Monthly Archives: April 2015
10 April 1985 Bill Currie and Rich Nichol on Messianic Judaism at LCJE Conference
The Lasusanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism -North America chapter – devoted time at its conference in Dallas for two papers on Messianic Judaism – from William Currie of the American Messianic Fellowship (now “Life in Messiah”) and from Rich Nichol, … Continue reading
8 April 1927 “The Christian Approach to the Jew” Conferences in Warsaw and Budapest #otdimjh
90 years ago an important conference on Jewish evangelism was held in Budapest. Indeed two important conferences were held in 1927: one in Budapest (April 7-13) and one in (April 19-25). Kai Kjaer-Hansen gives some glimpses from them. “The Eighth … Continue reading
7 April 1807 Birth of Ridley Haim Herschel #otdimjh
Ridley Haim Herschell was founder of the British Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Jews (now CWI) and the Evangelical Alliance . Ridley Herschell and his family were distinguished Hebrew Christians of the 19th century. His son, Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron … Continue reading
6 April 1903 Pogrom in Kishinev scatters remnant of Joseph Rabinowitz’s Messianic Congregation #otdimjh
The Kishinev pogrom was an anti-Jewish riot that took place in Kishinev, which was back then part of the Bessarabia province of Imperial Russia (currently Chişinău is the capital of independent Moldova). It started on April 6 and lasted until April … Continue reading
5 April 1828 Birth of Rev L. Rosenberg, British Jews’ Society representative for 40 years in Adrianople [Edirne], Turkey
Rosenberg, Rev. L., wrote the following brief sketch of himself shortly before he died:—”My parents were by birth Austrian Jews. By occupation my father was a landed proprietor and my mother carried on a drapery business. There were four children … Continue reading
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4 April 1891 Death of Adolph Saphir, Hebrew Christian Writer and Preacher #otdimjh
SAPHIR, ADOLPH (1831–1891), theologian, born at Pesth in 1831, was the son of Israel Saphir, a Jewish merchant. His father’s brother, Moritz Gottlieb Saphir, was well known as an Hungarian poet and satirist. His mother was Henrietta Bondij, his father’s … Continue reading
3 April 1821 Levi Parsons, American Pioneer, visits Jerusalem Synagogue #otdimjh
In November 1819, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) sent Levi Parsons (1792-1822) and Pliny Fisk (1792-1825) to the Middle East in order to establish a Palestine mission, based in Jerusalem if possible. The first object of the … Continue reading
2 April 1279 Blood Libel against the Jews of Northampton leads to murder of 300 Jews in London #otdimjh
“The most respectable Jews of London crucified a child on April 2nd” reports Florent de Worcester (Chron. 222), but it is difficult to find the basis either for the event or the report. The historian Graetz notes: “The enemies of … Continue reading
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1 April 1794 Birth of George Joshua Bassevi, architect of Fitzwilliam Museum #otdimjh
Basevi, George Joshua, architect, followed the example of his brother-in-law Isaac Disraeli, in leaving the synagogue in 1817. But it must be stated that no writer expressly asserts that either of the two were received into the Church by baptism. … Continue reading
