Rabbi Barney Kasdan
Rabbi Kasdan was born and raised in Southern California in a secular Jewish family. In his college years he started reading the Tenakh as well as the New Testament and came to his faith in Yeshua as well as the Messiah 1971.
Subsequently he studied at Baylor University (BA, History), Talbot School of Theology (M.Div.) and completed one year of graduate studies at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles.
Rabbi Kasdan is ordained with Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations (UMJC) and has served in various positions including as its President from 1998-2002.
He has written numerous articles as books on Messianic Judaism. In addition to his congregational duties, he has served as Chaplain for the San Diego Police Department.
He speaks frequently in various venues about the importance of modern Israel and the Jewishness of Yeshua with the hopes of helping the Jewish and Christian communities to better understand each other.
