What Makes Someone Jewish? | Dr. Golan Broshi

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Last names can sometimes identify someone as Jewish.

jewish people are part of one race and it can be traced in their DNA

This was quite confusing! Here's what I understood from this exchange: both Messianic and Rabbinic Judaism take stock of your faith in that respective Judaism to define a true Jew. For both Judaisms, faith and race are two different identities except in Rabbinic Judaism, there is no such thing as a Christian Jew.
In the apostle Paul's writings of the New Testament, he acknowledges the Gentile followers of Christ as true Jews because of the final atoning sacrifice of Christ and denounces the Christ-rejecting Jews of his day as not true Jews. We read of Jesus confirming the same in Rev 2. Clearly, the two Judaisms were at odds with each other. You couldn't hold on to one and have the other too.

Romans 2
25 If you follow the law, then your circumcision has meaning. But if you break the law, then it is as if you were never circumcised. 26 The non-Jews are not circumcised. But if they do what the law says, then it is as if they were circumcised. 27 You Jews have the written law and circumcision, but you break the law. So those who are not circumcised in their bodies, but still obey the law, will show that you are guilty.

28 A person is not a true Jew if he is only a Jew in his physical body. True circumcision is not only on the outside of the body. 29 A person is a true Jew only if he is a Jew inside. True circumcision is done in the heart by the Spirit, not by the written law. Such a person gets praise from God, not from other people.

Did you get that?!

My great grand parents on my father's side were Jewish refugees from Poland before the 2nd world war. They came to the UK where I live now. Does this make me ethnically Jewish even though I don't follow Judaism?

Wonderful discussion

I love the response when asked: "what were you b4 you were converted?" He says: "A SINNER!" Wow! what a profound response!... a sinner saved by grace ❤ Praise our almighty Savior, Jesus Christ ‼️

It's amazing how patient God is that he listens to these arguments that the world brings up to those that believe in Jesus, regardless of where we're born. God created humankind, which means the country of our origins doesn't matter in the end. We're either His saved children, or not.

Thank You Lord Jesus For Saving a disgusting sinner like me. Thank You Lord Jesus! Thank You! John 3:16

Awesome explanation.❤

This makes so much sense

Great guys how you unpack this! I am greatful to be a Dutch christian and not have to deal with this problem! Sad that you guys have to!

Hello!
Thank you very much!

Love these vids & teachings - blessings to you 🙏 ❤️

I mean I do believe being Chinese is a way of life, and I do believe they would have to stop practicing a lot of Chinese holidays that do not align with scripture.

WHO is a BIBLICAL Jew according to Gods word?? those jews AND Gentiles who have faith in christ.....here is galations 3:

Consider the experience of Abraham; as the scripture says, "He believed God, and because of his faith God accepted him as righteous."
7 You should realize, then, that the real descendants of Abraham are the people who have faith.
8 The scripture predicted that God would put the Gentiles right with himself through faith. And so the scripture announced the Good News to Abraham: "Through you God will bless all people."
9 Abraham believed and was blessed; so all who believe are blessed as he was.
10 Those who depend on obeying the Law live under a curse. For the scripture says, "Whoever does not always obey everything that is written in the book of the Law is under God's curse!"
11 Now, it is clear that no one is put right with God by means of the Law, because the scripture says, "Only the person who is put right with God through faith shall live."
12 But the Law has nothing to do with faith. Instead, as the scripture says, "Whoever [does] everything the Law requires will live."
13 But by becoming a curse for us Christ has redeemed us from the curse that the Law brings; for the scripture says, "Anyone who is hanged on a tree is under God's curse."
14 Christ did this in order that the blessing which God promised to Abraham might be given to the Gentiles by means of Christ Jesus, so that through faith we might receive the Spirit promised by God.
15 My friends, I am going to use an everyday example: when two people agree on a matter and sign an agreement, no one can break it or add anything to it.
16 Now, God made his promises to Abraham and to his descendant. The scripture does not use the plural "descendants," meaning many people, but the singular "descendant," meaning one person only, namely, Christ.
17 What I mean is that God made a covenant with Abraham and promised to keep it. The Law, which was given four hundred and thirty years later, cannot break that covenant and cancel God's promise.
18 For if God's gift depends on the Law, then it no longer depends on his promise. However, it was because of his promise that God gave that gift to Abraham.
19 What, then, was the purpose of the Law? It was added in order to show what wrongdoing is, and it was meant to last until the coming of Abraham's descendant, to whom the promise was made. The Law was handed down by angels, with a man acting as a go-between.
20 But a go-between is not needed when only one person is involved; and God is one.
21 Does this mean that the Law is against God's promises? No, not at all! For if human beings had received a law that could bring life, then everyone could be put right with God by obeying it.
22 But the scripture says that the whole world is under the power of sin; and so the gift which is promised on the basis of faith in Jesus Christ is given to those who believe.
23 But before the time for faith came, the Law kept us all locked up as prisoners until this coming faith should be revealed.
24 And so the Law was in charge of us until Christ came, in order that we might then be put right with God through faith.
25 Now that the time for faith is here, the Law is no longer in charge of us.
26 It is through faith that all of you are God's children in union with Christ Jesus.
27 You were baptized into union with Christ, and now you are clothed, so to speak, with the life of Christ himself.
28 So there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles, between slaves and free people, between men and women; you are all one in union with Christ Jesus.
29 If you belong to Christ, then you are the descendants of Abraham and will receive what God has promised . those who reject christ are NOT abrahams children but are children of the devil.

