Messianic Jewish Congress

05/31/2026

Parasha: Be'ha'alotecha & Naso. Sermon Title: "Hearing: You Can't 'Shema' (Obey) Until You 'Shema' (Hear)'

05/29/2026

Hello, friends of The MJC! 🙂 As Shabbat approaches, we hope you know you are always welcome to join Beth El of Manhattan for In-Person Services every Saturday morning in our sanctuary at 106 E. 86th Street at 10am - or later for the recorded service on the "Congregation Beth El of Manhattan" YouTube Channel or page Video. Shabbat shalom!

05/21/2026

🧺🍇 🥦🥕 Happy Shavuot Holiday! 🍑🫜🍆🧺

As Shavu’ot 5786 begins at sundown Thursday, May 21, 2026 - why not reacquaint yourself with the actual Biblical meaning of the holiday, and the path by which it was morphed across time into an entirely different focus (the Mount Sinai giving of the Torah, or “Matan Torah" – a meaning Jewish scholarly leaders freely admit, it is given NOWHERE in the entire Bible. It is actually the holiday of the “Bikkurim” (First-Fruits). 🙂

A clear history & explanation for this substitution on this can be found on our webpage (bethelnyc.org) at the following link. Enjoy!

https://www.bethelnyc.org/rabbis-blog/hag-symptomatic-shavuot-invites-a-question

“Nowhere in The Bible is any link made between Sinai and Shavuot .” – Rabbi Michael Strassfeld, The Jewish Holidays  Harper Row 1985 Cambridge p.69  As the annual Shavuot  holiday begins again shortly, I offer into the mix a simple question: why d

05/17/2026

Combined Shabbat And Jerusalem Day Service, abbreviated to allow for a "Oneg" following. Enjoy!

05/10/2026

Recorded 9 May for editing and later streaming ... now. :-) Enjoy!

05/09/2026

05/08/2026

Our synagogue has always been especially proud of this flier. So - here - we share it again. Feel free to share it with others who may be living in the zones it describes. :-) Shabbat shalom! Our synagogue has always been especially proud of this flier. So - here - we share it again. Feel free to share it with other who may be living in the zones it describes. :-) Shabbat shalom!

05/04/2026

🚫🪬 Tonight Is Erev "Lag BaOmer" - and we don't observe. 😊 Find out why at ...

“The Jewish world has as much to learn from what 'Two-Testament Judaism' chooses  not to do from among standing Jewish traditions, as what we choose to do .” - Rabbi Bruce L. Cohen

04/26/2026

Shabbat service stream about to start.