Point of the OP, It runs something like this,
From now on I am going to call myself a Muslim Race car driver, never mind I know little about the Muslim faith and do not follow the perimeters of their religion, and I have never driven a Race car as I am sure professional drivers wont mind at all...
The belief in Jesus as the messiah puts one outside the boundaries of Judaism, you just can't reject Torah,
I don't mean to imply that one has any less a Jewish soul. no matter how far one roams a Jew will always be Jew but a faith in a messiah ,Jesus, as the christ, by definition makes one...
Of course a Jew can believe in Jesus. He may even howl at the moon or stick pins in a doll,because its Just like a vegetarian that eats a steak,As Levite said above, unless one is born to a Jewish mother, or goes through conversion,according to Jewish Law he or she is not Jewish
If you...
I was taught Jacob and Israel are two levels in the service of G-d, both are necessary and realized at different times in every Jews life.
with Jacob ,there is still a struggle with one’s evil inclinations,or materal wants and needs like we do during the week days but with Israel like on...