If one peruses online on YouTube into the niche world of messianic jews one can easily find themselves consumed by the back and forth between the Orthodox anti-missionary camp and messianic Jewish apologists. It’s a little like the endless scrolling one can stumble into concerning debates over zionism with the regular chorus of pundits, seeming intellectuals and talking heads telling us what to think.

This post doesn’t address the issue of whether Jesus is the Messiah. It assumes that there are many messianic jews who hold this belief sincerely. But what I would like to explore is the degree of cognitive dissonance, identity crisis and outright anxiety that a significant number of messianic jews experience when attempting to reconcile their devoutly held beliefs with needs of jewish belonging in the mainstream community and living a jewish lifestyle.

Obviously multiple factors contribute........

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