Author Archives: richardsh
15 January 1915 Birth of Etty Hillesum – Lover of Life and of God #otdimjh
Etty Hillesum was born into a secular Jewish family in the Netherlands on 15th January 1915, and murdered in Auschwitz on 30 November 1943, at the age of 38. Her letters and diaries, published in 1986 (Dutch) and 2002 (English … Continue reading
1st January 2024 The Brit Milah of Yeshua ben Yosef – The Circumcision of Christ #otdimjh
The Circumcision by Luca Signorelli (16th century) Prayer for Today: Almighty God,whose blessed Son was circumcisedin obedience to the law for our sakeand given the Name that is above every name:give us grace faithfully to bear his Name,to worship him … Continue reading
1 January 1897 “To the Jew first” – Hudson Taylor sends donation to John Wilkinson #otdimjh
Happy New Year to all our readers! “On this day in Messianic Jewish history” enters its 10th year – and more than 700 posts. We bring you significant events in the lives of Jewish disciples in Yeshua. How has the … Continue reading
21 December 2023 New Yiddish Play on Henry Einspruch, translator of the Yiddish New Testament #otdimjh
Henry Einspruch (born חײם יחיאל איינשפרוך Khaim-Yekhiel Aynshprukh in Tarnów, Galicia, 27 December 1892 – 4 January 1977), was a Galician-born Jew who became a Lutheran, becoming translator and publisher. Einspruch translated Christian literature into Yiddish, Hebrew, Polish, Russian, and … Continue reading
27 July 2023 Sinéad O’Connor mourns for Jerusalem #otdimjh
On Tishah B’Av, this day of mourning for the loss of the Temple in Jerusalem, our hearts also go out to the family and friends of Sinéad O’Connor, whose passing was reported yesterday. A sad and tormented soul, she produced … Continue reading
586 bce/70ce Destruction of the First and Second Temples #otdimjh
8 In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month—that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 And he burned the … Continue reading
21 November 2022 Passing of Ed Sanders, Pioneer of the “New Perspective on Paul” #otdimjh
Ed Parish Sanders FBA (18 April 1937 – 21 November 2022) was an American New Testament scholar and a principal proponent of the “New Perspective on Paul”, along with James Dunn and N T Wright. He was a major scholar … Continue reading
28 November 1889 Birth of Werner Simonson – German judge and Anglican minister #otdimjh
It was October 1914. The First World War had just started. On the western front French and German armies were already locked in fierce battles. Werner Simonson was one of a group of fifty German soldiers from the 4th Guards … Continue reading
6 January 1989 Lili Simon reaches her final destination #otdimjh
Lili Simon was the daughter of the timber merchant Fritz Simon. She was born in Königsberg in 1908 as the oldest of four siblings. In 1920 the family moved to Bremen. Her father had three grandparents of Jewish origin and … Continue reading
1 January 1897 “To the Jew first” – Hudson Taylor sends donation to John Wilkinson #otdmijh
Happy New Year to all our readers! “On this day in Messianic Jewish history” enters its 10th year – and more than 700 posts. We bring you significant events in the life of Jewish believers in Yeshua. What are the … Continue reading
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