I was born into a Jewish home, circumcised and Bar Mitzvah'd, but I did not know God! I realized at age 17, there must be more. This led me on a journey where I discovered that Yeshua (Jesus), whom I thought was for the Gentiles, was in fact, the Jewish Messiah.

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I received my degree from Messiah Biblical Institute and will soon have my master's in theology (in May 23) from the King's University.  I served as the Associate Rabbi at Beth Messiah Messianic congregation in Rockville, MD until I and my family moved to Odesa, Ukraine to work in the Messianic Jewish Bible Institute. In Ukraine, we birthed a congregation in Bedichev, the city upon which Fiddler on the Roof was based. We then moved to Budapest, Hungary.

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In 1999, we accepted an invitation to teach Jewish Roots at the Brownsville Revival School of Ministry. In 2003, my wife Elana, a native Israeli, and I, along with our girls, made aliyah (moved to Israel). I served as the co-pastor and interim senior pastor of the King of Kings Community in Jerusalem.

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During this time, we birthed the Isaiah 2 Initiative, taking Israeli young adults to third-world nations to preach the message of Yeshua. In Nigeria, we saw many miracles, and tens of thousands profess faith in Yeshua. 

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In 2013, I agreed to become the lead pastor of Tiferet Yeshua, a Hebrew-speaking congregation in Tel Aviv. Three years later, we turned the congregation over to a native-born Israeli, and while still functioning as an elder there.

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In 2020, GOD TV partnered with several Messianic Israeli leaders to birth Shelanu TV. I was asked to become the president. It was very difficult to leave my "dream job" with Tikkun, but I knew this was God's doing. I am still connected with Tikkun, but now I get to guide a ministry that is sharing Yeshua 24.7 with Israelis! :-) 

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