Category: Messianic Jews

A congregation of Messianic Jews in Israel who recently lost a lawsuit against an ultra-orthodox Jewish group that allegedly incited a riot against them has decided not to appeal their case, the church’s pastor has said.

After meeting with his congregation and members of the Messianic community in Israel, Howard Bass, pastor of Yeshua’s Inheritance church in Beer Sheva, said that although there are strong legal grounds for an appeal, he believes it is not God’s will to do so.

A crude bomb, burned Bibles, a torched church… Israeli Jews who claim they believe Jesus is the Messiah are subject to harassment, persecution and police indifference.

A group of Messianic Jews had experienced occasional harassment in the form of hostile fliers and demonstrations against Christian missionary groups. But the police investigation into a recent bomb attack indicates that they now must also fear religious-based terror.