CHAI SPRING 2026
NEWS AND ARTICLES
INSIDE THE SPRING 2026 ISSUE
Page 2: New! Date for your diaries – online meeting for BMJA members!
Page 3: BMJA family news – tributes to Dorothe Kaufmann and Martin Goldsmith
Page 8: Notes from the mission field
Page 9: Hamantaschen in a time of war – a reflection by Richard Harvey
Page 11: New book by Roni Mechanic
BMJA: British Messianic Jewish Alliance
Connecting Jewish Believers in Jesus since 1866
BMJA has been serving Yeshua’s disciples for over 150 years – the oldest Messianic organisation still running ! We are an association of Jewish and Gentile Believers who have found the Messiah Yeshua as our Saviour and Lord.
We are found fellowshipping in Messianic fellowships and congregations and in all kinds of Christian churches up and down the UK.We seek to unite Messianic Jews in the bonds of sympathy and prayer and to bear a witness to Yeshua (Jesus) our Messiah. We provide mutual support and fellowship for people who would otherwise feel isolated or different. We run regular residential conferences and a day conference, as well as some other events and publishing our own CHAI magazine, several times a year.
As we venture out into the next 150 years and beyond (unless the Lord returns) may we continue to honour and glorify Him who made us and called us to be Jewish and Gentile disciples of the Messiah, one in Him
Jewish Disciples of Jesus Walking Tours
May 2026
Jewish Disciples of Jesus Walking Tours
Sat, May 2 @ 10:00AM (BST, UTC+01)
City Of London, 61 Fleet Street Temple, London EC4Y 1JU
Join us for a walk through Central London and the Jewish East End mapping the history of Jewish followers of Jesus from 1232 to the present day. We follow the route from the first Domus Conversorum (“Home of Converts”) established by King Henry III, to where the Beni Abraham (Sons of Abraham) met in 1813 in Spitalfields. We walk up Brick Lane, the heart of the historic Jewish East End. We visit the site of Palestine Place in Bethnal Green where hundreds of Jewish disciples of Jesus lived, worked and worshipped. We pass by Synagogues, Hebrew Christian institutions and famous Jewish landmarks, catching the flavour of the bustling East End of today. This tour is an ideal way to learn about the history of the Jewish people, Jewish-Christian relations and Jewish disciples of Jesus.
Details
Dates: May 3, 31, June 10 or contact us for upcoming dates (Midweek or Sundays on request – not all sites open on each date) Duration: approx. 6 hours (including food stops and a tea debrief). Shorter tours of 1, 2 and 4 hours available. Walking level: About 5 miles at relaxed pace; several short walks plus two short bus trips Start: Chancery Lane underground station (Maughan Library) Finish: Bethnal Green (near Town Hall Hotel / Cambridge Heath Road)/ or /Liverpool Street Station Cost: pay-your-own food + TfL fares Guide: Richard Harvey, PhD, student of Messianic Jewish history and theology Booking: send a message with preferred dates Voluntary contribution: £20 suggested (or £10 concession) to support research, planning, and future tour resources