Jesus in john ch 8 told jews who rejected him that they were children of the devil.....AS are Gentiles who reject Jesus. 1st john 2:23 says.....3 No one who denies the Son can have the Father; he who confesses the Son has the Father as well.. its very simple, Jews and gentiles who believe in and trust the lord Jesus christ to save them are children of abraham, jews and Gods people......Jews and gentiles who reject Jesus are NOT true jews or children of God but are children of satan. ethnicity means NOTHING!, race means NOTHING, the ONLY thing that matters is faith in the lord Jesus christ. NEXT......nobody who calls themselves "Jewish" today can prove thier linege back to biblical times, most "jews" are from russia and europe and arent at all related to the real ethnic jews from 2000+ years ago, it doesnt matter anyway. I dont get this obsession with whether or not someone is a ethnic jew.

OK, two Jews, three opinions. Here we go.

The reason could be that before Y'shua, there was no reason to differentiate. He cut time in two! He was the line in the sand, the plumbline. It was a chose this day who you will serve. He forced a division...now every mother will be against her daughter...brother against brother. You know? He was a Game Changer and everything hinges on Him. So, it makes sense to me that Judaism split over this...but make no mistake, we are still Jewish. I kinda cringed a bit when you said, "Spiritual Jews" because it sounds kinda like the "Replacement Theology" heresy. Y'shua did seems to say that claiming to be sons of Abraham doesn't entitle us to a relationship with Him but we still have a unique purpose in the world. We were given revelation from Hashem, preserved the TNK against all odds and it is from us that all the nations of the world has been and will be eternally blessed through The Moshiach. Those of us who have the Ruach haKodesh living in us are living in the fullness of what Judaism offers. We have been redeemed from eating from the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil and returned to the Tree of Life.

Romans 2 v 28…. A True Jew

Paul explained that "He is not a Jew who is one outwardly but he is a Jew who is one inwardly". What did he mean? He meant that if you believe in Yeshua and you understand His teaching, that you must walk in Torah and keep His Father's commandments, then you are a Jew, but if you do not, then even if you descended from Abraham you are not a Jew! And this proves that in God's eyes a Jew is someone who loves Him enough to obey His Torah and all His commandments. This is the truth of what it means to be a Jew, and yes, this includes the commandment to believe on the Son of God whom God promised Adam He would one day send, way back in the Garden of Eden.
The story of Ruth is a perfect example of this. Ruth converted and became an Israelite. She declared to Naomi that the "People of Israel would be HER people!" This meant Ruth, BY CHOICE, would become a relative of the Israelites. Boaz is a shadow type of Yeshua the Kinsman Redeemer whom every believer marries. If you marry Yeshua and take His name then you become an Israelite, A Jew. Anyone who teaches against this truth is seeking to divide God's kingdom into two folds, but Yeshua said there would be ONE Shepherd and ONE fold, and by this statement He is tying all of His followers to Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and John 17
"For THIS is the love OF God, that we keep His Commandments, and His Commandments are NOT grievous!" 1 John 5:3
What does he mean this is the love of God? He means that if you love God you will keep His Commandments and they will not be grievous to you because of your LOVE OF GOD.

