CMJ USA Blog

Jewish Media Review - January 2025

A Jewish young man comes to faith in Jesus and hears the call to be a pastor through the steady friendship of his Christian neighbors

Jeff became enamored with Jesus, thanks to a mini-series. Yet he was sure Jesus wasn’t for Jews like him. Until a friend explained that Jesus is Jewish and introduced him to other Jewish believers.

Bishop Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky – Bishop of Shanghai and translator of the Hebrew Scriptures into Chinese is a shining example of the fruit of CMJ’s proclamation of the gospel through the years.

Doug Ames grew up in a family with two faith traditions. After he had expressed faith in Christ for himself, he found himself worshiping with Jewish-believers in Jesus and encountering the power of the Holy Spirit. Then he learned that he has a genetic link to the Jewish people.

Helene's family saw first-hand the devastating effects of antisemitism, and God lovingly pursued her throughout this journey.

One by one, a Jewish family comes to believe Jesus is the Messiah of Israel. Yet, it is a family secret shared with nearly no one until a daughter cries out to the God of Israel for mercy.

On June 11, the greater church remembers the life of Barnabas, a Jewish believer who traveled around the Roman world with Paul.

Joseph Rabinowitz, a 19th-century Hasid who found Jesus, hoped that his Christian-Jewish sect would improve the fate of the Jews

In seminary, Pastor George Koch thought he was just checking off the Old Testament requirement. Then the professor left him and his classmates frightened and awe-struck as he showed them the face of God.

Researcher Kelvin Crombie shows background information and untold stories from Jewish believers who died in the Holocaust.

The story of how a Jewish girl became an Anglican priest

A young Jewish woman was content in her Orthodox Jewish world; until a rabbi asked her to write a movie review of Mel Gibson’s portrayal of Jesus’ crucifixion.

Ron First, CMJ’s rep in Texas, was raised in the synagogue and became a professional musician. Unsatisfied with his career in New York, he joins a cruise ship band and finds himself weeping at the Western Wall. For the next five years, he searches for himself and for God.

15 years ago this month, I ran across the Jewish New Testament, and God changed my life. The translator of the Jewish New Testament died Shabbat morning, Oct. 8, 2022. He was 86.