Demersuri misionare anglicane care îi vizau pe evreii din România: 1842-1941
Anglican Missionary Efforts Pertaining to the Jews of Romania: 1842-1941

Summary/Abstract: The topic of Protestant Missions that focused on the conversion of Jews, active in Romanian territories between 1839 and 1948, is little known. This article aims to provide a new perspective on the most significant such institution of the time, namely the Anglican Mission. The London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews was the most important organization founded for this reason. Active in Bucharest since 1842, the LSPCJ had permanently sent missionaries, until 1941, when it ended all operations in Romania. British missionaries carried out an extremely complex activity. They organized evangelistic meetings and intensively visited Jews in their neighborhoods, in shops, restaurants, even in synagogues. They distributed Christian bibles and literature in various languages, including Hebrew, Yiddish and Romanian, having organized a vast network of press distribution. Of particular importance was their involvement in education. Overlooked, so far, by historiography, the school founded by the Mission in 1848 was the first elementary school for Jewish children in Bucharest. Except for two years, during the First World War, it operated continuously until 1941 and had an impressive number of students in the interwar period. This article aims to bring back into the spotlight a summary of this almost unknown history.

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