Rabbi David Rosenberg

Rabbi David grew up in a Jewish family in Passaic, NJ.  As a young man he had no knowledge of Yeshua.  One day while walking to synagogue he passed by a big church and walked in to see what it was like.  He was horrified to see the body of Jesus on a cross and left in a hurry, feeling very uncomfortable.

His brother Jan had several health issues, and one day announced to the family that he had found Jesus.  David was furious and when he stood up, Jan simply put his hands up and "something" threw David back against the wall.  His brother hadn't touched him at all.  Jan had been completely healed and David knew something was going on.   He wanted to know more.  He began to visit a Pentecostal church with his brother, accepted the Lord and was instantly cured from demonic thoughts about himself.  Rabbi David learned the importance of daily Bible devotions.

Eventually he and his wife Helene became the Rabbi and Rebetzin of Shuva Yisrael Congregation in Plainview, NY.   Two of their sons are Messianic Rabbis and one is an inhalation therapist in the Navy.

Today they are retired and live in the Chicago, IL area.  They are the proud grandparents of six children.

Dr. Gregory Silverman Returns!

Greg’s father was a Russian-Polish Jew and his mother is Italian-American.  Greg remembers accepting Yeshua while visiting his grandmother’s church at eight years of age. 

As a teenager and college student, Greg attended a wide variety of churches.  He also gained proficiency in gospel music during these years.  Greg graduated from college at the University of Massachusetts with a B.A. in both Vocal Jazz & Gospel Music as well as Psychology.

In 2001, while studying classical choral conducting for a Master’s degree at Temple University, Greg was invited by a friend to visit Congregation Beth Yeshua, one of the flagship Messianic synagogues in the United States.  From the moment he arrived, he felt spiritually as though he had “come home.” 

Greg ministered full-time at Congregation Beth Yeshua from 2004-2010.  In Summer of 2010, the Silverman family moved out west to Tucson, Arizona. Greg had been accepted with full scholarship into the prestigious University of Arizona doctoral program in Choral Conducting.  Dr. Greg Silverman completed the doctoral degree in December 2013.  He served as a Music Professor and Choral Conductor at Eastern University.  Dr. Greg presently is the President of his own ministry as well as the Director of Worship Arts at Desert Hope Lutheran Church in Tucson (www.deserthope.org).  As part of his work in Silverman Ministries, Inc., Dr. Greg offers worship concerts, recordings, and training for other worship leaders and artists.  Visit https://gregsilverman.com/about/ministry to learn more about Silverman Ministries, Inc.

Lisa Nesbitt Interview

Lisa and her husband Scott are the head of the musical group "The Nesbitts."  With ancestral origins from Scotland and Ireland nearly a millennia ago, The Nesbitts and their music ultimately migrated to America and settled in the Hills of Tennessee where, today, their Old World heritage continues to shape their songs.

Fronted by Scott Nesbitt on lead vocals and guitar, Lisa Nesbitt on tambourine and vocals, Megan Nesbitt on bass, guitar, and vocals, Sarah Nesbitt on violin and vocals, and Mikel Nesbitt on drums/percussion.

The Nesbitts’ debut album "Sweet Surrender" weaves a tapestry of musical influences that include Americana, Country Gospel, Scottish-Irish Roots and Messianic Mountain Soul to give the listener a rich and authentic worship experience.  

In this interview Lisa shares her faith journey and her love for the Jewish people.

Amy-Jill (AJ) Levine

Dr. Amy-Jill Levine was raised in a predominantly Catholic neighborhood in Massachusetts.  She grew up with an appreciation for many aspects of the Christian tradition, though she was raised in a Jewish home.She completed her undergraduate work at Smith College, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and held honors in both religion and English She earned her doctorate at Duke University.

She has held office in the Society of Biblical Literature, the Catholic Biblical Association, and the Association for Jewish Studies.

Her publications include The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus (HarperSanFrancisco, 2006), the edited collection, The Historical Jesus in Context (Princeton University Press, 2006), and the 14-volume Feminist Companions to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings (Continuum).  Dr. Levine has also written Jesus for Everyone:  Not Just Christians.

Dr. Levine does not yet profess a belief in Yeshua, but holds Him in high esteem and encourages others to do so.  

