Are you anti-semitic?

The main reason people might call us anti-Semitic is that we believe what the New Testament records in Matthew 27:24-25. This passage says that the great crowd of Jews who demanded our Master Yahshua's crucifixion called down the guilt of His murder on themselves and their children. We do not consider this passage anti-Semitic, and we are not ashamed that it is in the Bible. It, along with Deuteronomy 28:15-68, explains why God has not been able to protect the Jews from century after century of abuse at the hands of wicked men.

For Jews who follow our Master, however, these curses are removed. In the Community there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile. Our belief and practice in this regard is expressed well by a passage in one of our teachings: "Those who do have a hard time [with Jews] and verbally abuse them are condemned. We all know for sure that a Jew is the [physical] seed of Abraham... and as we treat a Jew, so we treat Abraham..."