Meet the officers of the
International Messianic Jewish Alliance
Paul Liberman
Executive Directory
Rancho Mirage, CA
Paul Liberman became a believer in the Messiah in 1971.  He has participated in a number of Messianic Jewish organizations including the Executive Committees of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America and International Messianic Jewish Alliance.  He was also instrumental in founding two Messianic Congregations; Beth Messiah Congregation of Washington, D.C., where he served as an elder and Tree of life in San Diego, California, where he served as the congregational leader.  He resided in Israel for nine years, where he served as a Messianic Congregational Leader, Chairman of the Messianic Action Committee (Knesset lobbying) and as the Executive Director of the Joseph Project (humanitarian aid, importation of goods).  Paul also was the author of The Fig Tree Blossoms, which was a primary book explaining the Messianic Movement.  It was originally published in 1976 and is available in English, Russian, Hebrew and now Spanish.
 

Joel Chernoff
President
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Joel Chernoff was first elected to the Executive Committee of the IMJA in 1972, when he was elected Vice-president and has served without interruption to the present.
Joel Chernoff is a well known musician and pioneer of Davidic Praise, recording artist of the musical group LAMB. 
Besides his LAMB albums, his solo album COME DANCE WITH ME include such hits as The Sacrifice Lamb, When you Rise Up, Fall on Me and Save us Oh Lord. 
A second generation Messianic Jewish believer from Philadelphia; Mr. Chernoff is also de General Secretary of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America. 
An avid sportsman, he coaches youth teams at the local Jewish Community Center.
 

Dr. John Fischer
Vice-president, 
Palm Harbor, Florida, USA
Dr. Fischer is the President of the Association of Messianic Jewish Believers, and founding member of the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations.
He is also the Rabbi of Or Hadash Messianic Synagogue in Clearwater, Florida. 
John is an eminent scholar, prolific writer, author of the Messianic Jewish Siddur, and Dean of St. Petersburg Theological Seminary. He is also the head of the Yeshiva (Seminary) program of the International Messianic Jewish Alliance. 

 
 
Natalio Krauthamer
Vice-president, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mr. Krauthamer is founding member of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of Argentina and its has been President of the Argentina Alliance for several years.  He is presently the longest serving member of the IMJA executive Committee, thus he has been appointed Honorary Vice President for life. 
Mr. Krauthamer, now retired, has been the spiritual leader of the Buenos Aires Messianic Jewish Congregation, of the the oldest messianic Jewish congregations in the world. He is actively promoting the work of the alliance in  Argentina, where half million Jews live, and throughout South America. 

Other Officers:
Vice-president: Larry Rich, Toronto, Canada
Treasurer: Curt Landry, USA



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