Jonathan Goldberg Interview

It was great meeting Jonathan over the phone.  He has a very interesting story.   Here's a little background:

Jonathan grew up in a Messianic Jewish home. But he made his own choice to follow Yeshua. One evening, while on a pre-army trip with a friend in 1981 – Jonathan was curious to know: If there was a God, why the world was in such a mess? The answer, when it came was quiet and simple… As he sincerely internalized his guilt in the mess, he was overwhelmed by the understanding that the great Creator-of-the-universe loves him wants him and KNOWS him – And so, that night, he gave his Maker EVERYTHING – whoever he thought he was; art, sports – EVERYTHING – he gave Him the “keys” to his life. He put his faith in Yeshua and handed his life over to Him, as his Master. He was AMAZINGLY transformed!

Jonathan and Faith Goldberg serve in Haifa Israel. 

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!!!

Shoshanna Meyerson Interview

Here's a fun interview with Shoshanna Meyerson.  Shoshanna was raised Catholic and as a young woman, she went to an Evangelical service at a Presbyterian Church, and while there she met the Messiah. She was radically transformed and cleansed.  Later she married a Jewish man, Rabbi Andy, and discovered the Jewish roots of her faith. She has had many miraculous experiences. God is doing exciting things at their multiple congregations in the Carolinas today.

Enjoy wonderful music from Lamb, Israel's Hope, Rivka Whitten, Avner and Rachel Boskey, Karen Davis, and Liberated Wailing Wall.

Steven Kaplan Interview

Today's show featured great music from Jonathan Settel, Craig Taubman, Joshua Aaron, Lamb, The Schleps, Paul Wilbur, Sarah Liberman and Ted Pearce.  I shared a pre-recorded interview with Steven Kaplan.

Steven is the president of Jewish Outreach International. He is a Jewish believer in Yeshua, a licensed Southern Baptist Minister and ministers throughout the world. Since 1998, Steven has challenged millions with his evangelistic clothing. He has personally distributed over 600,000 Gospel materials in 28 countries and has prayed with hundreds of Jews and gentiles to receive Yeshua.

Steven has been certified, by the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, as an Interfaith Evangelism Specialist on Judaism.

Steven has recently published a book about his experiences called "God Stories From the Jewish Mission Field." 

 

 

Carol Plantarich Interview

Carol was once a member of the popular Messianic singing group Kol Simcha!   Since 1992 she has been the secretary at Congregation Beth Yeshua in Philadelphia, PA.

Learn more about this nice Jewish lady who found her faith in Yeshua --- and enjoy some wonderful music from Kol Simcha, Kathy Shooster, Joshua Aaron, Sarah Liberman, Lamb, Jonathan Settel, The Schleps, Natasha Kraus Reynolds -- and more!!!

Lots of Music!!

Sometimes you just want to kick back and hear more music!   I get that, I really do.   So today's show has MORE music and LESS talk!

That's right, no interview today.   Just an hour of some of your favorites from artists like Beckah Shae, Ted Pearce, Paul Wilbur, Barry & Batya Segal, Deborah Kline Iantorno, Corry Bell and Jonathan Settel!!!

Enjoy dahling, enjoy!!!!

Burt Rosenberg Interview

What fun to have Burt Rosenberg back on Bagels and Blessings!   Burt grew up in a Jewish home and along the way found faith in Yeshua.   He is known as a "joy spritzer," spreading love and joy wherever he goes.   Today's show will both entertain and inspire you.

Enjoy great music from Miqedem, Paul Wilbur, Lamb, Jonathan Settel, Rivka Whitten, The Schleps and Itzhak Perlman.

 

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!

Ira Goldberg Interview

How exciting to have Ira back on Bagels and Blessings!   Here is a little bit about Ira: 

He is the son of Jewish parents Sam and Sylvia Goldberg, was born in the Bronx in 1952 and raised in New Jersey. He became a believer on Jan. 27, 1997. Ira became a Messianic broadcaster "thanks to Ethel Chadwick," first as a guest then he sat in for Ethel. He moved to South Carolina in 2007, where he previously attended Adon Olam Messianic Congregation and co-hosted a radio show called "Down Home Shalom" with AJ Sizemore.

Ira currently attends Beit Shiloh in Asheville and Spartanburg. He is now the co-host of the podcast "Jew and Gentile One in Messiah" with pastor Alton Stone of the Donaldson Church of God, Greenville, South Carolina.

We had a lot of fun in today's broadcast, plus you will enjoy music from Jonathan Settel, Lamb, Corry Bell & Lev Shelo, Greg Silverman, Steve McConnell and the Schleps!

Melissa Moskowitz Interview

Melissa Moskowitz is a dear friend and a strong believer in Yeshua.   I was honored to speak with her a few days ago.  Here is some info about her:

Melissa Moskowitz has been a part of Jews for Jesus since 1975. She was born and raised in the Bronx and came to believe in Yeshua while in college. She moved to Brooklyn with her husband Jhan (the late North American Director of Jews for Jesus) when the branch opened in January 2007. Throughout her 36 years of service with the ministry she's had the opportunity to use her giftings in youth and young adult work, publications, photography and for the past 13 years in young adult ministry. Now from their 108-year old Victorian home in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn, Melissa holds Shabbat fellowships for young adult students and professionals, as well as other events which include food, fellowship and the Word.

You'll enjoy some great music too -- Joel Chernoff, Sue Samuel, Lamb, Jonathan Settel, Corry Bell & Lev Shelo and Ted Pearce!

Terri Gillespie Interview

Today I welcomed Terri back to Bagels and Blessings.   What a fun interview!  Terri Gillespie is a wife, mother, grandmother, author and speaker. She is the head writer for the Restoration of Israel Minute heard on 25 stations in 11 states and Canada. Terri has also contributed to several other books, magazines and newspapers over the years. She published her first book, Making Eye Contact with God: A Women's Devotional, in 2008; and released her first novel, The Hair Mavens: She Does Good Hair, on October 1st.

Making Eye Contact with God is a weekly devotional for women only. It enables the reader to see God in a new and fresh way. Using real-life anecdotes, combined with scripture, the book reveals God's heart for women everywhere, and softly speaks of the ways in which women see God.
Gillespie's newest work, She Does Good Hair, is about a chic hairdresser on the fast-track to salon fame who is yanked back to her hometown when she inherits a rundown salon with three beauticians stuck in the '80s and certain to make her life a tangled mess. Only God could bring four of the most unlikely women together in a friendship that will cause a change in each of their lives— if they don't kill each other first!

For more information about Terri Gillespie, visit www.terrigillespie.net.

Today's program featured the music of Jonathan Settel, Beckah Shae, Craig Taubman, Debbie Chernoff, Lamb, the Schleps and Sean Spicer.