About
Sparks of Messiah Online Torah School is an online Torah school for Messianic Jews and Gentiles. Leveraging the power of technology and the latest teaching strategies, we provide a quality Torah education that will nurture and grow the spark of discipleship in every young follower of Yeshua.
Sparks of Messiah Online Torah School is a project of Behold! Messianic Jewish Education.
Our Staff

Jonathan Hughes, M.Ed.
Director and Teacher
Jonathan has been a disciple of Yeshua since he was a young man and has been working with kids for over 20 years. He founded Behold! Messianic Jewish Education and Sparks of Messiah Online Torah School to be able to inspire and equip the next generation of Messianic Jews and Gentiles for a lifetime of Kingdom work. He brings his passion for Torah learning and his 11+ years of professional teaching experience to provide an engaging, practical learning experience for every student. He received a Master of Education in Quality School degree in the spring of 2011. Jonathan currently attends Beth Immanuel Messianic Synagogue and is actively involved in their children’s programs.

Whitney Green
Teacher
Whitney has been a disciple of our Master Yeshua since she was a young teenager. She has a passion for learning and loves teaching the younger generation about the Torah and the wisdom of Messiah. She is most passionate about enlightening children to the importance of good character traits and deeds. She understands the importance of setting a foundation and sense of identity in children early on and hopes to ignite a spark of joy into the hearts of Yeshua’s young disciples. Whitney has experience teaching and working with elementary age students both at Beth Immanuel’s Torah School and at a local elementary. She received her B.A. in English and Spanish at a religious University and in recent years has spent her time studying Hebrew and Mussar.

Bezi Lizzi
Teacher
Bezi Lizzi is a Messianic Gentile with a love for God, passion for Torah, and immense desire to see God’ kingdom come through disciples of Yeshua. He has always enjoyed working with children from teaching swimming lessons to kids of all ages and backgrounds to most recently working with special needs kids at the elementary school of his home town of Junction City, Oregon. He earned a BA in Education and Religion with a minor in Biblical languages from Southern Adventist University where he met his beautiful and loving wife, Tori. Together they attended Tikvat David Messianic synagogue just two hours south of the university before graduating and moving to their current location of Days Creek, Oregon to be close to family. Bezi couldn’t be more excited about working with youth in the Messianic world, combining both his love for Torah, Yeshua, and the children to whom his kingdom belongs.

Mr. Roman
Special Session Teacher
Shalom friends! My name is Roman, I’m married to my super awesome wife Alaina, we have three amazing children (ages 6, 4, and 1). I am an artist and singer songwriter. I’ve been involved musically in various children's programs, schools and camps over the years. My wife and I have a little duet band and our favorite audiences are always kids. Our family loves to play music, cook, travel and create a lot of art (messier the better.) I really look forward to meeting you (virtually)!
Our Technology
To provide an interactive and engaging learning experience, we use a Learning Management System called Moodle. Moodle is a user friendly and adaptive way to organize class materials, communicate with students and parents, and foster collaboration between students. For the live, online classroom component we use Zoom.us.