Founding of the congregation

Beth Emanuel Synagogue is a Messianic Jewish Synagogue. It was founded in 1980 to provide a community of faith for Jewish and non Jewish people who have come to the realization that the promised Mashiach of the Tenach had come and His Hebrew name is Yeshua. At Beth Emanuel Synagogue we seek to love the L-rd our G-d with all our heart, mind, soul and strength. We have embraced the Messiah and are excited about telling all who will hear that He has come for the Jewish people and for the nations. There is nothing more Jewish to do than to embrace the Messiah promised in the Hebrew Scriptures.

But he was wounded because of our crimes, crushed because of our sins; the disciplining that makes us whole fell on him, and by his bruises [Or: and in fellowship with him] we are healed. We all, like sheep, went astray; we turned, each one, to his own way; yet Adonai laid on him the guilt of all of us. (Tenach Yeshayahu 53:5-6)

“Our Rabbis with one voice accept and affirm the opinion that the prophet is speaking of the Messiah, and we shall ourselves also adhere to the same view.” Rabbi Moses Alschech (1508-1600)

About Us

We are Jews and non-Jews who have accepted Yeshua (Jesus) as Messiah and Savior of Israel and the nations. We believe He sacrificed Himself to atone for our sins. We strive to live a Jewish lifestyle in our homes and congregation based first and foremost on biblical instruction and secondly on the traditions of our ancestors. We have not abandoned our Jewish identity or cultural expression because of our faith in Messiah Yeshua.

We are a body of people from many different ethnic, social and religious backgrounds who have been brought together by our faith in the God of Abraham and are committed to one another. It is our desire to be a spiritual, emotional and social support to one another. We recognize that as a Jewish congregation we are a unique expression of the larger congregation of believers in the Messiah.