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{{Short description|Messianic Jewish organization}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                     = Jews for Jesus
| native_name_lang         = eng
| image                    = Jews for Jesus logo.svg
| formation                = {{start date and age|df=yes|1970}} (as Hineni Ministries).
{{start date and age|df=yes|1973}} (as Jews for Jesus)
| founder                  = [[Moishe Rosen]]
| type                     = [[Non-profit organization|Non-profit]]
| status                   = 
| purpose                  = Religious proselytization
| headquarters             = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], U.S.
| leader_title             = Executive Director
| leader_name              = [[Aaron Abramson]]
| website                  = https://jewsforjesus.org/
| formerly                 = Hineni Ministries
}}
{{Messianic Judaism}}

'''Jews for Jesus''' is an international [[Christian mission]]ary organization headquartered in [[San Francisco, California]], that is affiliated with the [[Messianic Judaism|Messianic Jewish]] religious movement. The group is known for its [[Proselytization and counter-proselytization of Jews|proselytism of Jews]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haag |first=Matthew |date=2018-10-30 |title=How a 'Jews for Jesus' Moment Backfired for Mike Pence (Published 2018) |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/us/mike-pence-rabbi-jacobs.html |access-date=2021-03-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Jacob |first1=Jeff |date=5 November 2018 |title=Are 'Jews for Jesus' Jewish? – The Boston Globe (opinion) |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/11/05/are-jews-for-jesus-jewish/f3RTVrAkzTKMhICSAvbaHJ/story.html |access-date=2021-03-12 |website=The Boston Globe |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Burton |first=Tara Isabella |date=2018-10-31 |title=Messianic Jews and Jews for Jesus, explained |url=https://www.vox.com/2018/10/31/18042506/jew-for-jesus-messianic-jews-loren-jacobs-mike-pence |access-date=2021-03-12 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> and promotes the belief that [[Jesus]] is the [[Messiah in Christianity|Christ]] and the [[Son of God (Christianity)|Son of God]].<ref name="thearda.com">{{Cite web |title=Movements {{!}} Messianic Judaism {{!}} Timeline {{!}} The Association of Religion Data Archives |url=https://www.thearda.com/timeline/movements/movement_49.asp |access-date=2021-02-24 |website=www.thearda.com |archive-date=2021-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715103208/https://www.thearda.com/timeline/movements/movement_49.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://jewsforjesus.org/about/who-we-are/ |website=Jews for Jesus}}</ref> It was founded in 1970 by [[Moishe Rosen]] as '''Hineni Ministries''' before being incorporated under its current name in 1973.

There are no [[Judaism|Jewish]] religious authorities{{clarification needed|date=September 2023}} that consider Jews for Jesus to be a Jewish organization, mainly because the founder is an ordained [[Baptist]] minister and should therefore not be involved in reshaping [[Judaism]]. Rabbinical authorities<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Jews for Jesus|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jews-for-jesus|access-date=2018-04-23|website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org|language=en}}</ref> point out that there is only one mention of the [[Old Testament]] (the [[Hebrew Bible|Tanakh]] to Jews) in its "Statement of Faith".<ref name=":0" /> Additionally, the [[Supreme Court of Israel]] determined that Messianic Jews are not actually Jews as belief in Jesus as the Messiah is not a Jewish value.<ref name=":0" /> Instead, most Jews view Jesus either as a good Jewish teacher or as a [[false prophet]], but most certainly a failed messiah claimant.<ref>{{cite book |last=Levine |first=Amy-Jill |author-link=Amy-Jill Levine |date=2006 |title=The misunderstood Jew : the Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus |url=https://archive.org/details/misunderstoodjew00levi |location=San Francisco |publisher=Harper-Collins |isbn=978-0-060-78966-4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=What Do Jews Believe About Jesus?|url=https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/what-do-jews-believe-about-jesus/|access-date=2021-03-09|website=My Jewish Learning|language=en-US}}</ref>