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Season 1. Episode 14. The yahrzeit of one of the most horrific attacks in Israel's history is here and we are struck by the memory of the attacks.

We also debrief on what we heard from Rabbi Gliebe of Congregation Devar Emet about intermarriage and how Messianic Judaism needs to grow in clarity as it addresses identity, theology and community in the future.

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Who is a Jew? And Who Gets to Decide?

Part 5 of 6 - After our tech issues last time we wanted to finish our conversation with Rabbi Gliebe of Congregation Devar Emet about intermarriage and how Messianic Judaism needs to grow in clarity as it addresses identity, theology and community in the future.

⁠Some helpful resources:⁠

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠Devar Emet's Website⁠

To see our faces check out the podcast on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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Who is a Jew? And Who Gets to Decide?

Part 4 of 6 - Congregational Leader, Joshua Rubinstein, and his mother, Shari Rubinstein, have the privilege of talking with Rabbi Gliebe of Congregation Devar Emet about intermarriage and how Messianic Judaism needs to grow in clarity as it addresses identity, theology and community in the future.

Some helpful resources:

• ⁠⁠⁠Devar Emet's Website

To see our faces check out the podcast on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

For more information on our community visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bethyeshua.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Who is a Jew? And Who Gets to Decide?

Part 3 of 6 - Congregational Leader, Joshua Rubinstein, and his mother, Shari Rubinstein, have a long conversation on how intermarriage affects the Jewish identity of both parents and children. They also discuss recent statistics on Intermarriage from the Pew and Barna Research groups.

Some helpful resources:

• ⁠⁠Chabad's article on Matrilineal descent⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠The MJRC's article on conversion⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠My Jewish Learnings article on Patrilineal descent⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Beth Yeshua Sacramento's Halacha on Jewish Identity (at the bottom of the web page under "Who Does Beth Yeshua Consider Jewish?")⁠⁠

To see our faces check out the podcast on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

For more information on our community visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bethyeshua.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Who is a Jew? And Who Gets to Decide?

Part 2 of 6 - Congregational Leader, Joshua Rubinstein, and his mother, Shari Rubinstein, begin a deep dive into Jewish identity beginning with the standards of Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism - and along the way discuss some of their own journey of identity.

Some helpful resources:

• ⁠Chabad's article on Matrilineal descent⁠
• ⁠The MJRC's article on conversion⁠
• ⁠My Jewish Learnings article on Patrilineal descent⁠
• ⁠Beth Yeshua Sacramento's Halacha on Jewish Identity (at the bottom of the web page under "Who Does Beth Yeshua Consider Jewish?")⁠

To see our faces check out the podcast on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

For more information on our community visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bethyeshua.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Who is a Jew? And Who Gets to Decide?

Part 1 of 6 - Congregational Leader, Joshua Rubinstein, and his mother, Shari Rubinstein, begin a deep dive into Jewish identity beginning with the standards of Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism - and along the way discuss some of their own journey of identity.

Some helpful resources:

• Chabad's article on Matrilineal descent
• The MJRC's article on conversion
• My Jewish Learnings article on Patrilineal descent
• Beth Yeshua Sacramento's Halacha on Jewish Identity (at the bottom of the web page under "Who Does Beth Yeshua Consider Jewish?")

To see our faces check out the podcast on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

For more information on our community visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bethyeshua.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

To see our faces check out the podcast on our ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠.

For more information on our community visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠bethyeshua.org⁠⁠⁠

Congregational Leader, Joshua Rubinstein, discusses the willingness of Pinchas to die in his pursuit of righteousness.

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Josh and Shari debrief after the 2024 Summer UMJC Conference and talk about two important delegate votes.

Beth Yeshua Elder, Robert Emmert unpacks the scriptures that teach about humility and discusses how humility is a key toward unity for any spiritual community.

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Congregational Leader, Joshua Rubinstein, comments on Parasha Kukhat and how complaining is destructive to our relationship with God.

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To see our faces check out the podcast on our ⁠Spotify⁠ or ⁠YouTube⁠.

For more information on our community visit: ⁠⁠bethyeshua.org⁠

Part 2 of 2:

0. Introduce the structure of our podcast and then … Question of the day! If you were a Messianic super hero - what would your super power be and why?

1. I don’t find my mom’s writing in the latest Kesher unscholarly. It is amazingly detailed and well constructed.

2. There is a hierarchy of value when we study scripture:

1. Word of God, well translated (preponderance of usage should have priority), in context (audience, author, purpose)

2. Word of God, maybe well translated (so looking at the less used translations of words and phrases), not in context.

3. Apocryphal / Talmud / History / Commentary

3. Rabbi as a congregational office is not used in scripture - unless you use it only in it’s most basic meaning as a “teacher.” On the other hand, Elder, Overseer, Deacon etc. are all defined - and they are defined as male.

4. History - just because other people got it wrong, should we?

5. Does it fundamentally “devalue” women to not allow them to be the primary person spiritually accountable before Yeshua for the life of a spiritual community?

6. “Kosher” or “Treif?” We give “hot takes” as to whether or not we would consider this a “kosher” part of Messianic Judaism. For example: Street evangelism (like Jews for Jesus)? Or a female senior leader of a community who is wearing a tallit and a cross necklace on the homepage of their website? Or support for Israel in the war against Hamas and Hezbollah?

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Part 1 of 2:

Beth Yeshua's Congregational Leader, Joshua Rubinstein and his mother, Shari Rubinstein, share a bit of the history of their involvement with Messianic Judaism and then begin a discussion on the fact that the UMJC is voting on Ordination of Women as Rabbis during the upcoming 2024 Summer Conference.

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Beth Yeshua Elder, Robert Emmert, gives a sermon on the power of John 17.

This message was at the beginning of our corporate celebration of Shavuot as a way to prepare for a special time of celebrating The Ruach Ha'Kadosh.

Recorded at Beth Yeshua Messianic Congregation in Sacramento, CA

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