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Monthly Archives: August 2015
31 August 1987 Pope John Paul II Commissions “We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah” #otdimjh
COMMISSION FOR RELIGIOUS RELATIONS WITH THE JEWS WE REMEMBER: A REFLECTION ON THE SHOAH At a press conference on March 16, 1998, Cardinal Cassidy, President of the Holy See’s Commission For Religious Relations With the Jews, presented for publication the … Continue reading
30 August 1930 Death of Rabbi Ephraim ben Joseph Eliakim of Tiberias #otdimjh
Ephraim ben Joseph Eliakim – A Tiberias Rabbi – from Einspruch, Henry (ed). When Jews Face Christ. The Mediator, Baltimore, MD. 1932 Ephraim’s father was a rabbi in the city of Tiberias, a leading man in the Arabic-speaking Jewish community. Ephraim … Continue reading
29 August 1882 Death of Friedrich Philippi, scholar and theologian #otdimjh
Philippi, Dr. Friedrich Adolf, was born in Berlin in 1809. His father was a banker and belonged to the circle of the Mendelssohns. Philippi received Christian impressions at school, and in riper years he received from a fellow student a … Continue reading
28 August 1899 Birth of Maria Yudina, pianist and theologian who challenged Stalin #otdimjh
Maria (Mariya) Veniaminovna Yudina (Мари́я Вениами́новна Ю́дина, Mariya Veniaminovna Yudina; September 9 [Old Style: August 28], 1899 – November 19, 1970) was an influential Soviet pianist. from “Maria Yudina: The Pianist Who Moved Stalin” from The Ladder of the Beatitudes by Jim Forest: One of the … Continue reading
27 August 1255 Jews accused of ritual murder of Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln
Hugh was an eight year old boy from the Dernstall area of the city (now known as The Strait). He disappeared on 31 July 1255. His body was found in a well on 27/29 August. Despite the lack of any … Continue reading
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August 26 addition from Richard Harvey #otdimjh
August 26 addition The blog posts normally take an hour to research in the evening, and an hour to put up in the morning, but are also the product of 40 years’ ongoing research and working knowledge of Jewish believers … Continue reading
26 August 1824 Baptism of Karl Marx #otdimjh
Marx was born in Trier, Germany, in 1818. His father, a lawyer, converted from Judaism to Evangelical Protestantism, very probably for reasons of vocational aspiration (McLellan 1987, 8). Heinrich Marx (ne Hirschel ha-Levi) was a follower of the enlightenment thinkers, … Continue reading
25 August 1975 Pinchas Lapide and Hans Kung Dialogue #otdimjh
Pinchas Lapide (November 28, 1922—October 23, 1997) was a Jewish theologian and Israeli historian. He was an Israeli diplomat from 1951 to 1969, among other position acting as Israeli Consul to Milan, and was instrumental in gaining recognition for the … Continue reading
24 August 1870 Death of Karl Solomon Schwartz, First Chairman of the Hebrew Christian Alliance of Great Britain #otdimjh
Next year we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Hebrew Christian Alliance of Great Britain, now known as the British Messianic Jewish Alliance (BMJA). Today we celebrate one of its founders, a great preacher, man of letters … Continue reading
23 August 1944 Miriam Löwenwirth Reuveni baptized despite Father Marie-Benoît’s reservations #otdimjh
Miriam Löwenwirth (later Reuveni) was baptized on the night of 23 August 1944, as she took refuge from a bombing attack in the basement of a church in Florence, not expecting to survive. Her decision shows the immense emotional pressure … Continue reading
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