Rabbi Elliot Klayman Curriculum Vitae

Books and Articles in Books

What the Rabbis Know about the Messiah: A Study of Genealogy and Prophecy. Cincinnati: Messianic Publishing, 2011 (editor).

What the Rabbis Know about the Messiah: Student Workbook. San Diego: Messianic Publishing, 2018 (co-author).

What the Rabbis Know about the Messiah: Teachers Manual. Columbus: Messianic Publishing, 2002 (co-author).

“Jewish History and the Deity of Yeshua,” in The Borough Park Papers: Symposium II (April 12–14, 2010):41–76. (See also The Messianic Outreach. Vol. 29:4 [Summer 2010]: 3–24.)

Solomon Ostrovsky, Sermons from the Mount. Columbus: Messianic Publishing, 2007 (editor).

“Messianic Jewish Synagogues,” in Introduction to Messianic Judaism, edited by David Rudolph and Joel Willits. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013, 37–50 (co–authored with David Rudolph).

“Messianic Jews and the Law of Return,” in The Enduring Paradox, edited by J. Fischer. Baltimore: Lederer, 2000, 73–78.

Selections in The Voice of the Lord: Messianic Jewish Devotional, edited by David J. Rudolph. Baltimore: Messianic Jewish Publishers, 1998.

Kesher: Articles

The Talmud’s Counter-Yeshua Narrative in Response to the Brit Hadashah. Issue 37 (Summer/Fall 2020): 45– 60.

The Meaning of Salvation in Five Stories. Issue 32 (Winter/Spring 2018): 39–43.

The Suffering Son of David. Issue 31 (Summer/Fall 2017): 49–53.

Exploring Our Responsibility for Earth’s Resources: Shaping an Eco–Ethicological Approach for Discussion. Issue 28 (Summer/Fall 2014): 3–24.

The Legacy of Felix Frankfurter: Controversy Surrounding His Influence 1917–1962 and Beyond. Issue 27 (Summer/Fall 2013): 89–107.

Benjamin Cardozo: Jewish Justice. Issue 26 (Summer/Fall 2012): 47–62.

The Life of the First Jewish U. S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis: Exploring “Privacy Issues” and Ancestral Cultic Connections. Issue 24 (Summer 2010): 53–80.

Comparing Portions of Qumran [Writings] with Pharisaic Characteristics: In Search of the Nature of the Community through Examining its Approach to Sabbath Laws. Issue 20 (Winter/Spring 2006): 65–83.

Does the Lubavitcher Rebbe Fit the Festinger Model? Issue 18 (Winter 2005): 85–106.

Medieval Jewish Messianisms: Islamic Influence or Confluence? Issue 16 (Fall 2003): 136–145.

Bar Mitzvah: A Liturgy. Issue 1 (July 1994): 122–135.

The Messianic Outreach: Articles

The Power of Lingering Passover Leftovers. Vol. 40:2 (Winter 2021): 3–9

Spreading Peace During a Pandemic. Vol. 40:2 (Winter 2021): 10–11.

Early History of the Rabbinic Movement in Israel. Vol. 40:2 (Winter 2021): 12–18.

The Hanukkah Story. Vol. 40:1 Autumn 2020): 3–6.

Applying the Trifecta to Improve our Relationship with God. Vol. 40:1 (Autumn 2020): 7–11.

Peace in the Midst of Pandemonium. Vol. 40:1 (Autumn 2020): 12–15.

Lament No More. Vol. 39:4 (Summer 2020): 3–6.

COVID–19: Demonstrating God’s Love in the Midst of a Deadly Pandemic. Vol. 39:3 (Spring 2020): 3–9.

Modern Emergence of the Messianic Jewish Movement. Vol. 39:2 (Winter 2020): 3–7.

The Fast of Tammuz: From Tragedy to Triumph. Vol. 39:1 (Autumn 2019): 3–8.

Where Do You Find God? Vol. 39:1 (Autumn 2019): 9–13.

Messianic Jewish Identity. Vol. 38:4 (Summer 2019): 5.

The Greatest Sermon Ever Delivered. Vol. 38:3 (Spring 2019): 13–19.

Love Is the Answer. Vol. 38:2 (Winter 2019): 3–9.

