CMJ USA Blog

A round of applause for Warner Bros and the BBC for producing the heart-wrenching movie One Life, very appropriately released at a time when Jews are once again being wickedly harassed and abused in the wake of Israel’s defensive response to the murderous Hamas invasion of October 7.

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.

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.

Executive Director, Cariño Casas, shares how God called her to CMJ and how he opened her heart to the Jewish people.

The story of how a Jewish girl became an Anglican priest

In honor of the theme of Purim - Remember - Nadine looks back over her journey to becoming a Holocaust education volunteer to see how God has been working in her life.

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.

The now director of CMJ Israel recounts how he met Theresa Newell and how the Lord the ministry led to engage churches to build bridges with their Jewish neighbors

The fourth director recounts how the LORD opened her eyes to the Jewishness of Jesus and the Scriptures and then how she led Shoresh USA through a ministry shift as the Second Intifada killed all tourism to Israel

How Joseph Schereschewsky , a Lithuanian Jewish boy , came to be an Episcopal bishop of Shanghai in the 19 th century and the greatest Orientalist of his day , and perhaps of all times , is well documented in this volume by Irene Eber.

I was regaling my mother with some of our experiences in Israel, and my enthusiasm must have been a little too overwhelming for her. When I paused in my story to take a breath, she interjected, “Of course you enjoyed yourself there—your great-grandfather was a Jew!”