Hassidic Ministry

Last week a co-worker and I went to Williamsburg, Brooklyn to a Hassidic neighborhood.  We went to the 21st floor of this building working our way down knocking on every door that had a meh·zoo'·zeh  (Jewish religious article put on the doorpost of homes).  If no one answered we left a Yiddish tract with Isaiah 53 which has a phone number for those who may want more information about Jesus. 

 This photo was taken in the Subway Station of the F Train on our way to Washington Square Park to hand-out Gospel Broadsides.  It is always striking to see these "Old World" people in urban settings.

Taken from our vehicle as we were about to leave Williamsburg.

Have you heard about this 

book by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach?

 

The Jewish community is very upset at the publication of Rabbi Boteach's latest writing.  However, this book is a great evangelism tool for us.  Last week we sat in an Israeli restaurant on 34th St.  We put a copy of the book on our table hoping to engage someone in a conversation about Jesus.  And we did!  The Israeli owner of the restaurant said, "He (Rabbi Boteach) eats here."  We engaged in a 10 minute conversation about the identity of Messiah.  Please pray that  Eli will investigate the Hebrew Scriptures for himself.  He told us, "I wait for the Rabbis to tell me who Messiah is".

Giants Ticker Tape Parade

This morning at 7:30 we arrived at the Jews for Jesus Branch.   Our team loaded bags with "Super Bowl" Broadsides and headed down to Battery Park where the Parade would begin on Broadway at 11 am.  Our team handed out 8,625 broadsides today.  Please pray God will bear fruit from our efforts.

Please Pray

It is a unique season of history in the American Messianic Movement.  We are witnessing the cold  chill of apathy among young Jewish people.  The age group of 20-35 are just not interested.  And worse most are not opposed to our faith.  We are accustom to seeing young business men sneer at us, call us names and curse us out.  Recently what we hear is "no thank-you" with a smiling face.  We Jewish believers in Jesus are no longer seen as a threat to this demographic of young Jewish people.  Why?  They just don't care.  The politically correct notion of tolerance has created a generation of polite passivity.

On the other side of the fence are the Ultra Orthodox Hassidic people.  They are more and more threatened by us. Why?  Because some of them are coming to faith.  In our circle of influence alone we know of nearly ten Hassidic persons who have either professed faith or are actively studying the claims of Jesus.  Both Stewart and I (Shosh) regularly interact with Hassidic persons.  In past years we found these Hassidic to be the most violent and verbally abusive towards us.  These days we are often surprised how quickly  they take our literature.  It generally takes years for Hassidic persons to profess faith.  After all, they have everything to lose.

Please pray!   Our Jewish people desperately need to know the salvation Jesus offers.  We covet your prayers as we press on here in NYC.

On the Streets Today

Today a co-worker, Sam and I (Shosh) handed out Gospel tracts on the upper west side which is a very Jewish area.  Please pray for the many Jewish people we spoke with today.  Pray they will read the literature we gave them and consider the Messiahship of Jesus. 

Check out a new Facebook Page, "Two Jewish Mothers"   Please "Like" our page.  Another missionary and I (Shosh)  have started this social media campaign to interact with the Jewish Community. Our hope is that in the spring we will set up seats in public parks here in Manhattan and Brooklyn to "give advice" and have a platform from which to share the Gospel.   Please keep us in prayer as we continue to promote this on Facebook and Twitter.  You can follow us on Twitter: 2jewishmothers.  We are not using our "real names" we are just, "Two Jewish Mothers" so please do not mention our names if you interact with us on the Facebook page.

2 Tim. 2:12