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Hi, I’m Iris Salmins, writer and artist.

 

I spent twelve years in Houston radio as a salesperson and sales manager, writing and producing hundreds of commercials and learning how to land a message in sixty seconds flat. Day to day, I wrote the words that actually moved people—clear, persuasive, respectful of the listener’s time.

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In 1995, with the encouragement of my home congregation, Beth Yeshua HaMashiach, I moved from Houston to Latvia to establish the country’s first Torah-observant synagogue, where Jewish believers in Yeshua could maintain their language, prayers, traditions, and calendar, rather than embracing ones that were totally different from their own.   

 

Two weeks after I arrived, I spoke at a weekly prayer group for Israel and the Jewish people and met Maris Salmins. He became my translator, then my husband and partner in the work. For the next six years, we planted and nurtured congregations, taught Scripture, and hosted “Jewish Voice,” a weekly radio program that reached two-thirds of Latvia.

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When my parents needed point persons, we returned to the United States. Back in Houston, a digital marketing firm and the Houston B2B Network were my creations. So much fun and so much work!  Retiring from both led me to painting and writing.     

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I enjoy writing radical truth, provocative, out-of-the-ordinary pieces with humor, chutzpah, and a steady Jewish lens. I interpret the New Testament as a Jewish writing from its Jewish authors in Jewish contexts, and I read it alongside the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings of the Tanakh.

 

Expect straight talk, careful sourcing, and a wink, as I reveal a genuine interpretation that surfaces what’s been hiding in plain sight or is rarely taught or discussed.

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