Plight of the Agunah: The Disappearing Act. Vol. 38:1 (Autumn 2018): 3–8.

Balance. Vol. 37:4 (Summer 2018): 3–8.

The Sound of Silence. Vol. 37:4 (Summer 2018): 9–15.

Coping with Change. Vol. 37:4 (Summer 2018): 16–22.

The Lepers and You at the Gate. Vol. 37:3 (Spring 2018): 3–8.

To Gaze or to Graze? That Is the Question. Vol. 37:3 (Spring 2018): 9–14.

Shades of “Pragmatism” in Halakha. Vol. 37:2 (Winter 2018): 3–5.

Musings on 40 Years of the Lord’s Work. Vol. 37:1 (Autumn 2017): 3–6.

In Memory of Rachmiel Frydland. Vol. 37:1 (Autumn 2017): 7–8.

Confronting Sin Again. Vol. 36:4 (Summer 2017): 8–11.

None Like Marty. Vol. 36:4 (Summer 2017): 16–17.

I Remember Rachmiel. Vol. 36:4 (Summer 2017): 18–21 (co–author).

The Messiahs of the Inquisition. Vol. 36:3 (Spring 2017): 7–12.

Second Temple Messiahs and Bar Cochba. Vol. 36:2 (Winter 2017): 3–8.

Early Messiahs Outside the Land. Vol. 36:2 (Winter 2017): 9–14.

Messianic Overview of Messianic Expectations. Vol. 36:1 (Autumn 2014): 3–9.

Finding a Place Whose Builders and Maker Is God. Vol. 36:1 (Autumn 2014): 10–14.

Messianic Pretenders. Vol. 36:1 (Autumn 2014): 20.

Evolution and Ethics in Halakha: An Approach for the Messianic Jewish Community. Vol. 35:3 (Spring 2016): 13–21.

Sephardic Jewry: Beyond the Spanish Expulsion. Vol. 35:2 (Winter 2016): 3–12.

Sephardic Jewry: The Spanish Expulsion. Vol. 35:1 (Autumn 2015): 3–24.

The Diversity of Ideas and Torah Praxes Today within the Messianic Jewish Movement. Vol. 34:4 (Summer 2015): 3–21.

Messianic Jewish Demographics. Vol. 34:2 (Winter 2015): 17–23.

Karaites and Rabbinates in Medieval Jerusalem. Vol. 33:1 (Autumn 2013): 3–6.

The Yeshiva in Jerusalem. Vol. 33:1 (Autumn 2013): 7–10.

Spanish Medieval Poets’ Longing for Jerusalem. Vol. 33:1 (Autumn 2013): 16.

Balak: Modeling Displacement Theology. Vol. 32:4 (Summer 2013): 11–15.

Messianic Midrash: Light of Messiah. Vol 32:2 (Winter 2013): 12–17.

Journey Paper: Another Version. Vol. 32:1 (Autumn 2012): 20–23.

Returning to the Place of Beginning: Why Jonah? Why Me? Vol. 31:3 (Spring 2012): 12–15.

Righteous Indignation: The Road to Peace and Atonement. Vol. 31:3 (Spring 2012): 22–23.

The Responsibilities of Living in a Messianic Jewish Proleptic Community. Vol. 31:2 (Winter 2012): 3–6.

What is the Significance of Ya’akov’s Edict in Acts 15:13–21? Vol. 31:2 (Winter 2012): 22–23.

Journey Paper. Vol. 31:1 (Autumn 2011): 19–20.

Messianic Midrash: The Shabbat Before Purim. Vol. 31:1 (Autumn 2011): 21–23.

Reconciliation: The Heart of the Message. Vol. 30:1 (Autumn 2010): 23–24.

Messianic Midrash: Making Good Decisions in the Wilderness. Vol. 29:3 (Spring 2010): 19–21.

The Jews of Late Antique Greece: Does Silence Mean Absence? Vol. 29:2 (Winter 2010): 3–23.

From Nachmanides to Eliezer ben Yehudah: The Jewish Community in Jerusalem. Vol. 29:1 (Autumn 2019): 3–14.

Jerusalem: From the Rise of Arab Rule to the Ottoman Decline. Vol. 28:4 (Summer 2009): 3–17.

Cloud of Witness. Vol. 28:3 (Spring 2009): 23.

