CMJ USA

10/05/2026

On this upcoming 3rd anniversary of the events of 0ctober 7th, CMJUSA invites you to remember and to pray. As well as offer a kind word to our Jewish neighbors here in America, who are still feeling the aftershocks of a steep rise in anti-Semitism.

10/05/2026

Joseph Schereschewsky was born to a Jewish family in Lithuania in 1831 and was studying at the Zhytomyr Rabbinical School by the age of 16. The book a classmate handed him there had been published by the London Jews Society, the ministry known today as CMJ UK.

The rest of his life went to translation. Earlier Chinese Bibles had been rendered from English, but Joseph didn't work that way. He translated straight from the Hebrew and the Greek, using the rabbinical and seminary training he already had. He was consecrated Anglican Bishop of Shanghai in 1877.

Four years after that, sunstroke left him paralyzed. He resigned the bishopric and kept the translating, sitting most of each day and typing with two fingers for more than twenty years. He was still working the day before he died in 1906, and he'd never met most of the people he was doing it for. Roughly 400 million people were living in China at the turn of that century.

CMJ USA gives on October 14, the day the Church remembers him, because his life is the fruit of CMJ's earliest work.

You can read his full story at cmj-usa.org/blog/hope-chinese-bishop-sons-jacob. Would you save the date and pray with us for the next Joseph?

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10/02/2026

2026 has been a remarkable year of connection for CMJ USA. Traveling across the country to meet so many of you in person—at churches, conferences, and gatherings—is always a highlight of our ministry. From our early trips through South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida to our upcoming visits in California, Texas, and Virginia (plus the meaningful Seders and teachings close to home in Pennsylvania), we are deeply grateful for every open door.

As we look ahead, we are preparing for a major milestone: launching Emunah in 2027 and introducing it to congregations nationwide.

To reach as many communities as possible, we need to build a strong digital and physical foundation today. Here is where your Day of Giving support directly makes an impact:

Expanding Emunah: While Emunah will initially launch as a digital download, our goal is to expand into print editions and high-quality video instruction to maximize its reach.

Travel & Outreach: Bringing the Jewish roots of our faith directly to local congregations requires flights, rental cars, and boots on the ground.

Upgrading Our Digital Presence: We are optimizing our website to make key resources easily accessible and expanding CMJ’s voice on social media to actively counter anti-Jewish rhetoric with truth and clarity.

How You Can Partner with Us Today

Invite Us to Your Church: We would love to minister to your local congregation in person.

Pray for the Ministry: Stand with us in prayer for wisdom, safe travels, and open doors.

Invest in the Mission: Consider becoming a monthly donor or giving a strategic one-time gift this Day of Giving.

As Director Emeritus Philip Bottomley often reminds us, "The Lord pays for what He orders." We also know He delights in using His saints as conduits of His abundant provision.

To our faithful regular donors: thank you. You are integral to everything we do. Will you help us take this next step forward today?

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09/29/2026

Jesus celebrated Sukkot, will you?

09/28/2026

Sukkot's Joy!

09/25/2026

Happy Feast of Tabernacles from the CMJ USA family.

Let us take the time to remember how God travels with us through the wilderness of this life. Shalom!

09/23/2026

Who were the Romans? Why was Paul writing to them? The church in Rome was not founded by Paul. In fact, he’d never been there when he wrote this letter. The congregation was likely founded by Jewish believers who had been in Jerusalem for the Feast of Weeks, which the Greek-speaking Jews called Pentecost. And like other churches we see in Acts and in Paul’s letters, the congregation was mixed – both Jews and Gentiles together worshiping Jesus as Messiah and Lord.

Then in AD 49, Emperor Claudius expelled all the Jews from Rome. For about five years, there were no Jews in city Rome. When Claudius died in AD 54, the Jews began to return to the city and to the church. For five years, Gentiles ran the church, preached, and worshiped in ways comfortable for Romans and Greeks. Perhaps the keeping of the biblical feasts fell by the wayside. Certainly, nobody was keeping kosher. Then the Jewish believers returned, still fully Jewish, still keeping the ancient practices, some of them still keeping kosher.

Some of you here at St. Luke’s have been present for the ups and downs of church life. You have seen how church culture shifts when leadership changes or a substantial group of people move away. I’ve had some close-up looks at rector changes and the departure of congregational stalwarts. Change is hard. Relationships are strained, sometimes rather quickly. So it seems it was at the church in Rome.

We’re not sure who told Paul about the Roman church’s troubles. One likely connection is Priscilla and Aquilla. Paul met them in Corinth after the couple were kicked out of Rome with the other Jews. Perhaps when they returned to Rome 5 years later, they encountered friction and remembered Paul had experience ministering to mixed congregations.

Paul expounds a lot of theological truths throughout Romans, explaining how Jesus saves both Jew and Gentile, reminding the Gentiles that God still loves the Israel that cannot see Jesus as Messiah. Then he gets to some practicalities of community life.

In Romans 14, Paul is alluding to the clash of calendars. Jews probably want to keep Sabbath and the biblical feasts. The Romans don’t see a need for that. Maybe they think that all we need is to worship Jesus on Sunday, because that’s when the resurrection happened. These arguments have continued through church history into our time.

I agree with Paul that we must give each other grace to follow our personal convictions on these secondary and tertiary theological questions like what days we keep holy, what rules of life we follow. We should neither condemn people for when they keep Sabbath, or if they choose to keep kosher or some other form of abstaining, nor condemn those who feel free in Christ to not do those things.

Still, I do believe that the Feasts of the LORD, as the biblical holidays are called in Leviticus 23, have something to teach us Gentiles about Jesus.

So because the lectionary served us up this Romans 14 passage on Rosh Hashana, we will look at the three biblical fall feasts...

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09/22/2026

Jewish Media Review - September 2026

By Cariño Casas
It’s been many months since I last shared a Jewish Media Review. My travel schedule disrupted some work rhythms. I also became overwhelmed with the news. The Israel-Hamas War still smolders as do hostilities with Hezbollah. The United States continues in its hot-cold-hot again conflict with Iran. People who blame Israel for these things continue to harass and attack our Jewish neighbors here in the U.S. and in other Western countries. For months, it has been a lot of the same news, and most of you who are savvy readers get that information elsewhere.

This month, the headlines below jumped out to me. They tell news I haven’t seen anywhere but in Jewish media. I share these as a reminder to you to read Jewish media. If you care about our Jewish neighbors, read what they’re writing. You’ll find things you agree with and others that perhaps rub you the wrong way. Above all, you’ll learn things.

A sign of friendship is that we listen to the thoughts and feelings of the other. We listen to the joys and sorrows of those we care about, and we ask questions because we really want to know our friend. We must do that with our Jewish neighbors. We must want to know them and, in that way, love them.

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