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