The Jew under Medieval Christian Rule. Vol. 28:2 (Winter 2009): 3–12.

The Life and Works of Rashi. Vol. 28:2 (Winter 2009): 13–24.

Yom Hashoah Candle Lighting Remembrance of the Slaughter of Six Million Jewish People.

Vol. 28:1 (Autumn 2008): 17–20.

Maimonides—The Greatest Jewish Thinker of All Time? Vo. 27:4 (Spring 2008): 11–24.

Golden Anniversary Bar Mitzvah Speech of Elliot Klayman. Vol. 27:3 (Spring 2008): 22–22.

Holocaust Historiography. Vol. 27:2 (Winter 2008): 3–24.

Excerpt from Return to Lithuania: The World I Never Knew. Vol. 27:1 (Autumn 2007): 19–22.

A Work Born of God. Vol. 26:4 (Summer 2007): 20–23.

Introduction to Kabbalah. Vol. 26:1 (Autumn 2006): 15–23.

Comparing Vegetation Motifs in the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Genesis Fall. Vol. 25:4 (Summer 2006): 6–8.

Treaty and Land Grant Patterns in Genesis 15: Implications for the New Testament. Vol. 25:3 (Spring 2006): 12–18.

The Book of Esther through the Poetic Eyes of a 17th Century Marrano: Joao Pinto Delgado. Vol. 24:3 (Spring 2005): 3–10.

Jerusalem: Its Centrality in Calendar and Liturgy. Vol. 24:2 (Winter 2005): 14–20.

How to Join a Messianic Congregation in a Right Way. Vol. 23:4 (Summer 2004): 20–22.

A Composite of the Characteristics of Messiah: A Maimonidean View. Vol. 23:3 (Spring 2004): 3–12.

Trends in Jewish Historiography: A New Beginning. Vol. 23:3 (Spring 2004): 20–24.

The Private Life of Leon Modena: The Sin of Judah. Vol. 23:2 (Winter 2004): 3–9.

The Life and Times of Heinrich Graetz: Influences, Ideas and Historiography. Vol. 23:2 (Winter 2004): 10–16.

The Aftermath of the Holocaust: A Time to Reconcile. Vol. 23:1 (Autumn 2003): 10–12.

A Comparison and Contrast of Jewish Martyrdom in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Vol. 22:3 (Spring 2003): 15–19.

Exodus 19–20 and Isaiah 5–6: A Critical Comparison. Vol. 22:1 (Autumn 2002): 21–24.

The Pursuit of Justice in the Face of the Holocaust. Vol. 21:4 (Summer 2002): 3–6.

The Return to Belarus: An Onsite Journal. Vol. 21:2 (Winter 2002): 21–24.

In Search of the Meaning of Chazak: Looking to Joshua and the Bees. Vol. 19:4 (Summer 2000): 3–7.

Yeshua 2000 and the Challenge Ahead for His Adherents. Vol. 19:3 (Spring 2000): 18–23.

The Mixed Branches of the Olive Tree: The Nature of God. Vol. 18:1 (Fall 1998): 17–19, 23.

Messianic Devotions. Vol. 17:1 (Fall 1997): 21–22.

Jewish Revival and the Days Ahead. Vol. 16:3 (Spring 1997): 17–21.

Messianic Message: Joshua 20:1–9 Refugees for God. Vol. 15:4 (Summer 1996): 20–21.

Messianic Midrash: The Crossroads of Our Faith. Vol. 14:3 (Spring 1995): 19–21.

Messianic Midrash: Building a House in a City for God. Vol. 13:4 (Summer 1994): 18–20.

Jews Who Believed in Yeshua from the 5th to the 18th Century. Vol. 13:2 (Winter 1994): 17, 23.

Modern Messianic Jewish Re–Emergence. Vol. 13:2 (Winter 1994): 18.

Mom. Vol. 13:1 (Autumn 1993): 21–22.

Ethics in Messianic Ministry. Vol. 11:4 (Summer 1992): 17–19, 23.

First Century Messianic Jews. Vol. 11:2 (Winter 1992): 3–11, 17.

Messianic Distinctiveness: A Movement Whose Time Has Come. Vol. 10:4 (Summer 1991): 6–9.