Paul and Arlene Samuels

Paul Leon Samuels is the son of Jewish refugees from the Russian pogroms under the Czar. Born in South Bronx, he is a proud first-generation American. The pain and challenges of his early life have given birth to his creative writing through poetry and books, as well as public speaking. He has traveled the world with World Vision, Mercy Ships, Messianic Jewish Alliance, and Youth With A Mission. Paul is a co-facilitator for peer-to-peer support groups, affiliated with the national Depression Bipolar Support Alliance. Arlene Bridges Samuels pioneered Christian outreach for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). After nine years she retired and later worked part-time with International Christian Embassy Jerusalem USA. Arlene is now an author at The Blogs-Times of Israel and writes a weekly column at CBN ISRAEL. She has often traveled to Israel, including being invited three times by Israel’ s Government Press Office to their annual Christian Media Summit. Read more of her articles on her CBN Israel blog. They are the joint authors of "Mental Health Meltdown," illuminating the voices of bipolar and other mental illnesses.

Joshua Pearsaul Interview

Joshua Pearsaul is the worship leader at Congregation Zion’s Sake Messianic Synagogue. At 28, he has a Bachelor’s Degree in Music and a Master’s of Science in Management. He has performed in choirs, musicals, operas, jazz bands, and various congregational worship settings. Joshua has released his own music on various streaming platforms, and looks to create much more in the days to come. He has a passion for leading and mentoring teams and individuals about life, music, God, band dynamics, and worship. His Joshua’s zeal to accomplish the Lord’s will for his life in Yeshua is his driving force.

BJ Harris Returns

BJ Harris was born in New York, but grew up in the south where he experienced much antisemitism. In college, he began doing drugs and writing music, taking up guitar as an alternative to going to classes. At 19 he accidentally found himself a teenage atheist in Israel, which had a profound affect on his life. In his senior year in college BJ had an encounter with the Spirit of the God he did not believe in, which turned him into a seeker of the supernatural, where he wandered through many experiences before a dramatic encounter with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob ended a 10 year journey seeking the way the truth, and the life!  BJ had the honor and privilege to lead Baht Rivka Whitten to the Lord many years ago. 

Ron Neumann Interview

Ron Neumann was born into a Jewish Home in NYC. His father was a Holocaust survivor, and his grandmother was murdered at the Auschwitz death camp. Ron served in Vietnam and received the combat infantryman’s badge. Later a co-worker at Sears led Ron to the Lord. He also attended Bible college and later formed a successful insurance company. 

During that time Ron also served as a voluntary missionary with Jews for Jesus. In 2017 the Lord led Ron to form the Jewish followers of Jesus ministry of which he serves as the Director of this exciting Evangelistic ministry. The primary focus of this ministry is to lead as many Jewish people to the Lord as possible. The ministryconducts many outreaches at the numerous art festivals in Florida and rents a booth at a Large Flea Market in Melbourne Florida Many Jewish and non-Jewish people have come to the Lord through this exciting ministry

Ron and his wife Linda currently live in Melbourne FL and in Israel.  They were evacuated by the state of Florida about eight days after the war began on October 7th 2023 

The ministry has just released a 4 1/2 minute professionally produced documentary that can be used to witness to Jewish people which includes an invitation to be saved.

Watch and share this movie

https://youtu.be/5d8K1oYd3pA

Please Visit his website  at  jfoj.org.

 

Patricia Solveson Interview

Patricia Solveson is a baby boomer and a former hippie who ended up in the new age movements and occultism.  

Trapped by dark powers that turned into a suicidal depression, she turned to the living God and He rescued her from the darkness and brought her into a new life that included sharing her new life through art.  Patricia took her art to Israel and fell in love with the people of Israel and began to paint murals of the Bible. She painted a 400 foot mural in Jerusalem where many people-  Jews and Gentiles-  come to visit.  Patricia is the author of “ArtCry Memoirs of a Mural Painter.”

Kathy Coombs Returns

Kathy grew up in a Roman Catholic household. Although she heard about God and Jesus, she had no idea if they were real.

That was about to change. On May 15th, 1979, her father suddenly and unexpectedly passed away. He was only 51 years old, and she was just 23. Devastated by his death, she began to search for God with all her heart, and she found Him.

Kathy gave her life to Jesus on March 31st, 1980, which happened to be the eve of Passover! Fast forward two years, and she was attending a Pentecostal church where a pastor from Israel came to speak.

