The MTA won’t let this matter ride As you may have read, Jews for Jesus has been on a full-court press lately, spending a lot of time in and around subway stations preaching to the unconverted. (In fact, there were plenty of JforJ reps at the aforementioned Mets game, standing just outside the entrance to the No. 7 train handing out fliers.) But, according to the MTA, its love of the subways has gone a bit too far; it put the, um, kibosh not only on T-shirts the group planned to sell that were an obvious homage to the subway system, but also to images the group used on its site that re-appropriated subway signage. (Check out the cute little "Jews for Jesus" subway tokens!) According to this story, the MTA was finally appeased when Jews for Jesus traded in the MTA's candy-colored circles for Stars of David, as pictured above. —Posted by Catharine P. Taylor

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i saw them on the path this morning... ignored em like i do homeless people, jus keep that ipod blaring

Posted by: | Jul 11, 2006 3:31:36 PM

You know another name for a Jew for Jesus? A CHRISTIAN!!!!!!!

Posted by: Todd W. | Jul 11, 2006 3:47:17 PM

Hey Jesus,

I've seen you do amazing things for baseball teams and beauty queens, now that I know you're for Jews, is there anyway you could swing me a publishing deal? My book, Tuesdays with Mantu, has been doing well on amazon.com, but I could really use a publisher who can get me some real estate in the bookstores.
Can you make that happen, Jesus?

Thanks,

Rich

Posted by: rich siegel | Jul 11, 2006 4:54:09 PM

the 12 apostles were all jewish. the original jews for jesus. except, they didn't think they were starting a new religion--just one of the myriad off-shoots of judaism of the day. jesus would have no idea what was going on if he attended a "Christian" church service. it would be completely foreign to him. if anything, "Christians," that is, gentiles who are affiliated with churches, should educate themselves in the ways and philosophies of judaism if they want to better understand the man they call The Messiah. how about Gentiles for Judaism? Think of the advertising possibilities. Oy!

Posted by: | Jul 11, 2006 4:54:37 PM

Jews for Jesus came to my non-denominational (christian) church a few years back. I'm still not sure how I feel about the cause...

Posted by: Me | Jul 11, 2006 5:57:34 PM

jews give jesus a hard-on

Posted by: | Jul 12, 2006 12:31:22 PM

i know the next logical step in this procession of race and religion..

how about:

juice for jesus!

Posted by: jc | Jul 21, 2006 7:40:15 PM

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