Congregational Movement of God. Vol. 10:2 (Winter 1991): 6–7.

How Israel Regards Jewish Believers. Vol. 10:1 (Autumn 1990): 6–8.

The Law of Return. Vol. 8:3 (Spring 1989): 13–20.

Messianic Zionism: God’s Plan for Israel. Vol. 7:4 (Summer 1988): 3–8, 23,

He Set the Captives Free. Vol. 7:2 (Winter 1988): 15–17, 23 (co-author).

The Mystery of the Union of Jew and Gentile. Vol. 6:3 (Spring 1987): 15–18.

Middle East in Prophecy: Past and Future. Vol. 6:2 (Winter 1987): 6–15.

The Struggle for a Nation. Vol. 6:2 (Winter 1987): 21.

Mass Murder. Vol. 5:4 (Summer 1986): 10, 24.

I Remember Marty. Vol. 5:3 (Spring 1986): 14.

Messianic Jewish Identity. Vol. 5:2 (Winter 1986): 9–16.

Messianic Thoughts on the High Holidays. Vol. 5:1 (Fall 1985): 5–8.

Has Israel Been Displaced? (Part Two). Vol. 4:3 (Spring 1985): 10–14.

Has Israel Been Displaced? (Part One). 4:2 (Winter 1985): 6–10.

Messianic Jews—In Post Apostolic Times. Vol. 4:1 (Autumn 1984): 5–7.

Birth of Israel. Vol. 3:4 (Summer 1984): 6–7.

The Resurrection. Vol. 3:3 (Spring 1984): 1.

Messianic Jews in Scripture. Vol. 3:2 (Winter 1984): 2–5.

Is Jewish Identity Important? Vol. 3:1 (Autumn 1983): 2–4.

The Absence of God in [the Book of] Esther? Vol. 2:3 (Spring 1983): 1–4.

Hanukah and Christmas. Vol. 2:2 (Winter 1983): 1.

Who Is a Jew? Vol. 2:2 (Winter 1983): 4–7.

The Final Solution. Vol. 1:4 (Summer 1982): 4.

Proof of the Resurrection. Vol. 1:3 (Spring 1982): 4–6.

Messiah’s Birth. Vol. 1:2 (Winter 1982): 2.

He Set the Captives Free. Vol. 1:2 (Winter 1982): 8–10.

Messiah in the High Holy Days. Vol. 1:1 (Autumn 1981): 4–6.

The Messianic Outreach: Parasha Commentaries

Noah. Vol. 39:2 (Winter 2020): 16.

Hayei Sarah. Vol. 38:3 (Spring 2019): 10; The Life of Sarah. Vol 33:4 (Summer 2014): 3–5.

Toldot: The Lesson of the Yiddish Verb. Vol. 34:1 (Autumn 2014): 3–5; Digging Wells of Water. Vol. 34:1 (Autumn 2014): 6–7.

Vayetzeh in Three Acts. Vol. 39:2 (Winter 2020): 16–17.

V’yeeshlach: The Value of a Transformed Life. Vol 33:4 (Summer 2014): 6–8.

Vayeshev. Vol. 38:2 (Winter 2019): 17.

Vayigash: Reconciliation: The Heart of the Message. Vol. 30:1 (Autumn 2010): 23–24.

Vayechi Via the Spoken Word. Vol. 34:1 (Autumn 2014): 8.

Shmot. Vol. 38:2 (Winter 2019): 17–18; Vol. 37:3 (Spring 2018): 18.

V’era. 38:2 (Winter 2019): 18–19.

Tetzevah: The Shabbat before Purim. Vol. 31:1 (Autumn 2011): 21–23.

Ki Tisa. Vol. 37:3 (Spring 2018): 18–19.

Pikudei: Chazak, Chazak, V’Neeitchazek. Vol. 35:2 (Winter 2016): 22–23. Pekudei. Vol. 34:1 (Autumn 2014): 9–10.

Vayikra. Vol. 38:3 (Spring 2019): 11–12.

Tzav: It’s Thursday and Sunday is Coming. Vol. 35:3 (Spring 2016): 9–12.

Tazria/Metzora. Vol. 39:3 (Spring 2020): 10; Tazria, Standing on the Margins with the Leper: Extending Hospitality to the Other. Vol 33:4 (Summer 2014): 9–13.