A Jew is someone who keeps the commandments given to Moses, which includes God's commandment to obey His holy Son (see Deuteronomy 18:15-20 that prophet is Yeshua)
Whoever rejects God's holy Law will lose his salvation in Yeshua our King (see 1 and 2 John).
There is one Law for the homeborn Israelite and the stranger who sojourns with them (meaning converts- see Numbers 15). There is not one Law for Jews and another for Gentiles. All Gentile believers become Israelites and any Jew who forsakes God is no longer an Israelite.
Shabbat shalom

It is a joy being taught by you Messianics. The Spirit is surely working in you. Maranatha
🕊 STRENGTH 💪 TO YOU and protection from Yeshua. ☝️👍

So much to learn from our elder brothers in Yeshua!

So sly, so convoluted, so nonsensical, so devilish! I am a muganda in the flesh. No religious gymnastics can change that! But I am a christian in the spirit, thank God!

Thank you for the interpretation of Jesus. I'm Catholic.

Being Jewish is being part of an eternal nation that established an eternal covenant at Sinai. A Jew may be an atheist but a Jew cannot follow the stranger’s ways or their gods. If a Jew accepts Jesus they are no longer Jewish. No orthodox or conservative synagogue would allow them into their synagogues if they knew their beliefs.

Nor would they be allowed to participate in Shabbat or yomtov celebrations with Jews. Christians yes. Former Jews who follow Jesus no.

No such thing as a Jewish Christian- pure unadulterated oxymoron.

My dad was raised in and partly educated by an ostensibly Christian organization. In the 1920s, he decided he didn’t agree with the doctrine that laity need clergy to tell them what to believe and what to do.

When I was a boy in the 1940s and ‘50s, Dad repeatedly advised me, “Read for yourself, study for yourself and think for yourself.”

The following is an alternative to some of the ways of thinking expressed in this video but there may be other ways of thinking about this subject that would make even more sense to some people. Because I plan to use the word, “religion”, I need to offer my definition of that word: Religion is the sum of those beliefs, practices and prohibitions that pertain to a person’s concept of the highest powers of the universe.

Is Judaism an ethnicity?

I use the word, “Hebrew” to refer to the physical descendents of Abraham through Isaac and Israel (Jacob). I consider “Hebrew” to be their ethnicity.

I realize that, for a long time, the words, Israelite”, and, later, “Jew” were widely considered to be references to the ethnic group I prefer to call, “Hebrews”. However, I agree with John the baptist that God can raise up children of Abraham from the very rocks (not merely from the physical descendents of Israel). I agree with Jesus that many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But (some of) the children of the kingdom (I consider this to be a reference to Hebrews) shall be cast out into outer darkness. I agree with Paul that he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. Romans 2:28 & 29 Which is why I prefer to use the words, “Israelites”, and “Jews” to refer to people who have the faith of Abraham, Isaac and Israel.

I consider the faith of Jesus to be the true continuation of the faith of Abraham.

What is conversion?

I prefer to not use the word, “conversion”, as a reference to a person abandoning one set of religious traditions for another. I prefer to use the word, “conversion”, to refer to the miracle whereby a person’s trust is transferred from what he thought he could do to save himself from sin or its consequences to what the Lord does to save (justify, sanctify and glorify) us.

We don’t have a record of Jesus condemning all of the traditions of Judaism but he did condemn some of them and, it seems to me, he tried to encourage a religion based on the Hebrew Bible (the Tanakh). Conversely, I think of Judaism - ancient or modern - as being based mostly on traditions.

I’ve had enough conversations with Christians whose appeal is primarily to traditions rather than to the Bible to be satisfied that most people in the English-speaking world think of Christianity as based primarily on traditions. I suspect Jesus would have a similar attitude toward traditionalist “Christianity” as he had toward Judaism. Maybe that is what was intended, in this video, by the distinction between Messianic Judaism and Rabbinic Judaism. ?

The gentlemen in the video probably are aware of this - most English-speaking people are not - the reason the word “church” doesn’t appear in most English translations of the Hebrew Bible is that our English word, “church”, in English translation of the Greek additions to Bible is a translation of the Greek word, ekklisia (Εκκλησία). When translating Hebrew words that refer to believers, English translators have generally used the words, “assembly”, or “congregation”.

