We have been maintaining that Jews still hold to their Judaism even if they "accept" Yeshua in the Messianic congregations, in that they deny the divinity and humanity of Jesus, deny the Trinity, claim that the Messiah must be a man, and Jesus Christ's identification with the Father as one, problematic.
Here is the proof:
Reference is made to the 2011 article at http://jewishisrael.ning.com/profiles/blogs/tourism-ministry-promotes, wherein this statement is reported to have been made by Samuel Smadja, Israeli Messianic pastor to former state senator Henry Eugene "Hank" Erwin, Jr. of Alabama: (bold is ours):
"So, it was no surprise to see former Republican State Senator Henry Eugene "Hank" Erwin, Jr. of Alabama standing in front of the NRB Israeli exhibit and interviewing Israeli messianic pastor Samuel Smadja, who explained in great detail the obstacles involved in bringing Jews to Jesus.
Excerpt: (As a reputed quote from Smadja):
"The second obstacle is the deity of the messiah. The concept of the trinity or the concept of a messiah who is fully god and fully man is not a known concept for the Jewish people. They believe in a man as the messiah…That's why Paul, every time he writes to the Jewish people, puts an emphasis on the deity of the messiah. And we all agree that christ was not crucified because of his healing or his teaching. He was crucified only because he said, "me and my father are one" and that was the obstacle for the Jewish people, and that's still the obstacle until today".
