Brett Weiner Interview

I was once a Weiner too -- back in the early days LOL.   I met Brett over Facebook and he agreed to share his faith journey on Bagels and Blessings.  You'll enjoy some music honoring Yom Hashoah (Day of Remembrance) and the Israeli Independence Day too.   Lots of great music.  And here's a little bit about Brett:

Brett was raised Christian, but his grandparents were Orthodox Jews. When Brett was in his twenties, the Psalms and the prayer book pronouns became personal to him.  He was told that Abraham would have descendants that would be as numerous as the stars in heaven, and the sands on the seashore and that he could be one of them. He just needed to accept his seed which was one in the Messiah. He loves celebrating the Jewish holidays, especially the Feast of Tabernacles. 

Brett and his wife reside in West Springfield Massachusetts and have two adult sons who walk with the Lord.

Joel Chernoff - Back on Bagels and Blessings!

I was delighted to have another interview with Joel!  His parents, Martin and Yohanna Chernoff, were pioneers in the Messianic Movement!   

Joel Chernoff is General Secretary and CEO of Messianic Jewish Alliance of America (MJAA), the largest voice institution representing the Messianic Jewish community worldwide. He is founder and board chairman of The Joseph Project, the largest humanitarian aid importer in Israel, responsible for importing over $120 million worth of humanitarian aid, Executive Director of the Alliance for Israel Advocacy (AIA), the public policy arm of the MJAA, as well as Executive Director of MJAA Ethiopian Relief, which ministers to the Jews of Ethiopia and working towards their final exodus to Israel. He is also senior Vice-President of International Messianic Jewish Alliance (IMJA), which encompasses national Alliances in 16 countries.

Prior to his work with the MJAA, he was founder, composer, and lead singer for LAMB, a contemporary Messianic Jewish music group, that pioneered and popularized the genre of music known today as Messianic Praise and Worship. LAMB has recorded 12 albums that has sold hundreds of thousands of recordings with numerous songs on the Top 10 Contemporary Christian Music charts in the1970s and 80s. He and his wife, Myriam Levy Chernoff, live in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

To order his book, "The Daily Nosh," please click here:

https://dailynosh.us/

Today's show also features music from the group LAMB and other Joel Chernoff tunes as well!  Enjoy!!!

Dalia Cohen Interview

Today's pre-recorded show featured an interview with a sweet Messianic believer, Dalia Cohen.  May you be encouraged as you hear her journey of faith!

Enjoy music from Jonathan Settel, Ted Pearce, Greg Silverman, Sarah Liberman, Elana Watson, Joel Chernoff and Beckah Shae.

God bless you all and keep the faith!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hadassah Berne Interview

Hooray!   I found another talented Messianic recording artist!   You will love her music and this fun interview!

Hadassah Berne is a Messianic Jewish singer and songwriter. As a nice Israeli Cuban-American Jewish girl, Hadassah's music reaches out to Jewish people in every part of the world, and non-Jews alike, pointing to the redemptive power of Yeshua, and the restoration of Israel.

 

Hadassah has opened for and sung with world renown Messianic Recording artists, Paul Wilbur, Ted Pearce and Phil Klein.

 

She also sang the National Anthem at various events hosted by City of Miami's mayor and city commissioners.

 

In Israel, Hadassah held concerts in Tel-Aviv, at venues such as the Gospel Café Outreach Center, and in Chosen People Ministries both in Tel-Aviv and Netanya.

 

While living in Israel, she was blessed to have warmed the hearts of Holocaust survivors with her music. She also led worship at her congregation there.

It's Father's Day weekend, so I threw in a couple of cool songs from Aaron Shust (Zion) and Joel Chernoff (Lay Your Hands on Me).

Enjoy!!!

 

© 2020 Hadassah Berne Music. All Rights Reserved.

Randy Katz Again!

Decided to re-air our 2007 interview together!  Randy has been playing piano for me as I lead worship for many years and is a dear brother in the Lord!

