Greetings Union Friends,
In 1899, Charles Holland Duel, Commissioner of the US Patent Office, (supposedly) said: “Everything that can be invented has been invented.” I was shocked that someone in his position could say such a thing, so I was pleased to learn later he was misquoted. Believing as I do that the future belongs to those who dream and strive, accepting the status quo doesn’t abide with me. For me, it’s all about forward!
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Ben Volman’s 2023 drash on Parashat Ki Tavo, entitled "When the Way Seems Uncertain" won the Canadian national 2024 Word Award for best Digital [online] Inspirational Devotional.
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During this time of trial for Israel, leaders in the UMJC are showing solidarity by visiting in person. Executive Director Dr. Jeffrey Seif and his wife, Barri Cae, recently returned from Israel, as did UMJC Rabbi Michael Kashdan. Jeff Seif’s brief report is followed by a longer account by Rabbi Kashdan.
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As representatives of the global Messianic Jewish movement and in solidarity with the greater Jewish community, we affirm our standing with Israel in defense of our homeland. Our hearts are broken to see this present evil perpetrated against Israel. The current war against Israel has united the people of Israel and we stand united with them.
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Jews and their allies from across America converged at the National Mall in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, November 14, to make a three-fold statement: support for Israel in its war against Hamas, a demand for immediate release of all hostages, and opposition to the dramatic rise in antisemitism.
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Amid mounting opposition to Israel’s defensive war against Hamas, and a sharp rise in antisemitic activity in the US and beyond, major Jewish organizations are calling for a “March for Israel” on Tuesday, November 14.
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A federal jury on August 2 voted to sentence Robert Bowers to death for killing 11 worshipers at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. In June, the jury found Bowers, 50, guilty of dozens of federal hate crimes in a trial held at the U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh in western Pennsylvania.
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Sandra Sheskin Brotman entered into her eternal rest peacefully surrounded by family and friends on Monday, May 29, 2023. Sandra, a matriarch in the Messianic Jewish movement, was full of life, passionate about her faith, and rarely missed an opportunity to share the love of Yeshua with others.
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US Special Envoy Deborah Lipstadt cited the Haggadah in a recent interview to explain why increased engagement with antisemitism won’t necessarily lead to a decrease in attacks: “The authors of the Passover Haggadah, one of our oldest texts, recognized hundreds of years ago that ‘in every generation there are those who rise up to destroy us,’ which is why historians talk about antisemitism as the oldest hatred.”
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Chaim Urbach passed away on March 10 after a long struggle with declining health. He was born and raised in Israel, where he came to know Yeshua early in life under the influence of his parents, Eliezer and Sara. The family immigrated to North America in 1964, and eventually settled in Denver, where he met and married his beloved Joy, and devoted himself to Messianic Jewish ministry as an esteemed leader and mentor.
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Mark Greenberg departed to be with Yeshua Friday night, January 13, after a brave, two-year struggle with vascular disease. He was the rabbi of Shalom Rome, a UMJC-affiliated congregation in Rome, Georgia, from 2016 until the Covid pandemic and his condition led to his medical retirement in 2020. Mark was also a cofounder of the Tree of Life Bible Society along with his wife, Daniah.
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"Silence is complicity. We must not remain silent. And I made no bones about it from the very beginning: I will not be silent. America will not be silent." President Joe Biden made these remarks in a speech before guests assembled in the White House's Entrance Hall for a Hanukkah holiday reception on December 19.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to take aim at former President Donald Trump on November 29 over his decision to host Ye (Kanye West) and white supremacist Nick Fuentes for dinner last week at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
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David Stern economist, surfer, bodybuilder, messianic author, professor and theologian “retired” from his indefatigable service to our Messiah Yeshua on Shabbat in Jerusalem. David was a chief architect of the modern Messianic Jewish movement, and his pervasive presence can be seen through an abundance of citations to his works, his teachings, and his lectures.
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Speaking at a September 12 joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid condemned Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas for recent comments accusing Israel of perpetrating “Holocausts” against Arabs.
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Dozens of neo-Nazi demonstrators rallied outside a conservative conference in Florida on July 23, where they reportedly waved Nazi flags and swastikas, displayed antisemitic caricatures, and distributed antisemitic leaflets outside the building where the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit was taking place in Tampa.
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At its biennial General Assembly, the Presbyterian Church-USA adopted a resolution “On Recognition that Israel’s Laws, Policies, and Practices Constitute Apartheid Against the Palestinian People.” Critics noted the location of the conference in Louisville, Kentucky, where eight months ago, an antisemitic gunman attempted to murder a Jewish member of the City Council.
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Ikar, a well-known Los Angeles synagogue, was targeted in an antisemitic attack, with swastikas scratched onto its office windows overnight May 26 or 27. Synagogue officials called the incident distressing but "unfortunately not surprising," noting an uptick in antisemitic acts in the last several years.
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Antisemitic incidents tracked in the 2021 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents by the Anti-Defamation League reached an all-time high of 2,717 in the United States last year.
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The UMJC is monitoring news each month on the growing issue of antisemitism worldwide, to raise awareness and advocacy among our members and supporters.
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