Tagged Messianic Jews

JTA: Messianic San Bernardino victim was ‘gentile’ supporter of Israel, the Jewish people

Nicholas Thalasinos renewing his marital vows with his wife at a Jewish-style ceremony, 2013. (Facebook)
December 9, 2015 / Uriel Heilman, JTA

(JTA) – While America puzzles over the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, many American Jews are puzzling over an additional element: the religious identity of victim Nicholas Thalasinos. Pictured on his Facebook page wearing a scarf-style tallit prayer shawl, Thalasinos, who was killed along with 13 others in… Read more »

For messianic Jews, Bush speech a coup but acceptance elusive
November 20, 2013 / Ron Kampeas, JTA

WASHINGTON (JTA) — George W. Bush granted Messianic Jews a brief shining moment in the spotlight last week — and then just as quickly sent them back into the shadows. The Messianic Jewish Bible Institute in Dallas had advertised Bush as the keynote speaker at its annual fundraiser on… Read more »