beta-gershom.org

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...that there was a ladder set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to heaven; and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. And the LORD stood beside him and said, "I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring; and your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and all the families of the earth shall be blessed in you and in your offspring. Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." Genesis 28:12-15

Welcome !
This website is a resource to enable all people who have Jewish ancestry (whether they self-identify as Jew, or as Gentile) to celebrate and uphold their Jewishness. Part of our mission is:

"That no one who is seed of Jacob shall be without his or her Torah."
If the Jewish Torah is a legacy to the whole world (for it speaks to Gentiles too), then how much more so is it also the inheritance of those who descend from Jacob!

Some times the term "half-jewish" or "part-jewish" is used colloquially to refer to a person of mixed (Jewish and non-Jewish) ancestry. Because such terms can lend themselves to the erroneous impression that a person can be only partially Jewish, we have coined the phrase "Beta Gershom" (House of Gershom) as a synonym for "person of Jewish and non-Jewish ancestry".

A key purpose of this website is also to celebrate and uphold core Jewish values and concepts, including:

a- The Sh'ma: that God is "Ehhad" (One, Unique, Alone), and transcends description or division into parts.
b- The sanctity and trueness of the Torah, including the Noahide and Sinai eternal covenants.
c- That God's Salvation can only come thru Faith in God, doing the Mitzvot (Commandments), and doing Tikun and Teshuva (Repair & Repentance) when we fall short. Without earnestly striving to DO the Mitzvot and earnestly striving to Repair and Repent (when we fall short), Faith and Sacrifice alone are empty, hypocritical, and useless.
d- That Maschiach will usher and enable the Kingdom of God, but Salvation comes from God alone (not Maschiach).
e- To contribute in Israel's role as a light to the Nations (especially Ethical Monotheism and Tikun Olam).
f- To fight evangelism, jihadism, antisemitism and all forms of oppression and discrimination.

We hope the site's content is useful to you. We have also recently launched our new Community Site, where you can participate in forums, share stories, blogs, and media with other Descendants of Jewish Intermarriage.