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Calendar, “Proclaiming God’s Faithfulness,” which debuts photographs from Chosen
I am very excited to present Chosen People Ministries’ Messianic Jewish Art
Shalom Friend,
People Ministries’ early history. Many of these photographs I had never seen until
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the Lord, with faces not unlike those in my own family albums. It might be tempting
When I look upon these photos, I see men and women, Jews and Gentiles who love
they were unearthed from our archives! I am moved by the Lord’s faithfulness in
preserving Chosen People Ministries for 125 years and counting!
to see them as a world apart—and in many ways they were. They lived on the other
The global Jewish community at the turn of the 20th century was on the cusp of huge change. In 1894, the year
turbulent post-war years, the birth of the modern nation of Israel, the cold war, an
side of both world wars, the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, the Holocaust and
Eastern European Jewry suffered and fled pogroms, and the Dreyfus affair in France, which began in 1894 and
forms of liberal Judaism were popular among Western Europeans. However, antisemitism was in the air, as the
Empire, and Zionism was an ideal touted by intellectuals and socialists, which did not make it a popular idea
our Mission was founded, the Jewish people were in complete diaspora, having a presence on nearly every
exponential technological boom, and insurmountable societal change.
continent and hailing from every tribe and nation. The State of Israel was still under the rule of the Ottoman
among pious Jewish people who believed the Messiah Himself would reestablish the nation of Israel. Jewish
ended twelve years later, indicted Alfred Dreyfus, a secular French citizen of Jewish heritage, for treason. It is
practice among Eastern European and Sephardic Jewry was mostly traditional, although Reform and other
Ecclesiastes 1:9 tells us that “there is nothing new under the sun.” The Jewish men, women, and children you
Yet, Hebrews 13:8 reminds us that Jesus “is the same yesterday and today and forever,” and King Solomon in
easy to look at these photos and see people and places frozen in time.
will see in this calendar are just like you and me today. They found the source of life—Jesus—and rested
on his everlasting Word, which does not change! When looking at these images, I hope you will see the
people in them as brothers and sisters in the faith and those with whom you will fellowship for eternity.
and establishing Jewish evangelistic and Messianic centers designed to meet the spiritual and practical
In a practical sense, the same methodologies Chosen People Ministries uses today began during these
needs of Jewish seekers and believers, as well as Messianic congregations. The only thing to change in
all these years is the mode by which this message travels. In the early years, these means consisted of
early years: sharing the gospel, distributing New Testaments (in Yiddish and Hebrew, as necessary),
and everlasting Messiah, who is faithful in every generation. I hope you will view these precious memories
It is my hope that these images from our rich past will move you to more deeply trust in our faithful God
print and radio, which expanded into television, and now continues through social media engagement
and online campaigns.
as a daily source of strength as you go about your life this year, following the Lord as you face both difficulties
and joys, valleys and mountaintops. Each one of our days is set before us, and I pray that you experience the
presence and joy of the Lord every moment of your life.
In our Messiah Jesus,
President, Chosen People Ministries
Mitch Glaser
FROM THE PRESIDENT
DR. MITCH GLASER
PEOPLE MINISTRIES
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