Who do Jews believe is the Messiah?

Jews do not believe that Jesus was the mashiach. Assuming that he existed, and assuming that the Christian scriptures are accurate in describing him (both matters that are debatable), he simply did not fulfill the mission of the mashiach as it is described in the biblical passages cited above. 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

In Judaism, this figure is the messiah, who is the Anointed One of God as foretold of in the Hebrew Bible. The Identity of the Messiah The concept of the messiah seems to have been revealed in later Judaism, although some scholars recognize early allusions (e.g. Gen. 3:15). read more