Ira BrawerIra was born in New York in 1950. His parents were both refugees from Germany and Austria having escaped Hitler. He was raised attending Orthodox Yeshiva and synagogue. Leaving Judaism in high school, he got involved with the anti-war movement and evntually turned to drugs and alcohol. Living as a hippie in Colorado he also became a drug smuggler and dealer. After a failed marriage that produced two great kids, Ira met and married Gloria and they have been married 41 years. Gloria played a key role in Ira's faith journey, which culminated on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) in 1984 when he received Yeshua as his Messiah which completely changed the direction of his life. After going through Biblica studies he was ordained in 1990 as a Messianic Rabbi. They then moved to Boca Raton, Florida to start a Messianic Synagogue, Shalom Boca (formerly Ayts Chayim) in the heart of one of the largest Jewish communities in the world. They also became trained in Restoring the Foundations (RTF), a Biblical approach to inner healing and freedom that addresses negative family patterns that we inherit, lies that we believe, and hurts of the past that affect us today. Ira and Gloria have worked with hundreds of individuals and married couples in bringing God's healing and restoration to broken lives. Read More Read Less