If you read Confucius, you will gain an understanding of China, as his philosophy permeates the very fabric of that society. Great novelists like Dostoevsky and Tolstoy will teach you much about the events that impacted and shaped Russia. Victorian England is seen through the eyes of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and Thomas Hardy. We can read these authors, but if we try and [...]
By Hadasah The following question was given to us by a Pastor. I felt it might be one on many believers’ minds. Following are responses to address it. The question is, “How do we today make practical application “to the Jew first?” What does “to the Jew first” look like? Why should we care about “to the Jew first”? “To the Jew first” [...]
By Ellen Jaffe To begin, I must share some of my own story so that you can understand the “mirky waters” that had to be navigated myself in order to have clarity about Jewish Evangelism. Growing up in an Orthodox Jewish Ghetto in NY, one does not easily embrace new ideas about Judaism. That being said, there is an increasing curiosity and hunger amongst [...]
Many of you, like myself, have had the pleasure (she says with a snicker) of sharing Yeshua with “brick walls” (code for family) ha.After many years of rejection, I can tell you that every once in awhile there is one precious soul who has been prepared to receive the good news with joy!In the past 6 months, I have been steadily building a relationship [...]
by Ellen JaffeSomething exciting happens when New Covenant Saints embrace Shabbat. In this article I will introduce you to Galina.Some years ago I was visiting a small Messianic ministry and met a very vivacious Russian woman and her daughter. At that time they were living with a Church family. Galina had a great desire to discover her Jewish roots. In Russia, she was unable [...]
By Ellen Jaffe Growing up in NY with extended family, Shabbat represented a time that everything stopped! Of course we had to work feverishly to prepare for it beginning Wednesday and then begin the cycle again every week. Wednesday, you would begin to clean the house, on Thursday you would shop so that all the food was fresh and ready to be prepared on [...]
Ellen Jaffe raised in Brooklyn, New York by Jewish parents became a believer in Yeshua at age 27. Ellen received her Bachelors degree in art in1978 followed by course work in psychology at UMass Boston Adolescent Psychology) and Rochester Institute of Technology (audit-Behavior Modification with expert-Roger Harnish).Her spiritual education includes Training by John Paul Jackson in dream interpretation and prophetic ministry. Messianic Jewish roots [...]
