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7 April 1891 Birth of Bruno Benfey: A Faithful Witness in the Shadows #otdimjh

Early Life and Ministry Bruno Benfey was born on April 7, 1891 (other sources – September 4 1891), in Rösrath, Germany, into a third-generation family of Jewish descent who had become Protestants. From 1909, Benfey studied theology in Göttingen and … Continue reading

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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

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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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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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12 January 1903 Birth of Theodor Carlebach, Farmer, Pastor and Vicar #otdimjh

Theodor Carlebach came from a well-respected Jewish family in Germany, which spread in the 19th and 20th centuries.  Ernst Carlebach (1838-1923) moved from Mannheim to Heidelberg in 1863 and founded a book and art antiquarian business there.  His son Rudolf … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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