re: #94 engineer cat
perhaps you’ve never heard the famous joke that we jews love to tell about ourselves:
“if you have 10 jews in a room, you’ll have at least 11 opinions on any subject”
that’s why i suggest getting at least one opinion from the reform, orthodox, and hassidic branches
just for starters
I’m in Stralia, most of my Jewish friends speak of and are aware of ‘The Messiah’ or ‘The anointed One’.
Perhaps its different in the states, I wouldn’t know.