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Bagels and Blessings
Proclaiming the Jewishness of the Gospel!
Episodes
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Ann Hancock Interview
Ann was raised in an Irish Catholic home. As a very young girl, she was intrigued by one of her neighbors, a holocaust survivor. Her mother had compassion on this woman and she told Ann to bring her lunch every Saturday for about two years. After visiting a church and having a disappointing...
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Layne Rogers Interview
Layne Rogers is a worship pastor, entrepreneur, and systems thinker working at the intersection of faith, culture, technology, and community. He serves as Worship Pastor of Roots, leads the No More Compromise campaign, and is the founder of Upward Mobility, a technology company focused on helping...
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Kim McKay Interview
Kim McKay is a retired nurse practitioner and believer in Messiah Yeshua. Raised Protestant, she dedicated her heart to Yeshua in 1999 at her previous evangelical congregation and has served in various roles. On short-term mission trips she has traveled to Peru Brazil and Ecuador and volunteered...
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Robin Cowan Interview
Robin grew up in a believing home and remembers her mother praying with her every night. She heard the stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph many times. When she was 12 she went forward and prayed the sinners prayer with a counselor. When Robin was around 15 she took confirmation classes…
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Mariah Jackson Interview
Mariah “Blue” Jackson is a Messianic Jewish biblical teacher, author, and content creator with a passion for helping believers understand Scripture through its historical, cultural, and Jewish context. She is one of the founders of the Hood Bible Translation, a biblical commentary that helps...
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Donna Coffey
Donna was born in Ringgold, Louisiana on June 26, 1955. She has been a life long resident of Louisiana and currently resides in Denham Springs, Louisiana near the state capital city of Baton Rouge, home of Louisiana State University, LSU, geaux Tigers! She is a retired Professor of Nursing and is...
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Tina Collison Interview
Tina was born to a teen Mom in Georgia. Early in her life she was a nurse. Most of her married life she was a stay at home mother, active in Christian schools her kids attended and also she was a Sunday school teacher. Tina was saved at age 32. It was a trip to Israel with First Dallas Baptist...
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John Gomez Interview
John Gomez was raised in a non Jewish home. Although raised Catholic, he later became involved in a Baptist church. Sometime during the pandemic, he discovered Messianic music and was very moved when he heard the words to Marty Goetz’s song He is My Defense. John became very interested in the...
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Dolly Ziegler Interview
Dolly grew up in a secular home and later learned of her Jewish heritage. At the age of 17, during the Jesus Revolution, she was introduced to Yeshua at a youth meeting. Dolly has been a licensed Pastor and currently is studying to be a Certified Mental Health Counselor. She and her husband of 40...
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Tsiporah and Michael
Today I welcomed Tsiporah and Michael David back to Bagels and Blessings. Michael-David and his wife Zsiporah are a Messianic couple who have travelled around the world ministering in music and teaching over the decades with a distinct Hebraic emphasis. As they minister, Michael-David brings the...
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Greg Lahtimaki Interview
Rabbi Greg is the United Messianic Jewish Assembly(UMJA) Vice President. He was born in Germany and was raised in a religious family in various US states. At seventeen he joined the military and served alongside the IDF and in the US Army. He has a B.S. in Business and Human Resource Management...
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Jonathan-Mystery Guest
Jonathan is a second-generation Messianic Jew and works for Chosen People Ministries. He holds a B.A. in History and earned his Master of Theological Studies degree in 2021 with a focus on the New Testament. His research examines the connection between Yeshua’s (Jesus’s) miracles, especially the...
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Nathan Lewis
The son of a Jewish father, Nathan Lewis is a husband, father, and pastor with more than two decades of experience shaped by serving the Lord in Scotland and the USA. Moving to Edinburgh, Scotland, at 20 years old to study at the University of Edinburgh, Nathan helped start an Every Nation church...
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Yosef Koelner Interview
Yosef was raised in an Orthodox Jewish home, then at fourteen years old he was placed in the Foster Care system when his parents passed away. Yosef attended Illinois State University. He remembers hearing the rock song “Jesus Christ Superstar” and it made an impression on him. A representative of...
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Gaby Hall Interview
Born and raised in Germany, Gabriela's Jewish heritage has profoundly shaped her life. Her father, much older than her mother, was already 25 years old when World War II began. He experienced firsthand the devastation that unfolded as the Nazis invaded what is now Ukraine, where many of the women...
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Joyce Dorian Interview
Joyce Dorian is the host of The Bridge Podcast, where she seeks to build understanding, compassion, and healing between Jews and Christians through honest conversations, education, history, and personal stories. A self-described "nice Jewish girl from Brooklyn," Joyce spent many years spiritually...
