Jewish Identity and Faith in Yeshua, Part 2

In the first part of this article we looked at some of the ways in which identity—Jewish identity in particular—is formed and shaped. In this second part of the article, we are going to briefly recap the importance of social identity and social memory theory and then consider what the research data says about how the church interacts with Jewish identity—what does and what doesn’t help. Next, we are going to consider how the existing streams of Judaism work with Jewish identity. Finally, we will look at how Messianic Judaism can learn from both the church and other Judaisms to foster a