Monthly Archives: August 2015
12 August 1888 Leopold Zeckhausen, father of H L Ellison, declares his faith in Yeshua #otdimjh
Rev Leopold Zeckhausen was a stalwart of CMJ, the IHCA (today IMJA) and IMCCAJ (International Missionary Council’s Committee on the Christian Approach to the Jews). A participant in major conferences, a writer, speaker and minister, he married CMJ worker Sara … Continue reading
11 August 1954 WCC Minority Report on the Hope of Israel #otdimjh
A Statement by 24 Delegates to the Second Assembly of the WCC THE SECOND ASSEMBLY OF THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES The Assembly, held at Evanston from 15 to 31 August 1954, rejected to include a passage on the hope … Continue reading
10 August 2007 Funeral of Cardinal Lustiger #otdimjh
France bade farewell to Cardinal Jean-Marie Aaron Lustiger [Sept 17 1926 – Aug 5 2007] on Friday in a ceremony that mixed prayers from his Jewish roots with the rites of the Roman Catholic Church, a faith to which he … Continue reading
9 August 2015 Hebrew Speaking Catholics in Israel celebrate 60 years #otdimjh
My friend Fr. David Neuhaus has issued the following Pastoral Letter, “Sixty Years”, published on the site of the Saint James Vicariate to mark the sixty years since the establishment of the Work of Saint James in 1955. Messianic Jews join … Continue reading
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8 August 1859 Birth of Moses Löwen, Yiddish Apologist and Theologian #otdimjh
Löwen, Moses Gotthold (also known as Hananiah Berliner), was born August 8, 1859, just at the time when his father, dressed in mourning, was sitting on the floor in the synagogue, bewailing the destruction of Jerusalem. When the father returned … Continue reading
7 August 412 Oppression of Innocent Jews is Forbidden by Emperor Theodosius II #otdimjh
Emperor Theodosius II issues a decree forbidding the oppression of innocent Jews. According to Theodosius: “No Jew who is innocent shall be oppressed, nor shall any person of any creed cause him to be exposed to insult; nor shall their synagogues or … Continue reading
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6 August 1981 Death of James Parkes, Campaigner against Antisemitism and Re-visioner of Jewish-Christian Relations #otdimjh
“Imagine…if one can, a man who –– decades before the Holocaust and long before the full effects of mixing with Jews were felt –– grasped the extent of the historic acts of injustice of Christians toward Jewry and determined to … Continue reading
4 August 1947 10 Points of Seelisberg realigns Christian-Jewish relations #otdimjh
Still reeling from the shock, terror and trauma of the Holocaust, Christians began the painful but much needed task of re-visioning their historic relationship with the Jewish people, renouncing the ‘teaching of contempt’ and recognising the disastrous effects of supersessionism. In … Continue reading
4 August 1808 Joseph Frey founds forerunner of CMJ #otdimjh
Ever the entrepreneur who covered his traces by moving on and founding new organizations, this first attempt by Joseph Frey [see here for biography and writings] to form a Mission to Jews would morph into the longer-lasting London Society for the … Continue reading
3 August 1833 Second Reading of Jewish Relief Act (Disabilities Bill) #otdimjh
This bill was introduced to remove any obstacles to Jewish people in the United Kingdom having full civil rights and allow them to become members of Parliament. . A similar bill was passed in 1829 to remove restrictions on Roman … Continue reading
