Messianic Jewish Rabbinical Council
Rooted in Torah, instructed by Tradition, faithful to Messiah Yeshua
Earlier profiles of MJRC members (2011–2012).
I don’t have a Facebook page! I may well be the last holdout in North America, but I am so uncomfortable diluting the concept of friendship. Yeshua Rabenu referred to his talmidim as friends – and so if our Great Rabbi could eat, pray, laugh and mourn with those who called him rabbi, I want…
What do I enjoy most about being a rabbi? I love teaching and interacting with people in ways that challenge them to grow. For many years I’ve lead a mid-week Torah study with my community. I treasure the time when we can all interact with the Scriptures. We spend time understanding the stories and lives…
My vocation as a rabbi is to teach and model the ways of God for Israel, especially the Messianic Jewish community. My main passion as a rabbi is to study and teach Torah. The best way to explain this passion is to describe what I do. I am engrossed in fashioning an approach to Messianic…
My Passion in Life as a Rabbi The celebration was a total surprise to me and my wife Sue. During Oneg Shabbat (lunch after the morning Sabbath service), Josh, one of our Ruach Israel teens got up, and pretending to be me, asked the entire congregation to please finish eating and to move back into…
My rabbinic journey technically begins in Budapest, Hungary, the place of my birth. Since my grandfather ran a kosher butcher shop, perhaps it wasn’t so surprising-but then again maybe it was-that my mother became Budapest’s first licensed woman butcher. My father’s family tended towards being Orthodox and later became even more so. There, in Budapest,…
I am often asked what I love most about being a rabbi. The answer is people. As a rabbi, we get to be involved in some of the most intimate and exciting aspects of people’s lives – Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, weddings, and other joyous simchas. However, that also means we are there for the…