Monthly Archives: July 2016

1 August 1567 Birth of Christian ben Meir Biberbach Gerson #otdimjh Gerson, Christian ben Meir Biberbach, born at Reeklichhausen, August 1, 1567, received the usual Talmudical education, and was a teacher in several places. [ Bernstein: Some Jewish Witnesses ] A … Continue reading →

31 July 1255 Disappearance of 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. … Continue reading →

30 July 1492 Expulsion of the Jewish people from Spain #otdimjh In the same month in which their Majesties [Ferdinand and Isabella] issued the edict that all Jews should be driven out of the kingdom and its territories, in the same … Continue reading →

29 July 2013 Right of Return to Portugal Five Centuries After Inquisition #otdimjh The Portuguese government on Thursday 29 January 2015 approved modifications to a law that regulates nationality rights to the descendants of Sephardic Jews who were expelled from the … Continue reading →

28 July 1982 Keith Green Killed in Plane Crash #otdimjh “I repent of ever having recorded one single song and ever having performed one concert if my music, and more importantly — my life — has not provoked you into godly … Continue reading →

27 July 1267 Papal Bull “Turbato Corde” extends Inquisition to Jewish Christians #otdimjh Turbato corde is a papal bull issued by Clement IV. The bull was addressed to Dominican and Franciscan Friars on the issue of the arising of acts of heresy amongst … Continue reading →

26 July 1940 Arrest of 400 Catholic Jews in Holland #otdimjh Posted on July 27, 2015by richardsh The Germans invaded and occupied the Netherlands May 10, 1940. On July 11,  1942, a telegram was sent to the Nazi leadership in Holland from … Continue reading →

25 July 1696 Messianic Kabbalist Moses ben Aaron ha-Kohen of Cracow becomes Johannes Christianus Jacobi Kemper #otdimjh One of the most fascinating Jewish “converts” to Christianity in the Early Modern Period was Moses ben Aaron ha-Kohen of Cracow (1670–1716), who received … Continue reading →

24 July 1884 Death of George Wildon Pieritz, Rabbi, Priest and Missionary #otdimjh  Bernstein gives a brief summary: Pieritz, G. Wildon, born at Klecko in Posen, in 1808, baptized 1835, laboured as a missionary of the L.J.S. in the forties of … Continue reading →

23 July 1934 Fourth International Conference of the International Hebrew Christian Alliance #otdimjh Sir Leon Levison presided at this historic moment in the history of the Hebrew Christian Alliance, as storm clouds loomed over the Jewish people in Europe, Messianic Congregations … Continue reading →