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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
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
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