Kadosheem. Vol. 38:4 (Summer 2019): 13.

Behar. Vol. 38:4 (Summer 2019): 13–14.

Sh’lach L’cha. Vol. 39:4 (Summer 2020):13; Vol. 38:4 (Summer 2019): 14–15. Vol. 37:3 (Spring 2018): 19–20; Making Good Decisions in the Wilderness. Vol. 29:3 (Spring 2010): 19–21.

Korach. Vol. 37:3 (Spring 2018): 20.

Hukkat. Vol. 39:1 (Autumn 2019): 14; Moishe Rabbenu: Strength in Community. Vol. 35:3 (Spring 2016): 3–8; Moshe Rabbenu: Sinner or Sin Bearer? Vol. 33:4 (Summer 2014): 14–16.

Pinchas: Righteous Indignation, The Road to Peace and Atonement. Vol. 31:3 (Spring 2012): 22–23.

Massei. Vol. 39:1 (Autumn 2019): 14–15; Recounting the Past & Making Sense of the Wilderness Experience. Vol. 34:1 (Autumn 2014): 11–16.

D’varim: Repeating God’s Workings in the Wilderness. Vol. 35:3 (Spring 2016): 13–14; The Crossroads of Our Faith. Vol. 14:3 (Spring 1995): 19–21.

Eikev in 72 Spoken Word Verses. Vol. 36: 4 (Summer 2017): 12–13.

Re’eh: For the Love of Shmittah. Vol. 35:3 (Spring 2016): 15–20.

Shofteem. Vol. 39:2 (Winter 2020): 18–19; Judges. Vol. 38:1 (Autumn 2018): 15.

Terumah. Vol. 38:3 (Spring 2019): 10–11.

Ki Tavo: Connection, Connection, Connection. Vol. 33:4 (Summer 2014): 17–19.

Ha’azzinu. Vol. 39:2 (Winter 2020): 19–20 (co–author).

Sukkot Shabbat. Vol. 38:1 (Autumn 2018): 15–16.

The Messianic Outreach: Book/Essay Reviews

The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish Christ, by Daniel Boyarin Vol. 32:4 (Summer 2013): 16–19.

Theodor Herzl: From Assimilation to Zionism, by Jacques Kornberg. Vol. 25:3. (Spring 2006): 19–20.

Theodor Herzl: Political Activity & Achievements, by Isaiah Friedman. Vol. 25:3. (Spring 2006): 20–22.

“Individualism and Collectivism in Zionist Culture and the State of Israel,” by Yaron Ezrachi (essay), in Zionism, Liberalism and the Future of the Jewish State: Centennial Reflections on Zionist Scholarship and Controversy, eds., Steven Zipperstein and Ernest Frerichs (hereafter referred to as Future of the Jewish State). Vol. 25:3 (Spring 2006): 22–23.

“Zionism and the Arab World,” by Itamar Rabinovich (essay), in Future of the Jewish State. Vol. 25:3 (Spring 2006): 23.

“The Zionist Legacy and the Future of Israel,” by Shlomo Avineri (essay), in Future of the Jewish State. Vol. 25:3 (Spring 2006): 23.

“Constructing Boundaries: Jewish and Arab Workers in Mandatory Palestine,” by Nahum Karlinsky (essay), in Future of the Jewish State. Vol. 25:3 (Spring 2006): 24.

“The Divided Economy of Mandatory Palestine,” by Nahum Karlinsky (essay), in Future of the Jewish State. Vol. 25:3 (Spring 2006): 24.

Annotated Bibliography: Complicity in Nazi Germany. Vol. 25:2 (Winter 2006): 21–23.

Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland, by Christopher R. Browning. Vol. 25:2 (Winter 2006): 21.

Hitler’s Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII, by John Cornwell. Vol. 25:2 (Winter 2006): 21–22.

The Myth of Hitler’s Pope: How Pope Pius XII Rescued Jews from the Nazis, by Rabbi David G. Dalin. Vol. 25:2 (Winter 2006): 22.

Backing Hitler: Consent & Coercion in Nazi Germany, by Robert Gellately. Vol. 25:2 (Winter 2006): 22–23.

Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust, by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen. Vol. 25:2 (Winter 2006): 21.