Originally from Middletown, NY, Rand (Randy to most people) attended the University of Rochester and decided to stay and make Rochester, NY his home.  He has been part of the Messianic movement in Rochester, NY since the 70s. He's an accomplished keyboardist and has played at Jewish functions all over the Rochester area and is on the worship team at Congregation Shema Yisrael in Rochester. We chat about his testimony and have fun during this interview!

Also enjoy great music from Joshua Aaron, Joel Chernoff, Sue Samuel, Marty Goetz and more!

Kamal Saleem Part 1

I had a wonderful opportunity to meet Kamal Saleem in November when I went to the Messianic Leaders Roundtable in Phoenix, AZ.   He is a wonderful man.   You will love hearing his story.   I aired part one today and will air part two next week.

Kamal was born to a large Sunni Muslim family in the heart of the Middle East. Kamal was recruited by the Muslim Brotherhood at an early age and completed his first mission to Israel at the age of seven. Kamal was also recruited by the Palestinian Liberation Organization (The PLO) and other radical Muslim groups. Kamal left his family and home in the Middle East as a young man to enter his mission field: the United States. He brought with him a tremendous passion to convert as many Christians and Jews as possible for the glory of Allah. He implemented his plan, and worked effectively in what we now know as “Stealth” cultural Jihad (Al-Kitmen). Kamal came to faith in Messiah Yeshua and now his hearts cry is to reach a lost and oppressed people with education, relationship, and prayer through the truth and liberty of Yeshua. His ministry is teaching the redeeming power of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Their mission is to see ISHMAEL REDEEMED.

Eric Tokajer --- Again With Pleasure!

Back by popular demand --- it's a bird, it's a plane --- it's a Rabbi, Father, Husband, Friend and amazing author Eric Tokajer!!!

Rabbi Eric was raised in a traditional Jewish home. After his bar mitzvah, he began to study the Hebrew Scriptures more closely which brought many questions to his mind. Questions like if a sacrifice had to be made once a year on Yom Kippur to cover the sins of Israel from year to year how were those sins covered now. When he was unable to find answers from the different rabbis that he asked, he became an agnostic. 

While serving in the US Navy, Rabbi Eric was challenged by a believer in Yeshua to study the Scriptures until he found answers within them. While searching the Hebrew Scriptures, Rabbi Eric found belief in Yeshua as the promised Messiah of Israel which brought answers to all of the questions he had. It is now over 33 years ago. 

Since then Rabbi Eric studied to become an ordained Rabbi in the IAMCS (International Alliance of Messianic Congregations and Synagogues). He has served as a Rabbi in Mobile, Alabama. He also helped to establish five synagogues across the Gulf Coast in Slidell, Louisiana; Bayou La Batre, Alabama; Spanish Fort, Alabama; Navarre, Florida, and Brit Ahm Messianic Synagogue in Pensacola, Florida, where he serves as Rabbi today. Rabbi Eric has been married for 36 years to his wife Pammy.

In addition to God Has No Plan B, Rabbi Eric has written; With Me in Paradise, Transient Singularity, #ManWisdom, OY! How Did I Get Here?,Thirty-One Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before Entering Ministry, and Jesus is to Christianity as Pasta is to Italians.

Enjoy the great music too!!!!

More Music, Less Talk

Sometimes ya just gotta kick back and hear music -- lots and lots of music!!   Today's show featured music from Jonathan Settel, Joshua Aaron, Sally Klein O'Connor, Miqedem, Baht Rivka Whitten, Paul Wilbur, Avner & Rachel Boskey, Joel Chernoff, Ted Pearce, Craig Taubman and The Schleps --- but not necessarily in that order.

Enjoy dahling, enjoy!!

Hope Edelstein Interview

I finally got to interview Hope Edelstein!   She is the sister of Joel and Rabbi David Chernoff and has her own wonderful story to share of growing up in the Chernoff household!

This show features music of Jonathan Settel, Joel Chernoff, Beckah Shae, Deborah Kline & Vince Iantorno and Sue Samuel.

