MESSIANIC JEWISH ALLIANCE OF CANADA

Our History

Prominent Canadian Messianic Jews appear from the eighteenth century, such as “General Wolfe’s Jew” Alexander Schomberg (1720-1804), Charles Freshman (1819-1880) and Bishop Isaac Hellmuth (1820-1901), founder of the University of Western Ontario.
The roots of the Alliance in Canada date back to 1915. Groups of Jewish believers in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and elsewhere met regularly. Holocaust survivor from Poland, Jacob Jocz (1906-1983), led the Toronto “Nathaniel Institute” and was President of the International Messianic Jewish Alliance. With the growth of Messianic congregations, a new Canadian national Alliance was officially formed in 1975, to give Canadian Jewish believers their own independent Alliance and fully participate at the international level. The head office has been located in Calgary since 1998. The current President is Cal Goldberg.