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July 2, 2008 | 5:36 pm

Not so special after all

Posted by Brad A. Greenberg

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I’m man enough to admit when I’ve been wrong. It turns out that substitute teacher I had in sixth grade, the one who told me I wasn’t special, was right. He didn’t know it, but he was right.

Since becoming a religion reporter, and particularly since joining The Jewish Journal last year, I thought there was something unique about being a Christian named Greenberg—get out! In fact, I am not alone.

David Brody, Christian Broadcasting Network’s senior reporter, was raised Jewish and converted to Christianity, as did Joshua Goldberg, whose very, very Jewish byline I stumbled across yesterday at ChristianPost.com.

I e-mailed Goldberg to confirm what I suspected. He said he met Jesus during college, still appreciates his Jewish background and now considers himself a “Jewish Christian.” Sounds pretty Messianic, but he didn’t elaborate.

Unlike the former Jews reporting for Christian media, I became a Christian quite young and am now embracing my Jewish roots more than before. But, to reiterate, I do not consider myself a Messianic Jewish hybrid of keeping kosher and sacred Shabbats and Easter Sundays and prayers to Yeshua; I’m a Christian with curly hair, plenty of guilt and, at times, lots of beard.

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Leaving the merits aside, I betcha there are more Jews named (Gavriel) Sanders, (Asher) Wade, (Ahuva) Gray, (Aryeh) O’Sullivan, (Abraham) Kotsuji and so forth than the reverse. ‘Davis’ as in Sammy could go either way, if we didn’t know better. Also taking into account that surnames are passed in the paternal line.

Oh, well, we’re all on the same team if we are seeking the truth or the Truth (a name of God). May the best truth win, and I don’t believe I will tell you what my sixth grade teacher said about me.

Comment by Ben Plonie on 7/03/08 at 10:43 am

hmm, dunno about surnames, but the only jews i ever knew (as jews) in alabama were messianic jews.  i’m sure there are some of the more classical type, as a synagogue is in birmingham, but i never knew them.

Comment by Proton Soup on 2/14/09 at 11:56 pm

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