You'll love hearing how God uses this amazing woman of God.  Hope has been instrumental in training up the youth in the Messianic movement, as well as planning  many conferences for the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America.

Enjoy!!

Rabbi Ron Goldberg in the Studio - Again!

Today was so much fun!   Once again my dear friend Rabbi Ron Goldberg joined me in the studio!  But first I shared some music from Jonathan Settel, Sally Klein O'Connor, Joel Chernoff, Marty Goetz and Beckah Shae!

Today we discussed what it was like going to the deprogrammer (someone who tried to convince him that Jesus was NOT the Messiah) and how God has been working in his life!

He is about to go to Africa to teach on Israel.   Keep him him in your prayers!

Be sure to visit his website:  Ron Goldberg Ministries

Irving Salzman Interview

So...did you hear the one about the Rabbi?   LOL --- Here is a wonderful program with guest Rabbi Irving Salzman.   You will enjoy great music from Sue Samuel, Barry & Batya Segal, Jonathan Settel, Deborah Kline & Vince Iantorno, Israel's Hope and Joel Chernoff!   And of course The Schleps!

I love hearing stories of how a Jew finds his Messiah.   You will be blessed!!!

 

More Music, Less Talk!

Today's show is loaded with fabulous music!   You'll enjoy songs from Jonathan Settel, Greg Silverman, Corry Bell & Lev Shelo, Natasha Kraus-Reynolds, Elana Watson, Beckah Shae, Joel Chernoff, Carlos Perdomo, The Schleps, Rivka Whitten, Joshua Aaron and Philip Stanley Klein!

Enjoy, dahling, enjoy!

Myriam Levy Chernoff Interview

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to chat with Myriam Levy Chernoff, wife of Joel Chernoff and VP of the Messianic Alliance of Mexico.   We had a great conversation and she shared her story of coming to faith in Yeshua.

Myriam was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She came from a broken family, her mother left when she and her siblings were small children. This suffering caused her to want nothing to do with God, she had no interest at all in Him.

But in 1992, when she was 21 years old, a friend of her father’s invited them to a Messianic Synagogue. Levy Chernoff says, “It was there that I knew for the first time that God loved me and that He had plans for my life, my heart was deeply touched, and I learned  about who Yeshua was and why we need a Messiah, and my life was transformed. The best thing that has happened to me is to have given my life to Yeshua!!!”

Very soon after she also understood her call to share this beautiful message with her Jewish people, and since then that has been her priority in life! In the years since that fateful visit to a Messianic Synagogue her life living in Mexico has been about sharing Yeshua with the Jewish community. After becoming a believer in 1992, she became a member of the Yeshua Ben David Messianic Synagogue in Guadalajara and she worked as a real estate agent.

After becoming a believer she became a member of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of Mexico (AJMM). Later she became a part of the leadership and has served a few times she president of the organization. Levy Chernoff currently serves the AJMM as vice president.

Since 1992 (every 3 months) Levy Chernoff has written articles for the magazine “Chalutzim," the official voice of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of Mexico, which can be read at www.ajmm.org.mx.
 
In 1992, she began to attend “Mashiach” (the Messiah Conference),  the National Conference of the AJMM and has never missed one since!

In 1997, she became a vice president of the International Messianic Jewish Alliance (IMJA), and is still serving at the moment as one of the vice presidents.

In 2000, she went to Israel and worked as a volunteer for a few weeks in Ebenezer Home in Haifa, which is a home for elderly people that are Messianic believers.

In 2007, she visited Argentina, and for two months she shared about Messiah every day with Jewish non-believers. I gave each of them a book from Rabbi Paul Liberman, who at that time was was the Executive Director of the IMJA. It was a wonderful experience, most of those she ministered to were very open to know about Yeshua. She is still in communication with all of them, some have since become believers!

In 2015, she married Joel Chernoff, the General Secretary of the MJAA, and she is thankful to God to be so blessed!

