User:Dohwid

באזרת השם Shalom, I am Dohwid--Dohwid (talk) 19:53, 4 December 2013 (UTC), an Orthodox Jew who believes in Yeshua son of Yoseph from Nazareth as the promised Messiah in accordance with the Tanakh(older Testament). ''I am interested in shedding light on common misconceptions within Judaism with regards to the Person of Yeshua and misconceptions concerning the Torah (Pentateuch) and Older Testament within Christianity because I view these two (Yeshua and the Torah) as both being the Word of G-D (John chapter 1). I also hope to correct misconceptions concerning the Middle East and in particular the modern state of Israel as well as Jewish culture, faith, language and practice.''

''I am fluent in Hebrew which I learned to read from Rabbi Eliezer ben Yehuda (the grandson of the first ben-Yehuda). I learned how to write and speak Hebrew while living in Israel for over 5 years. ''

I was born in Nashville, Tenn., raised the first 3 years of my life in Centerville, Hickman County, Tenn. Yet I now regard Jerusalem, Israel as my home. Having been raised initially as a born-again Christian and informal Biblical scholar and then at 20 years old discovering that I am by my mother Jewish, subsequently spending 4 years among the Orthodox Jewish community and going through the education process of converting to Orthodox Judaism, I am quite capable to achieve these stated objectives. My education is informal having been Home Educated from the 4th grade on with no formal high school diploma or GED.

I have had many people who have befriended me:

Arabs (both Christian and Muslim), non-Arab muslims, Christians (Orthodox and non-Orthodox), Jews (Orthodox and non-Orthodox), agnostics, atheists... in short I have no problem agreeing to disagree.

I believe in dialog and education as being the preferred path to peace, yet I am not shy about defending those who have been placed in the untenable position of having to kill so they or their families won't be killed.

So if you would like to hear a much different perspective than you are probably used to hearing check me out. Peace out.