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1 January 1897/2026 – Hudson Taylor, John Wilkinson and 12 Years of Messianic Jewish history #otdimjh
Happy New Year to all our readers! As “On this day in Messianic Jewish history” steps into its 12th year, with 750+ posts behind us, I’m grateful for a growing community of readers who care about the often-hidden story of … Continue reading
25 December 1824 — Passing of Lord Eardley, MP and Palestine Place sponsor
On this day Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley (born Sampson Gideon, 10 Oct 1744), died in Brighton. A banker-politician of Jewish descent who became a Tory MP (1770–1802) and Irish peer (1789), Eardley was also a notable early patron of … Continue reading
25 December 4 BCE – Was Yeshua born on Christmas Day? #otdimjh
Every December, the question returns with predictable force: Was Yeshua really born on December 25? A widely shared video (circulating again this year) promises an answer “hiding in plain sight” in seven clues—census logistics, shepherds in the fields, the star, … Continue reading
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14 December 2025 — Bondi Beach Chanukkah Attack #otdimjh
Shabbat Miketz / Chanukkah: Light, Covenant, and the Courage to Remain Human On this day, Jews gathered on Bondi Beach in Sydney for a public Chanukkah celebration—families, songs, candles, the ordinary joy of being visibly Jewish in the open air. … Continue reading
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28 October 2025 A Royal Prayer and 60 Years of Nostra Aetate #otdimjh
In this week’s unprecedented ecumenical moment in Rome, King Charles III of Great Britain and Pope Leo XIV stood and prayed together. This moment in the Sistine Chapel was the first joint act of worship between an English monarch and … Continue reading
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18 November 2025 Online Presentation on the First “Messianic” Hebrew New Testament (1885) #otdimjh
Today we commemorate the remarkable Salkinson–Ginsburg Hebrew translation of the New Testament (1885) — a work often described as the first “Messianic” translation of the New Testament into Hebrew. This translation will be highlighted in an upcoming Autumn Seminar by … Continue reading
17 October 1849 Passing of Frédéric Chopin, Composer, Pianist and Transformer of Musical Language #otdimjh
On this day in 1849, Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin) died in Paris at the age of just thirty-nine. The frail Polish genius, whose heart would later be returned to Warsaw and interred beneath the Church of the … Continue reading
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3 October 2025 British Messianic Jewish Alliance Grieves Heaton Moor Synagogue Attack #otdimjh
BMJA Statement on the Heaton Park Synagogue Attack On Yom Kippur, 2 October 2025, the Jewish community of Manchester was struck by tragedy. Two men, Adrian Daulby (53) and Melvin Cravitz (66), lost their lives when a man drove his … Continue reading
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8th September 2025 Celebrating 100 Years of the International Messianic Jewish Alliance #otdimjh
Celebrating 100 Years of the International Messianic Jewish Alliance On 8th September 1925, Jewish disciples of Yeshua from 18 different countries met in the Wilson Memorial Hall, Islington, to establish the International Hebrew Christian Alliance (now the International Messianic Jewish … Continue reading
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