Today's show is full of great music by  Joel Chernoff, Zemer Levav, Jonathan Settel and Liberated Wailing Wall.

Pastor Ron Mathis Interview

What a fun time in the studio today!   Pastor Ron Mathis was my guest.   We had a lot of fun and heard some wonderful music too.   You'll enjoy artists like Paul Wilbur, Corry Bell & Lev Shelo, Joel Chernoff, Jonathan Settel, New Jerusalem and Phil Klein!

Suffragan Bishop Mathis is a Bishop in good standing with the Pentecostal Churches of the Apostolic Faith Association Incorporated. He is a member of the New York, Pennsylvania, New England States Council under the leadership of Bishop Clarence Turner.
    
Mathis is the pastor of New Beginnings Apostolic Faith Church, located at 1511 Dewey Avenue in Rochester. He teaches at Rochester Institute of Christian Education, which is affiliated with Roberts Wesleyan College.
    
Currently Mathis visits Congregation Shema Yisrael on the Sabbath day and loves the teaching ministry of Rabbi Jim Appeal and the powerful messianic worship songs.
   
Bishop Mathis has been given the honor of working with the Jewish and Christian Community on the upcoming Holocaust Remembrance Day. This event will be taking place in the spring of 2017. 
   
Mathis is the husband to Marilyn of 31 years and the father to Dr. Myra.

Vinu Goldberg Interview

Today was the first time I ever aired an interview of someone who was raised in the Hindu faith and came to know Yeshua!

You've heard many interviews with Rabbi Ron Goldberg, now hear from his "better half," Vinu!

Vinu was raised in a Hindu family in Oneonta, NY. When she was a teenager, Vinu took a job at Burger King. Although it was not the place you’d expect to find someone from a Hindu family, God was clearly leading her steps.

Vinu began a friendship with Theresa, a Christian co-worker at Burger King. Theresa was going through a very tough time in life, but had a peace that caught Vinu’s attention. Also, one day at work many people talked to her about a special event at a local park. Vinu had no idea what this event was, but since so many people talked about it, Vinu attended this special event.

The stories Vinu heard that day opened her eyes to what Yeshua did for her. As a result, Vinu began a journey with Yeshua that continues to this day. In 1992 God arranged Vinu’s marriage to Ron Goldberg, a Messianic Jewish rabbi working at Congregation Shema Yisrael.

Enjoy the music of Jonathan Settel, Paul Wilbur, Israel's Hope and Joel Chernoff!

Jeanne Nigro Interview

This week I had the privilege of interviewing Jeanne Nigro, a sweet woman of God.  Jeanne is a frequent speaker at conferences, retreats and congregations, and her blogs are featured regularly with the Messianic Times and Messianic Jewish Alliance of America (MJAA). She is the founder of Jeanne Nigro Ministries, which seeks to transform lives around the world through a more intimate relationship with God. The ministry provides teaching and tools to enable believers to receive healing from the lies they have believed about God and themselves, so that they can experience more of His love, wisdom and power in their life.

Prior to her teaching ministry, Jeanne worked in the corporate world for seventeen years as an organizational change consultant. Jeanne and her family reside in Plano, Texas and attend both Bat Zion Messianic Congregation and Prestonwood Baptist Church. Her passion in ministry comes from the healing work that God has done in her own life and her desire to share what she has learned and experienced with others.
Whether she is bringing truths to life from Tanakh, healing strongholds of the heart or preparing believers for the Millennium, her teachings are relevant, practical and life-transforming. Jeanne propels her audiences into an excitement and readiness for Yeshua's return and fosters an experience of greater intimacy with Him. She is passionate about mobilizing the body of Messiah out of their state of fear, passivity and apathy during these uncertain times and into action and purpose. Jeanne's latest book, "Unafraid in these End Times," will be released by Destiny Image in August, 2016.

