That’s the thing, though. Judaism isn’t Christianity. Jews of all streams, ranging from Ultra Orthodox to humanist, agree that “messianic Jews” aren’t Jewish. It’s literally the ONE thing we all agree on. The ONE thing. 

Rabbinical authorities, who are far more knowledgeable than you and I, have plenty of writings on why. Perhaps you could google that. 

All anyone needs to do is a quick google search and you would come across this:

They can adhere to elements of Jewish faith as long as they want, but they aren’t Jewish. It’s cultural appropriation. To teach otherwise is to teach false doctrine, to misrepresent Jewish belief, and to distort Jewish teaching. Such misrepresentations and abuses are offensive. Why are we the only people that don’t…

We do not believe in a messiah that has already come. Our messiah has not come yet. Doesn’t mean that for you, yours hasn’t. But for us, it hasn’t. And you can’t be Jewish if you think it has. 

No, not in our opinion, there wasn’t. We honestly don’t think of Jesus at all. Except when you people bring him up.

Are you Jewish? If not, you don’t get to say there is nothing wrong with identifying that way. It’s considered idolatry in Judaism and against Jewish law. Why can’t you just accept that we don’t believe that Jesus is the messiah? The original Christians were Jewish because, at the time, they didn’t have their new…

In Judaism, we don’t believe Jesus is the messiah. Why can’t people just understand this? It’s not at all complicated.

May seem weird to you, but not to actual Jews!

An overwhelming number of them aren’t ethnically Jewish, though. Like this congresswoman. They lie about their supposed Jewish roots. “Messianic Judaism,” “Jews for Jesus,” whatever is a cult started by a bunch of hippies. Just say you’re Christian. There’s no shame in that. 

Dude, I ain’t passionate about Christianity. I’m passionate about making sure my people (Jews) aren’t taken advantage of by a crazy cult.

Please stop trying to normalize the term “Messianic Jew.” There’s no such thing. They are Christians, full stop. 

Tom and Lorenzo used to have AMAZING coverage of this, but haven’t done it in the past couple of years. I don’t know if it was just too much or what, but I miss it.

I’m really the last person to defend a Kardashian, but why the snark against someone getting a restraining order against someone who is likely very dangerous? Can we not make light of stalking, please?

How dare you. One of those hot male models *ahem* is a totally normal ENGLISH guy.

You are aware that there are Jewish trans people, right?

Seriously. Not only was he a great drummer, but he broke a lot of barriers. And he wasn’t some rich rock star. FFS.

I wasn’t scolding. An overwhelming number of Jews and Jewish organizations prefer the non-hyphenated version because it eliminates any question of the intended meaning of the word, which is Jew hatred. Something, as an actual Jewish person,  I see a lot of these days.

I just think using Valley, someone who has shown disdain for the Jewish community through his disgusting cartoons on a number of occasions, is distasteful in an article purporting to be about the ramifications of antisemitism. I am not usually one to dismiss inflammatory art, but his goes beyond inflammatory and gives…

It’s Antisemitism, not Anti-Semitism. Also, any article quoting fucking Eli Valley has no credibility whatsoever. Ands literally NOBODY brought up Israel but you, Susan. Nobody. The ADL is not a Republican organization, and they hate Jonathan Greenblatt just as much as the left does. FFS.