It is my understanding that, as used in the Bible, the phrase “the church” is a reference to people who have the faith of Abraham - either all such people anywhere in the world or to believers in a specific location. So I consider it consistent with this principle for Stephen to have used the phrase, “the church”, to refer to the believers who were camped at Sinai (Acts 7:38).

Traditions are not evil per se but one tradition in particular seems to me to disqualify rabbinnic Judaism from being called a church - the tradition of denying that Jesus of Nazareth is the true Messiah. Failure to affirm that Jesus is the Messiah wouldn’t be as much of a problem.

The other side of that coin is that nominal Christians were just as wrong to condemn all Hebrews - even those who were not yet born when Jesus was crucified - as guilty of deicide (killing God) or to condemn all observant Hebrews - even those who didn’t pretend to know whether Jesus was the Messiah - as being “of the synagogue of Satan”.

I'm delighted that hatred of Hebrews by professed Christians isn’t ubiquitous as it once was but I disagree with the branch of eschatology that represents Hebrews as being saved by an entirely different method than that offered to non-Hebrews.

Think about how many children of Abraham by blood in family lines that cannot return to Israel because of the Aaliyah laws? In my family, my fathers side, came from Prussia, Germany, Switzerland. They had Cohen last names, and they were forced converted to Catholicism, but majority down the line became true Christians and the Jewish traditions became lost. Good thing is that many of them did great things for the Lord. Like the Moravians.

My 6th great grandfather was known for being a prophet in Georgia after they migrated from entering in North Carolina. He had end times dreams and visions. There was a whole paper written about Him in the government archives.

My heart aches to be in the land of my forefathers and I’d come tomorrow if there was a way.

The more I also research my mothers side back in the 1700s they also had Jewish surnames.

I wanted to take a DNA test but the Holy Spirit told me no. For what reason I’m not sure but my son and I have had bloodline dreams before I began the research.

The only way I know Jesus is through a Messianic Jewish eye lense because that’s the way He came to me early on in my conversion. Through supernatural means when I didn’t even know much about Israel. That was almost 18 years ago.

I GUESS PLEASE, ITS NOT AN ADVANTAGE TO BE SAVE BY GOD IF YOU ARE A JEWISH OR NOT, DO NOT MAKE IT A BIG DEAL, BECAUSE GOD HAS NO RESPECTER OF A PERSON WHETHERE YOU ARE A JEW OR NOT...GOD'S SALVATION IS FOR EVERY HUMAN BEING WHO BELIEVED IN THE LORD SALVATION, THAT HE GAVE HIS LIFE AND BLOOD FOR ALL HUMAN SOULS....HIS MERCY INSPITE OF OUR TRANSGRESSION HE SAVES US....HE GAVE HIS LIFE ONCE AND FOR ALL...WHETHERE YOU ARE JEWS OR GENTILES GOD SEES US EQUAL..

Blessings

In the real world a Jew is seen as someone who is obsessed with and mainly worships money.

Dr Broshi ❤ is always amazing! He's so anointed with the spirit of wisdom 🙌 praise Jesus 👏

The way of Christ is the way of the jew Paul says when he opposed Peter Galatians 2:14-21. Jesus Christ is the true grapevine and we are grafted in, not all Israel are Israel, but only according to the promise of the seed of Abraham like Hebrews says it's by faith in Jesus. Isaiah 53 if you set his soul as a guilt offering he might see his seed.

Listening to this conversation brought me insights and tears. It makes me realized how easy for a gentile to follow Jesus as The Savior rather than it is for a Jewish folk. Although the best thing that can happen to a Jew is to follow Yeshua, Sadly the truth is totally kept covert from the Jewish folk. It seems that the Rabbinic law keepers never understood that Jesus came to fulfil the law, but not to break the law. Pray for the unity of Israel, in Jesus's Name ❤‍🩹🙏🙏🙏

John 8:58
58 “Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
❤ share that YESHUA HAMASHIACH is GOD

John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 10:30
I and the Father are one.”