What We Knew: Terror, Mass Murder and Everyday Life in Nazi Germany, by Eric A. Johnson and Karl-Heinz Reuband. Vol. 25:2 (Winter 2006): 23.

The Jewish State, by Theodor Herzl. Vol. 25:1 (Autumn 2005): 16–17.

On Modern Jewish Politics, by Ezra Mendelsohn. Vol. 25:1 (Autumn 2005): 17–18.

Zionism and the Creation of a New Society, by Ben Halpern and Jehuda Reinharz. Vol. 25:1 (Autumn 2005): 17–18.

The Making of the Jewish Middle Class, by Marion A. Kaplan. Vol. 25:1 (Autumn 2005): 18–20.

Beyond the Pale: The Jewish Encounter with Late Imperial Russia, by Benjamin Nathans. Vol. 25:1 (Autumn 2005): 20–22.

Reconstructing a National Identity: The Jews of Habsburg Austria During World War I, by Marsha L. Rozenblit. Vol. 25:1 (Autumn 2005): 22–24.

The Jewish State: Struggle for Israel’s Soul, by Yoram Hazony. Vol. 24:4 (Summer 2005): 22–23.

“The Foundation of the 20th Century: Herzlian Zionism in Yoram Hazony’s The Jewish State,” by Derek Penslar (article). Vol. 24:4 (Summer 2005): 22–23.

Jewish Law: History, Sources, Principles (4 volumes), by Menachem Elon. Vol. 24:3 (Spring 2005): 19–22.

Sabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah, by Gershom Scholem. Vol. 24:3 (Spring 2005): 22–23.

The Essential Talmud, by Adin Steinsaltz. Vol. 24:3 (Spring 2005): 23–24.

When Prophecy Fails, by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken and Stanley Schacter. Vol. 24:1 (Autumn 2004): 20–21.

Expecting Armageddon: Essential Readings in Failed Prophecy, ed., Jon R. Stone. Vol. 24:1 (Autumn 2004): 21–22.

The Utopia Reader, ed., Gregory Claeys and Lyman Sargent. Vol. 24:1 (Autumn 2004): 22–23.

Exile and Kingdom: History and Apocalypse in the Puritan Migration to America, by Avihu Zakai. Vol. 24:1 (Autumn 2004): 23–24.

The Jew in the Medieval World: A Sourcebook, 315-1791, by Marcus Rader. Vol. 23:1 (Autumn 2003): 17.

A History of the Jewish People, ed., H.H. Ben-Sasson. Vol. 23:1 (Autumn 2003): 17.

Under Crescent & Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages, by Mark R. Cohen. Vol. 23:1 (Autumn 2003): 17–18.

Exclusiveness and Tolerance: Studies in Jewish-Gentile Relations in Medieval and Modern Times, by Jacob Katz. Vol. 23:1 (Autumn 2003): 18.

Tradition and Crisis: Jewish Society at the End of the Middle Ages, by Jacob Katz. Vol. 23:1 (Autumn 2003): 18–19.

The Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience, by Jane S. Gerber. Vol. 23:1 (Autumn 2003): 19.

From Prejudice to Destruction: Anti-Semitism, 1700–1933. Vol. 23:1, by Jacob Katz. (Autumn 2003): 19–20.

Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation: Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam, by Miriam Bodian. Vol. 23:1 (Autumn 2003): 20–21.

A Man of Three Worlds: Samuel Pallache, a Moroccan Jew in Catholic and Protestant Europe, by Mercedes Garcia-Arenal and Gerard Weigers. Vol. 23:1 (Autumn 2003): 21–22.

European Jewry in the Age of Mercantilism 1550–1750, by Jonathan I. Israel. Vol. 23:1 (Autumn 2003): 22–23.

The Woman Who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Doña Gracia Nasi, by Andre Aelion Brooks. Vol. 23:1 (Autumn 2003): 23–24.

The Sabbath by Abraham Heschel: A Critical Analysis. Vol. 22:2 (Winter 2003): 21–24. (See also Kesher

15 [Summer 2002]: 101–106.)

Heavenly Sex—Sexuality in the Jewish Tradition, by Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer. Vol. 18:4 (Summer 1999): 21–24. (See also Kesher 9 [Summer 1999]: 116–121.)

