Messianic Judaism’s new interfaith push in Beverly Hills
Since it opened in 2011, the Interfaith Center of Beverly Hills has been sitting mostly empty.
Since it opened in 2011, the Interfaith Center of Beverly Hills has been sitting mostly empty.
About 200 congregants filled the stain glassed-windowed sanctuary on a Shabbat morning this spring, praying, singing and welcoming new members. Among the newly welcomed members was a young Israeli man, named Yoav. Not really extraordinary news, except Congregation Beth Hallel in a northern suburb of Atlanta is not a typical synagogue. Indeed, it is a member of the International Alliance of Messianic Congregations and Synagogues (IAMCS), the largest ordaining body in the messianic Jewish movement.
Republican presidential candidate and former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) accepted a paid speaking engagement from a Messianic Judaism group.
The home of a Messianic pastor in California was vandalized with a swastika.
An increase in \”societal abuses and discrimination\” against \”some evangelical Christian groups as well as Messianic Jews\” has contributed to a \”slight decline in respect for religious freedom\” in Israel, according to the State Department\’s Annual Report on International Religious Freedom.