I come from Habana, Cuba, a Communist country where I lived in a very strict, rigid environment. My five sisters and I learned from my mother that we could always rely on God. Although we saw miracles happening every other day, the severity at home was such that my sisters and I only knew the ...
Deborah was born in New York to a Jewish father and Puerto Rican mother. She moved to Puerto Rico at the age of 9 where she began her singing career on television and was nicknamed La Pequeña Gigante (The Little Giant) because of her tiny frame and big voice. She also sang as a soloist ...
I am a Jewish believer who came to faith on February 24, 2003. Although both of my parents were Jewish, I grew up in a secular home where we seldom spoke of God. Nevertheless, I always had an ache in my heart to know God, the Creator of all things. After I married my husband ...
I grew up in a Conservative Jewish home in New York City. My family had a strong commitment to our rich cultural and spiritual heritage. I attended Hebrew School for a number of years and had my Bar Mitzvah in an Orthodox Synagogue. During those early years, an interest and curiosity in knowing more about God was developing. I continued ...
I can’t say enough about how much my wife and I have appreciated our experience at Beth Ariel over the last 25 years. We are Gentile believers from a traditional church background, but until arriving at Beth Ariel, we never really understood, nor appreciated the very Jewish roots of our faith. It’s interesting: Jesus was Jewish, ...
I was raised in a warm, loving, Reform Jewish family in a small town in Northeastern Ohio and had my Bar Mitzvah in Cleveland. As an adult, I had a strong belief in God and attended High Holy Day services. In the late 1970′s, God began to put a deeper desire in my heart to seek Him. I was ...
I was born to a Jewish family just as WWII was ending. Most of my relatives had been exterminated in the concentration camps or murdered by the SS in the streets of Hungary, France and Germany. Despite the cries of “Where was God?” that rang in my head for most of my early life, I knew deep ...
When I came to Beth Ariel during the summer of 2007, I was in desperate need of spiritual food and fellowship. My spiritual journey had been a bumpy road. When Jesus walked into my life in the spring of 1983, I was a few months away from moving back to Europe to take a job. ...
I found Yeshua in my early 20’s through much heart-ache and a life full of turmoil. I was stubborn, obstinate, prideful and ready to give up on my marriage for the 100th time it seemed. After unpleasant words and frustration which seemed to me to be relentless, I packed a bag and stood at the ...
I grew up in a household in which witchcraft was practiced every day. My background was Catholic mixed with what the island people call Santeria. People came to my house on a daily basis to see my mom or grandmother. The psychic sign in front of our house was not needed; people just knew where ...