The Messianic Outreach: Poetry

UMJC Poetry in History. Vol. 39:1 (Autumn 2019): 16–18.

Parasha V’era in Biblical Rhyme. Vol. 38:2 (Winter 2019): 18–19.

Parasha Eikev in 72 Spoken Word Verses. Vol. 36:4 (Summer 2017): 12–13.

The Spoken Word: My Journey. Vol. 31:4 (Summer 2012): 15–16.

History Foretold. Vol. 25:3 (Spring 2006): 18.

In His Presence. Vol. 16:2 (Winter 1997): 22.

Testimony. Vol. 5:3 (Spring 1986): 16.

Acrostically Yours. Vol. 5:3 (Spring 1986): 22.

Rosh Hashanah. Vol. 2:1 (September 1982): 13.

Other Journal Articles

“Covid–19: An End of Days Plague?” Teaching from Zion, Issue 41 (Nov 2020): 10–15.

“The Suffering Son of David,” Teaching from Zion, Issue 36 (April 2017): 20–22; Kesher 31 (Summer/Fall 2017): 49–53 (reprinted); The Messianic Outreach, Vol. 36:3 (Summer/Fall 2017): 49–53 (reprinted).

“The Diversity of Ideas and Praxes within the Messianic Jewish Movement,” Mishkan Issue 73 (2015): 12–30.

“Shades of Pragmatism in Halakha: A Model for Legal Reform?” Journal of Church & State. Vol. 48 (Summer 2006): 623–658.

“Punitive Damages: Toward Torah–Based Tort Reform,” Cardozo Law Review Vol. 23:1 (Nov 2001): 221–251 (co–authored with Seth Klayman).

“The Uniqueness of Rachmiel Frydland and His Impact on Jewish Outreach,” The Messianic Jew (and Hebrew Christian). Vol. LXVI no. 2 (June–Aug 1993): 45–50; The Messianic Outreach. Vol. 12:1 (Autumn 1992): 3–8, 15. (See also The Messianic Outreach. Vol. 12:1 [Autumn 1992]: 3–8, 15.)

Editorships

The Messianic Outreach

Editor 1984–Present

Assistant Editor 1981–84

Kesher

Advisory Editor 2018–Present

Editor-in-Chief 2014–2017

Articles Editor 2003–2008

Interim Editor-in-Chief 2002

Assistant Editor 2001–2002; 2009–2013

Managing Editor 2000

Mishkan

Editorial Board 2015–Present

The Interpreter

Editor 1995–96

Messianic Judaism Today

Contributor 1986–1990

HaMevaser

Editor 1977–1994

Boards and Offices

MJTI

Chief Operating Officer 2014–Present

Board Member 2016–2018

President 2013–2014

Chair, Board 2001–2015

UMJC

Rabbinic Smikha 2013 (Baltimore)

Chair, Judicial Board 1984–Present

Secretary 1998–2001

Vice–President 1990–1991

President 1986–1990

Treasurer 1982–1986

Jewish Voice Ministries International

Secretary 2000– Present

Board Member 1992– Present

Messianic Literature Outreach

Executive Director 1985–Present

Board Member 1977–Present

Chevra–USA

Chair 2001–Present

The Messianic Woman

Board Member 2008–Present

Treasurer 2013–2015

Secretary 2011–2013

Kehilat Ariel Messianic Synagogue, San Diego

Elder 2017–Present

Board Member 2015–2017

Beth Messiah Congregation, Columbus

Elder Emeritus 2011–Present

Associate Congregational Leader 1985–1991

Congregational Leader 1977–1981

Education

Graduate Certificate, Jewish Studies, MJTI 2015

M. A., Jewish History, The Ohio State University 2006

LL. M., Harvard Law School 1970

J. D., B. B. A., University of Cincinnati 1966; 1969

Teaching

Messianic Jewish Institute of San Diego 2013–Present

Messianic Jewish Theological Institute 2008–Present

Messianic Studies Institute 1994–2011, 2021

Israel College of the Bible 2010–2011, 2013

Haifa Theological Institute 2010

Indiana University 1984

The Ohio State University 1977–2006

Jewish Voice, Israel 1974–1979

University of Cincinnati 1974–1977

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