Paul Wilbur, a well-known Integrity Recording Artist, had this to say about Jeanne, "Healing of the inner man is a life mission for Jeanne Nigro. She has invested many years of research together with volumes of solid Biblical instruction to produce the life-changing teachings she now brings. I have personally attended her classes and have witnessed the eager involvement and results of hurting people. I highly recommend Jeanne and her insights to anyone desiring to walk away from the past and move into freedom".

You'll also enjoy the music of Beckah Shae, Nate Benjamin, Sue Samuel, Joel Chernoff, Marty Goetz and John Waller.

Jack Wasson Interview

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A few weeks ago I received a large box in the mail filled with books -- I had no idea why or what was happening!   I saw books called "Don't Call Me Christian," and noticed it was the story of Paul Liberman as told to Jack Wasson.   I began reading and couldn't put it down!

Today I had the privilege to speak with Jack about his faith and his book.  As noted, Jack is co-author with Rabbi Paul Liberman of the book "Don't Call Me Christian" about Rabbi Liberman's life in faith. As an author, Jack's first book was "No Rapture."

Jack Wasson has been a student of the Bible since he was a teenager. In 1972, he graduated from Southwestern Assemblies of God College, Waxahachie, Texas. In 1979, he graduated magna cum laude from the University of Texas, Arlington, with multiple bachelor's degrees that included modern European History, International Political Science and Psychology. He served in the Army as an officer in military intelligence. As an independent businessman, he has worked in real estate and oil development, construction and finance. He has been actively involved in evangelistic and missions work since 1965 and frequently travels to the Middle East.

Also enjoy some great music by Marty Goetz, Joel Chernoff, Nate Benjamin and Jeremiah.

Really Cool Music

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Shalom!   Hope you're doing well!   Today's show was pretty laid back.   I was grooving to the sounds of Sharon Wilbur, Joel Chernoff, Rachel Washington, Jonathan Settel, Natasha Kraus-Reynolds, Nate Benjamin and Paul Wilbur, not necessarily in that order.   I have to say, when you hear wonderful praise music like this you just can't be depressed -- the words, the music, the rhythms - they all take you to a better place, where God is still on the throne and prayer changes things!

Got a sweet call from my BFF, Diane Beaudoin, and she shared how the Lord healed and strengthened her family.

Hope you will be blessed!

Every day of your life is an opportunity to be a blessing to someone!

Shalom,

Ethel

Erin Kühn Interview

Erin Kuhn was born and raised in Ontario, Canada. The oldest of two, Erin was home schooled all the way from Kindergarten to Grade 12. At a young age, Erin wanted to serve God and for most of her life she has been involved in ministry of some kind - mainly ministering to children and youth. Four years ago, Erin discovered the richness of the Torah and began keeping the Sabbath on the 7th day and the Biblical feasts of Leviticus. In 2011, Erin started a website for Messianic singles to be able to meet other like-minded singles for the purpose of marriage. In 2012, she met Jan-Willem on Messianic Singles and in July of 2013, they were married in South Africa. Erin's heart is to see other singles find their life-mate and to help singles prepare for marriage spiritually, physically and financially.

Try it out and see for yourself:  http://www.messianicsingles.webs.com/.

You'll also enjoy the wonderful music of Jonathan Settel, Ted Pearce, Joshua Aaron, Joel Chernoff, Corry Bell & Lev Shelo and The Schleps!

Ethel Chadwick Testimony

What's a nice Jewish girl like me doing in a place like this?   How did I get here?   I had so much fun putting this program together.   You'll hear a little music, I'll talk a little, then more music, more talk, etc.   You get the picture.   By the hour's end you will have heard great music from artists like Lamb, Jonathan Settel, Ted Pearce, Avner & Rachel Boskey, Rachel Washington, Liberated Wailing Wall, Marty Goetz and Joel Chernoff, and you will have heard how a nice Jewish girl from Richmond, Virginia found her Messiah!

Plus some beautiful instrumental tracks by Tamrah Alexander and Corry Bell/Lev Shelo!

For more info or to contact me, please write me at bagelsandblessings@gmail.com.   Enjoy!