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14 February 1349 St Valentine’s Day Massacre in Strasbourg sees 900 Jews burnt alive #onthisday #otdimjh
From Ha’aretz On February 14, 1349 – St. Valentine’s Day – the Jewish residents of Strasbourg, in Alsace, were burned to death by their Christian neighbours. Estimates of the number murdered range from several hundred to more than 2,000. … Continue reading
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13 February 1824 Birth of George Jessel, Master of the Rolls #otdimjh
Sir George Jessel PC, FRS (13 February 1824 – 21 March 1883) was a preeminent British jurist, Master of the Rolls (1873–1883), and the first Jewish person to hold high judicial office in Britain. His 1873 appointment marked the end … Continue reading
23 March 1831 Death of Hebrew Scholar Giovanni De Rossi #otdimjh
23 March 1831 Death of Christian Hebraist, Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi #otdimjh Jews, Christians and Messianic Jews owe a profound debt of gratitiude to the life and scholarship of this great student of Hebrew. Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi (October 25, 1742, Castelnuovo … Continue reading
12 April 1932 Jews for Jesus founder Moishe Rosen born #otdimjh
12 April 1932 Birth of Moishe Rosen, founder of modern day “Jews for Jesus” #otdimjh “I wasn’t looking for Jesus or God or anything ontological. I kept my nose to the grindstone. My goal in life was nothing big: I wanted … Continue reading
11 April 1820 Pioneer Aaron Stern #otdimjh
11 April 1820 Birth of Aaron Stern, pioneer missionary explorer and founder of the Hebrew Christian Alliance #otdimjh Henry Aaron Stern was born in Unterreichenbach, near Gelnhausen. He was an Anglican missionary and captive for four years in Abyssinia. He … Continue reading
10 April 1985 LCJE debate on Messianic Judaism #otdimjh
10 April 1985 Bill Currie and Rich Nichol on Messianic Judaism at LCJE Conference The Lasusanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism -North America chapter – devoted time at its conference in Dallas for two papers on Messianic Judaism – from William Currie … Continue reading
9 April 1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer executed #otdimjh
9 April 1945 Execution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer for his resistance to Hitler and protection of Jews #otdimjh Who stands firm? Only the one for whom the final standard is not his reason, his principles, his conscience, his freedom, his virtue, but … Continue reading
8 April 1927 Warsaw/Budapest Conferences on Jewish Evangelism
8 April 1927 “The Christian Approach to the Jew” Conferences in Warsaw and Budapest #otdimjh 90 years ago an important conference on Jewish evangelism was held in Budapest. Indeed two important conferences were held in 1927: one in Budapest (April 7-13) … Continue reading
7 April 1807 Ridley Haim Herschel born #otdimjh
7 April 1807 Birth of Ridley Haim Herschel #otdimjh Ridley Haim Herschell was founder of the British Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Jews (now CWI) and the Evangelical Alliance . Herschell was also one of the founders of the Hebrew Christian … Continue reading
6 April 1903 Pogrom scatters Kishinev Messianic Congregation #otdimjh
6 April 1903 Pogrom in Kishinev scatters remnant of Joseph Rabinowitz’s Messianic Congregation #otdimjh The Kishinev pogrom was an anti-Jewish riot that took place in Kishinev, which was back then part of the Bessarabia province of Imperial Russia (currently Chişinău is … Continue reading
