List of Messianic Jews and Hebrew Christians

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Messianic Jews and Hebrew-Christians are mostly persons who consider themselves to be Jewish by birth, ancestry, or culture, but believe that Jesus (whom Messianic Jews generally call Yeshua) is the Messiah, a position rejected by all recognized branches of Judaism. The two movements are distinct but have certain similarities, and there is some overlap between them. Members of congregations and organizations specifically affiliated with the self-described Messianic Jewish movement, which seeks to express its faith in Yeshua in ways that are recognizably "Jewish," generally call themselves Messianic Jews. On the other hand, many Catholic and Protestant congregations have members of Jewish birth or ancestry who continue to regard themselves as ethnic Jews: these are generally known as Hebrew-Christians, Jewish-Christians, or Christian-Jews. Although the distinction between Messianic Jews and Hebrew-Christians is not rigid, and some persons (such as Moishe Rosen) self-identify in both categories, there are enough differences between the two movements to regard them as separate.

[edit] Messianic Jews

• Jonathan Bernis - evangelist.
• Ron Cantor - evangelist, now based in Israel. Associated with the Brownsville Revival in Pensacola, Florida.
• Joel Chernoff - General Secretary of the MJAA, and lead singer of the music group "Lamb".
• Aviad Cohen - music entertainer who sometimes uses the stage name "50 Shekel"
• Stuart Dauerman Messianic Jewish theologian and rabbi of Congragation Ahavat Zion in Los Angeles
• Mitch Glazer - evangelist, president of Chosen People Ministries, former board member of Jews for Jesus
• Marty Goetz - singer/songwriter and pianist, leader of worship.
• Rick Gozhanskij - Founder of Powered By HaDavar in Watson, Louisiana.
• Asher Intrater - Formerly known as Keith Intrater, he is an evangelist and theologian, now based in Israel.
• Dan Juster - Messianic theologian
• Sid Roth - evangelist, and host of Messianic Vision, a daily radio show.
• David H. Stern Messianic Jewish theologian, and author, currently living in Israel.
• Martin "Marty" Waldman - past president of UMJC, founder of Toward Jerusalem Council II (TJC II), Congregational Leader of Baruch HaShem Messianic Synagogue] in Dallas, Texas. [1]
• Rabbi Isaac Lichtenstein (1824-1909) - Chief Orthodox Rabbi of Tapio Szele, Hungary. He became a follower of Yeshua in his middle-years.

[edit] Hebrew-Christians

• Boris Berezovsky - exiled Russian billionaire (converted to Russian Orthodoxy)
• Niels Bohr - Danish physicist; (raised Lutheran; mother Jewish)
• Morris Cerullo - televangelist.
• Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield - British Prime Minister (1868; 1874-1880) (raised as an Anglican)
• Malcolm Fraser - Prime Minister of Australia (1975-1983) (raised Presbyterian; mother Jewish).
• Christian David Ginsburg (1831-1914), Jewish scholar, was born in Warsaw, Poland. When he converted to Christianity he took on "Christian" as his name in place of his given-name "David". He wrote several important works on the Tanakh (Old Testament), and essays on many subjects including: the Essenes, the Kabbalah, and the Karaites.
• Jamie Glazov , Russian-Canadian cyber-journalist (Jewish father & maternal grandfather, raised Christian; identifies as a Christian Jew)
• Douglas Gresham, film producer and son of Joy Gresham (q.v.)
• Joy Gresham, American writer and wife of C.S. Lewis.
• Helen Harris - founder member of Spiritual matters for women and their families; Messianic Jew by birth.
• Jakób Jocz - Lithuanian Jew who became a Christian and became Professor of Theology in Toronto.
• Timothy Laurence - Princess Anne's husband (descended from the Levy family of Iraq).
• Jean-Marie Lustiger - Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Paris
• Alexander Men - Russian Orthodox priest and martyr.
• Felix Mendelssohn - composer (1809-1847)
• Bernard Nathanson - former abortionist turned pro-life activist. Converted to Catholicism.
• Robert Novak - journalist; convert to Catholicism; calls himself a "cultural Jew."
• Harry Oppenheimer - South African billionaire (converted to Anglicanism)
• Howard Phillips - American conservative activist; founder of U.S. Taxpayers Party / Constitution Party
• Jay Sekulow - Runs conservative legal group ACLJ.
• Vladimir Spivakov - Russian conductor and violinist.
• Karl Stern - neuropsychiatrist and author, convert to Catholicism. Author of Pillar of Fire (1951).
• Stan Telchin - author. (Formerly a Messianic Jew, but has since written a book and articles critical of the Messianic movement.)
• Mordechai Vanunu - Israeli nuclear technician
• Richard Wurmbrand - Romanian underground church leader; founder of Voice of the Martyrs.
• Yochanan Ben Yehuda - A Nashville, TN based Italian producer.
• David Levy Yulee - U.S. Senator from Florida; the first person of Jewish descent to serve in the Senate. (source)
• Israel (Eugenio) Zolli - Chief Rabbi of Rome; converted to Catholicism.

[edit] Marginal

(Persons who use both labels to describe themselves)

• David Brickner — Current executive director of Jews for Jesus
• Michael Brown — writer and theologian; for several years he was one of the leaders of the Brownsville Revival centered on the Brownsville Assembly of God in Pensacola, Florida.
• Arnold Fruchtenbaum — theologian, founder of Ariel Ministries
• Zola Levitt — author and televangelist
• Steve Myers — conservative political commentator, founder of Radio Steve and The American Renewal Foundation, and publisher of Page One News and From Here to Reality. Once trained as a rabbi; became Christian in 1982.
• Moishe Rosen — founder of Jews for Jesus
• Jonathan Sarfati — scientist and young earth creationist author and apologist.