Yes, the majority of Jews are offended by Messianics who are Christians, not Jews. This is supported by the fact that the Law of Return, which grants automatic Israeli citizenship to Jews and even the descendents of Jews (at least 1 Jewish grandparent), was modified to specify that Jews who become Messianics are not eligible to apply for citizenship as Jews.
This being said, in the majority of Jewish communities around the world, when a a person who is born a Jew becomes a Messianic, it is met by sadness and pity by the rest of the community. This is because the individual is seen as having cut themselves off from the Jewish community and having renounced his or his path to HaShem (The Creator). There is always the underlying hope that these individuals will eventually find their way back to Judaism though.
As for Messianic organisations such as "Jews for Judaism", they are unanimously despised by all Jewish communities around the world.
Baptists are a specific Christian denomination. Messianic Jews can be adherents of any or no Christian denomination. Note that the consensus among most Jews is that Messianic Jews are actually to be considered as having relinquished Judaism. The primary difference between Baptists and Messianic Jews is that Baptists observe traditional Christian holidays such as Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost whereas Messianic Jews observe Jewish holidays such as Shabbat, Passover, and Rosh Hashanah, but they do so with a bent towards Christian interpretations of those holidays.
The main difference between Messianic Jews and other Jews is that Messianic Jews is a merger between evangelical Christianity with elements of Judaism. It is a new religion, developed in the 1960's.
The only Christians that would pray to Mary are Catholics, so the answer is no. Some Messianic Jews are Catholic, but this is rare. The majority of Messianic Jews are Protestant Evangelicals and pray as they do.
Messianic Jews are some things in common with Orthodox Judaism. But since we are talking about differences. One of the differences is that Orthodox Jews are of Jewish heritage while Messianic Jews aren't just of Jewish heritage and allow non-jews to come into judaism.
No. Messianics, as a whole, are not regonised as Jews by the State of Israel. This includes those who were born to Jewish families but converted to Messianic Christianity. The Supreme Court of Israel has clarified that Messianic Judaism is a form of Christianity and as such Messianic Jews do not qualify for the Right of Return.
Ethnically Jewish people who are Christians or Messianic Jews. It is worth noting that most Jews consider Messianic Jews to be Christians.
Messianic Jews are not recognized as part of the Jewish community, but some of them do follow some Jewish rituals.
People who refer to themselves as "Messianic Jews" are Christians and therefore are Gentiles. As a Gentile, you don't have to become a Messianic as that's just another variant of Christianity.
answer:There are approximately 8,000 Messianics living throughout Israel. However, a true count is almost impossible as many Christian evangelical groups are now referring to themselves as Messianic Jews.answer:There are approximately 8,000 Messianic Jews known to be living throughout Israel. However, a true count is almost impossible for several reasons, INCLUDING THAT:Many Messianic Jews are considered to be Non-Messianic Jews by the Israeli government. [Supervisor's note: The Israeli government has no such designation as "not religious".]Many Patrilineal and even Matrilineal Jews are already not considered Jewish enough to be counted as Jews. Couple that and their Messianic Jewishness, and they are left all the more uncounted as Jewish. [Supervisor's note: Israel doesn't recognize ANY patrilineal Jews as Jewish]
Since Messianic Judaism is a form of Christianity, Messianic Jews raise no objections to the mainstream Christian arguments that all foods are permissible according to the New Testament. Some Messianic Jews eat kosher for personal reasons, but the majority of the movement is not so inclined.
Of course. They are Jews, they are Messianic and they are pioneers.
This is the title of a Christian minister who serves a Messianic congregation. Messianic Judaism is a form of Christianity where the congregants self-identify with Jews or the Jewish people, though most are not actually Jews by birth.