This Friday night and Saturday morning, hundreds of Jewish people throughout the world will meet to celebrate Jesus, whom they believe is the Jewish Messiah.
Few things are more offensive in the eyes of the Jewish community.
Borrowing symbols from the Jewish faith, these Jewish believers in Jesus continue to call themselves Jewish. This is the difficult part to understand. It would not be so distasteful if they merely called themselves converts to Christianity, but these people insist on maintaining their Jewish heritage and using Jewish symbols and traditions to carry their Christian message. Throughout centuries of history, Jewish people have resisted attempts to convert them to Christianity. Many chose to die rather than to betray the memory of their ancestors.