His message was “Our Debt to the Jew.” While he was speaking, the power of the Holy Spirit came upon her, and she heard the Lord say to her, “I have called you to the Jew first.” At that very moment, Yeshua birthed a love for His people in her.

Since then, He has opened many effectual doors for Kathy to witness to Jewish people.

She visited Israel in 1988 and hopes to go back again one day. Kathy can truly testify that if you bless the Jew, you will be blessed.

Sonia Bihary Interview

Sonia Bihary majored in music at Oberlin College. She found the Lord and began writing songs to Him. She has been leading worship, beginning in churches and for the last 15 years at Tikvat Yisrael Messianic Synagogue in Cleveland, Ohio. She has a husband, Rick, who plays on her worship team, three sons, and four grandchildren. She also leads two prayer groups for Tikvat and for Israel. God is the strength of her life as she tministers to others.

Melanie Webster Returns

Melanie was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and is a graduate of Brooklyn College. At 23 years old, a Jewish friend showed her only from the Tenach that Jesus, Yeshua, was the Promised Messiah of Israel and the Savior of the world. Melanie moved to Israel 8 years ago with her husband, Gary. They are both believers in Yeshua. Melanie has been walking with the Lord for over 40 years!  Today we discuss her book “A Daughter of the Holocaust,” which tells her father’s story of survival during the Holocaust.  She uses her maiden name for the book, “Melanie Sol.”  Melanie is the mother of four children and a grandmother of three. 

Barri Cae Seif

It was great to talk to Barri. It had been several years since we had done an interview.

Messianic believer Barri Cae Seif (formerly Mallin) is an instructor, author, and theologian. She is also an Associate Professor and Director of Online Teaching Effectiveness with Grace Christian University. 

 

Barri holds a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Trinity Theological Seminary. She earned an MBA from Amberton University with a concentration in General Management. She earned a BA in Psychology at Stephens College.

Her published works include four devotionals, 
Intimate Moments with the Hebrew Names of God, The Name – HaShem Daily Devotional Worship, There’s Just Something About That Name, Midbar Missives, Wilderness Devotionals.

She currently resides in Ovilla, Texas, with her husband, Dr. Jeffrey L Seif. They are the proud parents of two kitty cats, Holly and Hodu. Their favorite past-time is riding Harley Davidson motorcycles. 

Garry Seligman Interview

Garry had a typical secular Jewish upbringing.  He attended Sunday school at a reformed congregation in the northeast, and had a couple years of Hebrew school but no bar mitzvah.   He stopped going to temple altogether at age 25, and didn’t go again until 33 years later, when an evangelical friend talked him into attending an Erev Shabbat service at a nearby Messianic congregation.  At that service, Garry received the invitation to know his  Messiah, and accepted.  That was the beginning of his spiritual journey, and according to Garry, “the adventure continues today…”

Cathy Lance Interview

Cathy fell in love with Yeshua as a young child and was raised in the Mormon faith. She always felt drawn to the Old Testament. As a child, she read itover and over multiple times, so in her mind, she felt like she was camping with the Israelites as they were traveling through the desert, so she just felt a realconnection to the Jewish people her whole life.

After a trip to Israel, sherealized that Yeshua was Jewish, and that she is Jewish in her heart. Cathy realizedthat Yeshua died for the whole world, and as a believer, if she really wanted to become Christ-like and become more like Yeshua, she needed to celebrate the holidays that Yeshua celebrated, speak the language that Yeshua spoke,and live the  lifestyle that Yeshua lived.

Cathy currently lives in Akron Ohio, works as a hospice chaplain and attends a Messianic synagogue in Cleveland Ohio. 

Austin Koustik Interview

Austin was raised within the Messianic movement in Southern California. His parents became believers in Yeshua soon after they got married, about ten years before they had Austin. He didn’t come to faith immediately, but the one defining aspect that made him come to faith and accept Yeshua was thinking about what is going to happen to him after he dies? That just got him to investigate the Scriptures and investigate the story of Yeshua and the Gospel. He made the decision when he was about 10 or 11 years old, and the rest is history. 

