Monthly Archives: January 2015
11 January 1929 Cecil Roth responds to Father Day on the Mortara affair
From Simon Mayers blog Cecil Roth, Arthur Day and the Mortara Affair In June 1929, Father Arthur Day, an English Jesuit, the Vice-President of the Catholic Guild of Israel,and author of several booklets and articles on converting the Jews, published an … Continue reading
10 January 1884 Death of Marie-Théodor Ratisbonne, co-founder of the Sisters of Zion #otdimjh #onthisday
From Catholic Encyclopaedia Online Marie-Théodor Ratisbonne, N.D.S., (December 28, 1802 – January 10, 1884) was a noted Jewish convert to the Roman Catholic Church, who became a priest and missionary and who later founded the Congregation of Our Lady of … Continue reading
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9 January 1880 The Jewish Chronicle calls for a History of Jewish believers in Jesus #onthisday #otdimjh
The Jewish Chronicle calls for a History of Jewish believers in Jesus: The day has arrived when the history of converted Jews must be written before it is too late to remember the necessary data. Rewards should be granted, the … Continue reading
8 January 1917 Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points Acknowledges Principle of Self-Determination in Middle East #otdimjh #onthisday
In 1917-18, combined British and Arab forces ended over 400 years of Turkis administration in various parts of the Arab world, including Palestine. The nationalities in these territories, stated Wilson in his famous “Fourteen Points” speech of January 1917, “should be … Continue reading
#otdimjh #onthisday 7 January 1829 Joseph Wolff arrives in Jerusalem to Rabbi’s excommunication order ignored four days later
Joseph Wolff, one of the most celebrated, eccentric Messianic Jewish pioneers of the London Society, was famed for his spiritual and geographical journey. Here he arrives in Jerusalem, in the midst of his busy schedule. We will return to his … Continue reading
#Otdimjh #onthisday 6 January 1882 Death of Nathan Davis, Explorer of Carthage and founder of The Hebrew Christian Magazine
Bernstein gives only a brief note of Nathan Davis: Davis, Rev. Nathan, was one of the first missionaries of the Free Church of Scotland. He was sent to Tunis in 1830, where he raised a spirit of enquiry amongst … Continue reading
#Onthisday #otdimjh 5 January 1985 End of Operation Moses transporting 30,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel
Operation Moses (Hebrew: מִבְצָע מֹשֶׁה, Mivtza Moshe) refers to the covert evacuation of Ethiopian Jews (known as the “Beta Israel” community or “Falashas”) from Sudan during a famine in 1984. Originally called Gur Aryeh Yehuda, “Cub of the Lion of … Continue reading
#onthisday #otdimjh 4 January 1882 Death of Ralph Bernal Osborne, MP, son of Ralph Bernal, MP
From the Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History BERNAL, RALPH (c1785–26 August 1854), politician. Of Sephardi background, the son of London-based West India merchant Jacob Bernal (d. 1811), he had only the loosest connection with the Jewish community. He was among … Continue reading
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#onthisday #otdimjh 3 January 1954 Einstein’s letter on God to philosopher Eric Gutkind
Albert Einstein’s religious views have been studied extensively. He said he believed in the “pantheistic” God of Baruch Spinoza, but not in a personal god, a belief he criticized. He also called himself an agnostic, while disassociating himself from the … Continue reading
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#Onthisday #otdimjh 2 January 1982 World Council of Churches Consultation recognises existence of Messianic Jews in context of Jewish-Christian Dialogue
2 January 1982 Consultation on the Church and the Jewish People (CCJP) of the World Council of Churches adopts Ecumenical Considerations on Jewish-Christian Dialogue. When it met in London Colney, England, in June 1981, the CCJP adopted its final revisions … Continue reading
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