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Shirley Burris Interview
Shirley was raised in a non-Jewish home in Texas. However, her Grandmother was Jewish and Shirley remembers celebrating Shabbat. She had a desire to learn more about her Jewish roots and she and her husband started attending a Messianic congregation in Austin. The moment she entered, she felt…
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Toni Bogart Interview
Toni Bogart currently serves as a producer researcher at Sid Roth Ministries, bringing a wealth of insight and experience to her impactful work in media. As a Messianic believer who deeply loves God and people, her life and career are firmly rooted in her faith and a passion for ministry. With…
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David Berman Interview
Pastor David M. Berman is a Messianic Jew, raised in a rabbinical synagogue and fully immersed in Jewish life and culture. He was miraculously saved in 1983. He sensed a strong call to reach Gentiles (non Jews) with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and has done so for over 35 years. A pastor, Church...
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Stephanie Caracelo Interview
Stephanie Caracelo is a fourth generation Messianic Jew and has formerly served on the Executive Boards of the MJAA and YMJA. She is the former Ministries Director for the YMJA, leading youth conferences around the country. She serves as the B’nei Mitzvah Director and has a passion for teaching…
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Another Ted Pearce Interview!
So excited to welcome Ted Pearce back to Bagels and Blessings! Ted Pearce lived his teenage years in Beaumont Texas as an atheist. It was not until he decided to read the Bible, to find contradiction within it, did God reveal Himself mightily to Ted. A radically core shaking experience by the…
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Katherine Thomas
Katherine Thomas was born and raised in San Diego, attending a Lutheran church throughout her childhood. She was introduced to the Messianic Movement in her mid-twenties when Tree of Life Messianic Congregation moved to the campus of the church she attended. Katherine fell in love with the...
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Rabbi Ron Aaronson Interview
Rabbi Ron is an author, speaker, and has been in ministry since 1965 as an evangelist, youth director, associate pastor, congregation planter, was the Rosh Yeshiva (Dean of Yeshiva) for the UMJC, and an associate Rabbi of CBMHouston.org. Rabbi Ron started the Israel Benevolence Fund (IBF) to help...
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Jill Aaronson
Rebbitzin Jill Kamp Aaronson is an experienced executive leadership coach, communications consultant, author and organization development specialist, strategic planner, motivational speaker, bridge builder, conflict resolution facilitator, public relations spokesperson, and message developer. For...
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Renate Kaufmann 1999 Interview
Renate grew up in Cologne, Germany. Hidden as a child, Renate survived the Holocaust. Renate shares her surprise when she learned that she was Jewish, the tragedy of her father's death and the faith that he taught her. This faith carried her through many tough times. Through Yeshua, Renate…
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Nathan Wilbur Interview!
Nathan is the first-born son of Paul and Luanne Wilbur and is currently operating as the Director of Wilbur Ministries. After finishing two years of undergraduate work, a semester of Jewish studies at Christ for the Nations in Dallas, Texas, and graduating from the Jacksonville Police Academy,...
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Zamariah Jackson
Zamariah Jackson, affectionately known as "Z," is a Jewish follower of Messiah Yeshua. She currently serves as Chair of the Living Free Women’s Conference. For quite some time, it has been Z’s heartfelt vision to host a powerful gathering for women across the Messianic and Christian spectrum—both...
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Josh and Sarah Rebelak
Josh and Sarah are husband and wife. In their words, "God created; thus, we as His creation create things in return. One of our favorite ways to worship is singing- an act of creation that requires body, mind, and soul to unite together in a beautiful display of devotion. Our heart is that the...
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Laura and John Popp
Laura and John had similar backgrounds in that they both grew up in a Catholic family and were both attracted to Judaism after experiencing a Passover Seder. The couple met at a Greek and Hebrew Training Center and learned more about the feasts of Israel. They were both involved in the worship…
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Rabbi Ron Goldberg Again!!!
Rabbi Ron Goldberg was raised in a Jewish family in New York City. He began sneaking out to church during his senior year of High School. A friend then gave him the "forbidden" New Testament to read and he soon discovered that Yeshua (Jesus) really is the Jewish Messiah. "After coming to faith in...
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Faith Yesner Interview
Faith Yesner lives in the Philadelphia area and is on the worship team at her synagogue, Congregation Beth Yeshua. Faith recorded two albums and was a member of the musical group Kol Simcha for many years. Besides being a vocalist and an actress, Faith is a passionate equestrian, training in...
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Lisa Hellermann Interview
Lisa Hellermann grew up in a Jewish family. After completing college, she worked in Manhattan on her way to a successful future. At this time she started to have questions about God and the meaning of life. Her search for truth offered absolutely nothing. One day commuting back from work on the...
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Susan Gibboney Returns!
Originally from Montreal Quebec Canada, Susan moved to California, when she was 18 years old. She was raised Catholic, and found Yeshua in 1974 at Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa with Chuck Smith and Romaine and Greg Laurie. She became Messianic about 24 years ago through her church Shiloh Messianic...
