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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
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
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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Tagged bible, bible-translation, faith, jesus, jesus-christ, messianic judaism, otdimjh, religion, yiddish
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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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Tagged god, israel, jewish, jewish-christian relations, judaism, messianic jews, messianic judaism, otdimjh, theology, yeshua
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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
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