It is true that Jesus never said the exact words, “I am God.” He did, however, make the claim to be God in many different ways, and those who heard Him knew exactly what He was saying. For example, in John 10:30, Jesus said, “I and the Father are one.” The Jews who heard Him make that statement knew well that He was claiming to be God, as witnessed by their reaction: “His Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him” (John 10:31). When He asked them why they were attempting to stone Him, they said, “For blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God” (John 10:33). Stoning was the penalty for blasphemy (Leviticus 24:16), and the Jews plainly accused Jesus of claiming to be God.❤

This is a smart talk. God bless. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

This is one the best explanations i've seen so far. Thank you Golan. I love parrhesia, the truth falls physiologically and touches the inside and outside world.

So I am Jewish, my maternal Grandmother was Jewish. And because I follow Yahsuah I cannot make aliyah?

Jesus soul is not a jewish soul! Jesus soul had numerous life incarnations! There is only one god! Jesus is not god! Jesus soul is not the son of god either! Jesus soul is just that only a soul! Jesus was only a man who died! If you have a soul you go to heaven! This is not larry! This is the senior foundation Angel!

I am a Hindu and there is no concept of changing religion in Hinduism as Hinduism itself is not a religion for me but more like identity and i love jesus as an Indian Hindu

Amen!
It is so great to listen to you both, may God bless you!😊

Love this content!

There is a misconception on the speech of the guy of orange t-shirt... He misconcepts it between Jews and Israelis.
Israeli is a nationality from the tribes of Israel and Jewish is a religious person.
Jew (Yahudi) is from Judaism (Yahudit).
And about conversions, there are two fields on itself: Religious and social jurisprudence.

Being Jewish means attaining the sensation of two contrasting forces in nature, the egoistic force, which is our human nature, and its opposite altruistic force, which is the force of nature itself.
The attainment of these two forces define the people who, first under Abraham, developed this sensation of reality. They became known as the people of Israel, and later, as the Jews.
At a certain point, around 2.000 years ago, we lost the sensation of the two forces and lived solely in the egoistic force. That is the meaning of being in exile.
Exile has no geographic connotations, i.e. that we left some geographic Land of Israel and now we return to it. It is rather a matter of an inner exile, that we do not host the sensation of the altruistic nature, i.e. the quality of love, bestowal and connection, between us. When we fell from this sensation, we then entered our period of exile and ceased to exist as the people of Israel.

The descendants of jacob dont exist. Youre white European, not a jew. Jew is a religion not an ethnicity. This guy compares Jews with chinese people, pure nonsense

Genius! Thank you, I will make good use of this wisdom.

Genesis 35:10 Your name is Jacob, but you will no ... Jacob; your name will be Israel.

Who is a Yahudi "Jew"?
Shemoth/Exodus 12:37 And the children of Yisreal journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. 38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks and herds, even very much cattle.
Wayyiqra/Leviticus 19:33 And if a stranger sojourn with you in your land, you shall not vex him. 34 But the stranger that dwells with you shall be to you as one born among you and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Mitzraim/Egypt: I am YHUH your Elohim.
Mattithyahu/Matthew 22:37 Yeshua said to him, You shall love YHUH your Elohim with all of your heart and with all of your essence/soul and with all of your mind. 38 This is the first and great teaching/commandment. 39 And the second is like it. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two teachings/commandments hang all of the Torah and the Prophets.
Romiyim/Romans 11:16 Now if the first-fruit is set-apart, the lump is also. And if the root is set-apart, so are the branches. 17 And if some of the branches were broken off and you, being a wild olive tree, have been grafted in among them, and came to share the root and fatness of the olive tree, 18 do not boast against the branches. And if you boast, remember; you do not bear the root, but the root bears you!
Romiyim/Romans 2:28 For he is not a Yahudi/Jew who is so outwardly, neither is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. 29 But a Yahudi/Jew is he who is so inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in Ruak/Breath/Spirit, not literally, whose praise is not from men but from Elohim.

There is no dispensation in the MessiYah IF you are joined to HIM. You are no longer a gentile, no longer a part of the nations. Through HIM we are ALL made whole and are the chosen people of Elohim grafted to the olive tree and the fatness of the olive tree is the blood of the MessiYah Yeshua.
Hazon/Revelation 7:9 After this I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes and palms in their hands;

A multitude although mixed by description of the multitude, the word "of" indicates a past tense that they were of the nations.