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Lynn Jordan
Apostle LYNN JORDAN is the Founder/CEO of I AM FOUNDation. She studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York as a NISHMA Fellow, attended Columbia University, N.Y.U., studied at a Bible Institute in NYC, teaches Scripture on various platforms, worked as a reporter on several...
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Repeat- Jonathan Bernis Interview
NOTE: this is a repeat of the 2016 interview. I did with Rabbi Jonathan Bernis. Rabbi Jonathan is the founding Rabbi of my home congregation, Congregation Shema Yisrael in Rochester, New York. Jonathan has been a leader in the Messianic Jewish community for more than 30 years. He has authored...
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Dee Linden Interview
Dee grew up in a non- Jewish home and fell in love with the Jewish root of her faith and the Jewish people many years ago. She encountered the Lord many times, from being rescued from a harmful marriage, to being healed of cancer several times, and even when she had an out of body experience. She...
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Rabbi Jim Appel Returns Again!
Rabbi Jim has been a Jewish believer in Yeshua (Jesus) since 1977. He has served Congregation Shema Yisrael as Elder, Home Group Leader, Prayer Leader, Outreach Coordinator, Youth Group Leader, Special Events Coordinator and Head Usher. Rabbi Jim has been the full time Messianic Rabbi of Shema...
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Pastor Henry Wright
Henry W. Wright was the president and founder of Be in Health Global. He was exposed to the power of spiritual healing at an early age when his mother was miraculously cured of terminal cancer and a fatal tumor that was wrapped around her jugular vein. Wright was committed to the belief that…
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Rabbi Eric Carlson Interview
Rabbi Eric Carlson is founder and shepherd of Congregation Zion’s Sake, a Messianic Congregation, located in Newport News, Virginia. Eric is a native of Fairview, Pennsylvania and holds a bachelor of Theology degree. He attained the rank of Senior Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy,...
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Heather Walker is Back!
Heather Walker lives in Northern California with her husband who pastors Harei Yeshua and First Baptist Church (FBC) of Paradise. Heather is mother to 6, (grandma) to 5. Heather currently serves at FBC Paradise as Women’s Ministry leader, and office administrator. She loves to talk about textual...
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Beckah Shae is Back!!
Beckah credits her mother, who was raised in a Jewish family, as being a key influence in her spiritual development. In her early 20's she was at an all time low and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and joined a cover band. While there she began to feel an empitness creeping in, she was searching for a...
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Return of Paul Liberman
Paul Liberman became a believer in the Messiah in 1971. He was instrumental in founding two Messianic Congregations: Beth Messiah Messianic Congregation in Washington, D.C. and Tree of Life in San Diego, CA. He also served as a congregational leader at Beit Asaph in Netanya, Israel, when he…
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Debbie Gertler Interview
Yeshua was after Debbie for a very long time, but she just didn’t know it. Her brother’s changed behavior and suggestions put her on a path of researching about Yeshua and trying to understand her brother’s decision to become a believer. It took her a year and 1/2 to read and research the truth…
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Becca Chefran Interview
Becca is the granddaughter of Austrian Holocaust survivors. She grew up in Philadelphia, where she attended Congregation Beth Yeshua. It was there, at the end of ninth grade, that she made a defining commitment in her heart to the Lord. Formerly with the musical group Kol Simcha, Becca traveled…
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Dave Wisotski Interview
Here’s the story of a young man who found his Jewish Messiah. Dave Wisotsky is a Jewish believer in Jesus who grew up in a Reform Jewish household in New Jersey. After encountering the Lord in 2023, he left a career in finance in NYC to become an evangelist. Also enjoy music from Jonathan Settel,...
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Eric Tokajer Coffee Talk
Today's program was like sitting down with a good friend over a cup of coffee and talking about world events and God’s promises. It was wonderful to have Rabbi Eric on Bagels and Blessings again. Rabbi Eric was raised in a traditional Jewish home. While serving in the US Navy, Rabbi Eric was...
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Ava Batts and Elizabeth Appel
Ava Batts was raised in a gentile home and in later years discovered the Jewish roots of her faith. That's when she fell in love with the Jewish Messiah Yeshua! Ava runs the Fig Tree Book Store at our congregation and is very involved in outreach to the homeless, to women's shelters and is often…
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Shiloh Ben Hod
I’ve waited a few years to interview this talented young man and finally got to do a phone interview with him last month. He is an anointed worship leader from Israel and his band Solu produces fabulous Messianic worship. Shilo Ben Hod is a native Jewish Israeli born in Jerusalem, and raised in a...
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Chris Katulka Interview
Chris leads Friends of Israel (FOI)’s ministry in the United States and Canada. After graduating from the Institute of Jewish Studies, he received his B.S. in Bible from Cairn University (formerly Philadelphia Biblical University) and a Master’s of Theology in Old Testament studies from Dallas...
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