Lyn Rosen Bond

Lyn Rosen Bond retired as is a senior missionary at the San Francisco branch of Jews for Jesus. Lyn has a master's degree in Missiology with an emphasis in Jewish Studies from Fuller School of World Mission.  She is the daughter of the ministry’s founders, Moishe and Ceil Rosen.  Her service to the Lord through Jews for Jesus was in branches of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas and Chicago.  Lyn was one of the founding members of the Jews for Jesus Mobil Evangelistic Drama team, the New Jerusalem Players.  Lyn and her husband have two adult children a Son-in-law and two grandchildren.   Jews for Jesus is a missions organization on the forefront of Jewish evangelism. The ministry is reaching Jewish people for their Messiah in over a dozen cities around the world.

Aaron Abramson Interview

Aaron was raised in a Jewish family in Seattle before moving to Israel, where he attended an Orthodox Jewish seminary and served in the Israeli military. After his service, he embarked on a year-long physical and spiritual journey, during which he was challenged to read the New Testament and had a life-changing encounter with God. Motivated to help others experience similar transformations, he joined Jews for Jesus in 2000. Since then, Aaron has served as a missionary, director of recruitment, and New York director, where he launched the mission’s Young Adult Ministry and Massah, an outreach to Israeli backpackers. In 2019, he became a chief operating officer, and in 2024, Aaron was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Jews for Jesusworldwide. He holds a BA in Biblical and Intercultural Studies from All Nations Christian College in England and an MPA from New York University. Aaron and his wife, Victoria, have three children and currently reside in New York City.

Monica Di Francesco Interview

Monica Di Francesco is an author, certified trauma-informed emotional wellness coach and marriage mentor with a love for the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and His people. She facilitates weekly emotional wellness support groups and a monthly new moon/month meeting. 

Order her book here:  A Journey From Abuse to Abounding: Honour Your Feelings, Find Your Way, Spread Your Wings https://a.co/d/1Sl1p1J

Rabbi Paul Liberman Interview

Paul Liberman became a believer in the Messiah in 1971. He was instrumental in founding two Messianic Congregations; Beth Messiah Messianic Congregation in Washington, D.C. and Tree of Life in San Diego, California.  He also served as a congregational leader at Beit Asaph in Netanya, Israel, when he resided in the Land for nine years.  There, he was the Executive Director of The Joseph Project, Ltd. (humanitarian aid importer), and was elected Chairman of the Messianic Political Action Committee.  For five years, he served as the Executive Director of the International Messianic Alliance.  Paul was also the publisher of “The Messianic Times” newspaper for six years, a founding board member of MAOZ, Inc. (Israel) and is a past President of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America.  Currently he is the leader of Ohav Shalom Messianic Congregation in Palm Springs, California. He is the author of “The Fig Tree Blossoms” and “Don’t Call Me Christian.”

Ethel Chadwick Story

How did I learn about Yeshua?  In today’s broadcast I share my testimony and some original music. 

I grew up in a Jewish home in Richmond, VA and studied Hebrew for five years. I was always drawn to astrology and the occult. Even after singing Handel’s Messiah with the Richmond Symphony Chorus, I had no idea what it was all about as I had never read Isaiah 9. While attending college in Richmond, I was handed a tract that said “Jews for Jesus,” but I was scared and shocked to even look at it, and I threw it in the trash. A few years later here in Rochester, I met a lady who shared the gospel with me and I got up enough courage to look in a New Testament for the first time. I was delightfully surprised to find out that it had many references to King David and it was not anti-Semitic. I discovered that Yeshua said in Matthew 5:17 that He came to fulfill the law and not to change it and I learned that the last supper was a passover Seder and that the disciples were Jewish. I renounced and repented from participation with the occult and I accepted Yeshua into my heart in 1976. I have never looked back. 

Sally Klein O’Connor Again!

Sally Klein O'Connor is a Messianic Jew who studied music and graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston. Afterward, Sally served as a freelance writer/reviewer for the nationally distributed Music Connection Magazine. In November 1982 Sally met Michael, her husband, in a songwriting class. Drawn to each other's lyrics they began an unlikely collaboration from which sprang 3 daughters, many more songs, and a music ministry called Improbable People Ministries. In between concert tours, Sally currently hosts an internet TV show on HSBN (Holy Spirit Broadcasting Network) called "Love Stories," and leads a special project called A Tour of Roses, which is an international outreach of healing and reconciliation.