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Issue 18 - Winter 2005
This issue of Kesher includes
additional articles and book reviews. Deborah Kaplan and Elliot Klayman explore
the two most popular Messianic figures of the last four centuries. Both
Shabbetai Zevi and the Lubavitcher Rebbe have been heralded as messiah by many
Jews in the modern era and continue to impact the Jewish community.
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| From the Editor by Andrew Sparks The
last issue of Kesher caused some controversy with the publication of "Competing
Trends In Messianic Judaism: The Debate Over Evangelicalism," by Gabriela
Reason. As Editor-in-Chief, I feel that it is necessary to clarify the position
of Keshe...
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| Competing Trends In Messianic Judaism : A Response by Russell Resnik The
mission of the UMJC can be captured in one sentence: We are committed to
establishing, strengthening, and multiplying dynamic congregations for Yeshua
within the wider Jewish community. This one sentence, however, introduces the
tension ...
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| Describing A Movement And Universal Truth by Daniel C. Juster Many years
ago, one of my favorite philosophy professors made this point: before we have
the right to criticize another perspective, we should understand the
perspective of the other. The acid test of this dictum is that we can repeat
the pe...
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| Competing Trends In Messianic Judaism : A Response by Jamie Cowen In
the Spring, 2004, issue of Kesher, Ms. Gabriela Reason tackles a series
of complex and controversial issues facing the modern Messianic Jewish
movement. Her thesis focuses on the tensions inherent in the movement between
the pulls of Evangelic...
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| Does The Lubavitcher Rebbe Fit The Festinger Model? by Elliot Klayman Toward A Quantifiable Approach To The Measurement Of Failed Prophecy
In July
12, 1994 Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh dynastic rebbe of the
Lubavitch sect of the Chasidim was pronounced dead. Some cried while others
danced; some faste...
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| Book Review | Messianic Judaism Is Not Christianity by Stan Telchin
by Russell Resnik (reviewer) (Chosen Books ©2004 A Division Of Baker Books, Grand Rapids,
Mi)
You can't
tell a book by its cover, perhaps, but what about its title? Stan Telchin has
written the latest in a series of oddly entitled books critical of Messianic
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| Book Review | Judaism Is Not Jewish by Baruch Maoz
by Dr. Mark Kinzer (reviewer) (Christian Focus ©2003 Scotland)
In his
recent volume, Judaism is Not Jewish, Baruch Maoz provides a notable
service for the Messianic Jewish movement by drawing the distinction between
Jewish Christianity and Messianic Judaism in a cl...
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