Eitan Bar

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Dr. Eitan Bar (איתן בר) (born 31 October 1984 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli author and apologist who defines himself as a "Jewish-Christian." He is most well known for producing evangelistic videos of apologetic and polemic nature some of which are critical of Rabbinic Judaism and the Oral Torah, and presenting Jesus as the Jewish Messiah. Eitan Bar is the first and only Jew in history to publicly debate an Orthodox rabbi in Israel and in the Hebrew language.

Though born into a Jewish family with Holocaust survivors in his ancestry, Bar believes Jesus to be the Jewish Messiah and his work is dedicated to persuading others to agree. He is married to Kate Bar and lives in Netanya, Israel.

In 2009, Bar founded ONE FOR ISRAEL Ministry. His videos are not only promoting Jesus and the New Testament, but are critical of Traditional Rabbinic Judaism, based on the Talmud. He has also written several books on the subject.

Education and career

Bar studied multimedia design and visual communications at John Bryce Training College in Tel-Aviv, 2003-2004. Later, in 2009, he gained a degree in Biblical Studies from Israel College of the Bible and later an MDiv Equivalency. In 2013 he gained a Masters in Theological Studies from Liberty University, and in 2020 received his doctorate (DMin, Middle East Studies) from Dallas Theological Seminary in the US.

Bar initially pursued a career in advertising but later joined Cru to work in their campus ministry, and then their virtual ministry, using the internet to share the gospel (2006–2013). Bar is currently the Director of Evangelism and Apologetics at Israel College of the Bible, within the One For Israel non-profit organization in Netanya, Israel.

There are many thousands of Messianic Jews around the world, with some estimates exceeding a million. including some 30,000 in Israel alone However, this is only a small fraction of world Jewry.

ONE FOR ISRAEL, which is staffed by Jewish and Arab Israelis, is working to become the leading organization in sharing the Gospel of Yeshua with all Israelis, both Jewish and Arab. Connected with Israel College of the Bible, they use media and the internet to reach Israelis with the message of the gospel, and are seeing a lot of positive response

In 2022, Eitan left ONE FOR ISRAEL and Israel College of the Bible, and renounced Calvinism himself as well. In April of 2023 Eitan released a new book against Calvinism which led to the Bible College (now ONE FOR ISRAEL) to send out a mass email a few days later announcing he was fired due to his wife at the time divorcing him. The ministry also removed all his past videos to date.

Works

• Rabbinic Judaism Debunked: Debunking the myth of Rabbinic Oral Law (with Dr. Golan Broshi) (2018) ISBN 1795804548 Search this book on .
• Refuting Rabbinic Objections to Christianity & Messianic Prophecies (2019) ISBN 1792912900 Search this book on .
• Reading Moses, Seeing Jesus: How the Torah Fulfills Its Goal in Yeshua (with Dr Erez Soref and Dr Seth Postell) (2019) ISBN 1683593537 Search this book on .
• The “Gospel” of Divine Abuse: Redeeming the Gospel from Gruesome Popular Preaching of an Abusive and Violent God (2023) ISBN 979-8379286347 Search this book on .
• Why Don't Jews Believe in Jesus: A Jewish-Christian Unfolds the Great Mystery (2023) ISBN B0C3H797WY Search this book on .

In collaboration with Chosen People Ministries, Bar and his team from ONE FOR ISRAEL produced the I Met Messiah series of more than 100 videos, sharing the personal stories of Jewish people who came to believe in Jesus as the Messiah. In 2018, Eitan and these videos won an award for excellence from NRB (National Religious Broadcasters) who give an annual award for religious media which "demonstrates outstanding creativity, use of technology, and team involvement and effectiveness".

The websites and channels linked to this work are:

Websites:

• www.eitan.bar

Facebook page:

• https://www.facebook.com/eitanb

Criticism

Bar has accrued a large following on social media, with his various websites and his YouTube channels, but he has also drawn a lot of hostility and criticism for being a "Christian missionary".

As an apologist within Judaism, Bar has become widely known in Israel for his controversial videos, even catching the attention of national media. Channel 13, 25th June 2020.

Attempts have been made to sue YouTube for showing the videos, alleging that they are illegally targeting minors. but the claims were unsubstantiated and the attempt was ultimately unsuccessful.

References

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