What do the Jews think of Christians?

While many people now regard Jesus as the founder of Christianity, it is important to note that he did not intend to establish a new religion, at least according to the earliest sources, and he never used the term “Christian.” He was born and lived as a Jew, and his earliest followers were Jews as well. read more

Christians are from the same root and all Christians were Jews and in my opinion we essentially share the same heritage and while I wouldn't say I'm a Jew, I think of Jews as my brethren and Israel as my inheritance. Jews are Christians if they profess Jesus is the Messiah and Christians are Jews if they profess faith in the Lord (Adonai). read more

For some Jews, the name alone is nearly synonymous with pogroms and Crusades, charges of deicide and centuries of Christian anti-Semitism. Other Jews, recently, have come to regard him as a Jewish teacher. This does not mean, however, that they believe, as Christians do, that he was raised from the dead or was the messiah. read more

What do Jews think of Christianity is another matter. As a reform Jew I can not accept Jesus as my savior or the Messiach. We, refrom Jews, have a hard time accepting Jewish Messiachs, let along Christian ones. I do appreciate many aspect of the Christian faith - charity, forgiveness, the meek inheriting the eatrh etc. read more