Jeff’s Biography

I was brought up in a Jewish home in Brooklyn New York. In 1975 I began to search out the deep questions of life and in my seeking I began to explore Eastern religion. I soon saw that these Eastern disciplines did not hold the answer I was looking for and I began a journey back to my Jewish roots. On the first Sabbath I ever observed as an adult I met two identical Jewish twins one after another who stopped me on the streets of New York City asking me if I believed in Jesus. When I told them I was Jewish and did not believe in Jesus they startled me by telling me that they also were Jewish and did! I asked how they could and they gladly explained. I saw for the first time that Jesus was spoken of extensively in my own Hebrew scriptures and was amazed. I was soon to meet one of these twin brothers two weeks later on the Staten Island Ferry en route to Manhattan, NYC. When the ferry boat docked I prayed to receive the Spirit of God and forgiveness in Yeshua. I have not been the same since!

Since the day I gave my life to Yeshua, I have been compelled to share the amazing news of the gospel with my own people. This led me to Orthodox Jews in the early days and onto Moscow, Russia and the Central Asian Republics in 1998. I began a live call in talk radio show on a secular station in the mid 80’s proclaiming to the Jewish community of the Washington, DC are that Yeshua (Jesus) is the promised Messiah of Israel.

In 1989 the second most wonderful thing in my life happened. I was married to the most beautiful woman I ever saw! Janet my wife, loves the Lord and is very special. Without her I would never have been able to do what God has called me to.

It was in 1994 that along with my brave and faithful wife Janet, my  3 year old son Yaron and 3 month old daughter Eliya that we moved to Moscow, Russia to help establish a Messianic Jewish Congregation that has since multiplied and is still thriving today.

As I said in 1998 we moved to Almaty, Kazakhstan where we planted another Messianic Congregation and then another in the Northern Kazak city of Karaganda. We continue to serve a network of Messianic Jewish Congregations in the Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. I have traveled the world speaking in churches about the call of Christians to bring back the gospel to the people from whom it first came. I have embraced our calling as Jews to be lights to all nations and by the grace of God have traveled the world to begin to fulfill that call.

My travels have led me to Norway, Sweden, Japan, India, Nepal, Ukraine, Israel, Turkey and the United Kingdom. You will soon be able to view photos I have taken in those nations on this blog and our facebook page.

I am presently the founding director and president of the Gates of Zion, a non profit organization established for the purpose of Jewish reaching Jewish people worldwide with the truth of the Messiah and teaching the body of Messiah to embrace their Jewish foundations and be part of the effort to bring Jewish people back home to their Messiah and King.

After almost a decade in the former Soviet Union were inspired by the Holy Spirit to move back to the USA. We first lived in the upper west side of Manhattan beginning October 2004 and now live in the suburbs of Philadelphia

My vision is to effectively reach the Jewish people worldwide with a Jewish message about their Jewish Messiah. I am trusting the Lord will enable the Gates of Zion to penetrate the international marketplace and business community which has an overwhelming number of Jewish people.

I am trusting the Lord that many Christians will get behind us and become partners with us in this great work. It is full time for Christians throughout the world to begin to pay back the great debt they owe the Jewish people and bring the glorious message of salvation back to where it all began!

The prayers and participation of all who love the Lord will ultimately bring about what the scriptures promise: All Israel will be saved!

If the Lord inspires you to financially partner with the Gates of Zion please click where it says, “DONATE” on our home page. Thank-you for your participation as we work side by side for the Salvation of Israel.

Yours in Messiah Yeshua,

Jeff