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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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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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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

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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

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July 10 1903/1983 Birth and Death of H L Ellison, Hebrew Christian Scholar and Gentleman #otdimjh

Henry Leopold Ellison (July 10, 1903 Krakow, Poland – July 10, 1983 Dawlish), usually cited as H. L. Ellison, was a biblical scholar, professor, missionary, speaker, and author in the 1900s. His parents were Leopold Zeckhausen and Sara Jane Ellison. His father, being a Jewish Believer, was a missionary to the Jews throughout Europe.
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13 January 1901 Birth of Josef Wölfel, patriotic Austrian pastor with Jewish mother #otdimjh

Josef Wölfel was born in 1901 in Güns (Hungarian “Köszeg”), a city that came to Hungary after the end of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, two kilometres from today’s Austrian border. After completing voluntary military service with the Hungarian army from July … Continue reading

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#otdimjh 18 December 1836 Ordination of Ferdinand Christian Ewald, faithful servant of the Messiah

Ferdinand Christian Ewald (September 14th, 1801 –  August 9th, 1874) From Gidney – December 18th, 1836, was an important day, when two converts were admitted to the priesthood, the Rev. F. C. Ewald by the Bishop of London, and the Rev. … Continue reading

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#odimjh 30 November Patron Saint of Scotland Andrew, brother of Peter, first Hellenistic Jewish believer in Yeshua?

As we still live in a United Kingdom that includes Scotland, it is fitting to remember St Andrew, patron saint of Scotland and a nice Gallilean Jewish disciple of Yeshua whose name speaks of his ability to cross cultures, languages … Continue reading

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otdimjh Birth of Sir William Herschel, musician, astronomer and discoverer of the planet Uranus

As we celebrate the achievement of a space craft landing on a comet, it is appropriate to remember a great astronomer who was a Messianic Jew. Sir Frederick William Herschel, KH, FRS (German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel; 15 November 1738 – … Continue reading

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