Revd. Andrew J. Weinstein (

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, 1 May 1850 - 14 December 1915) was a British

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priest,

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, diocesan

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and

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. Weinstein was born in

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in a Jewish family,

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was the first language he learned. He was baptized as a Christian in 1870 while studying at a French college in

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. He graduated from

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in 1888 and was ordained deacon and became a missionary of the London Jews' Society (now

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). He was curator at St Andrew Undershaft (1890–93) and completed his studies at

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. In 1894 he traveled to South Africa and served as curator at St. James Church,

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and was also rector at

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, he also served churches in

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and

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. In 1907 he moved to New York and then went to

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, where he served the Church of Our Savior as chaplain in 1908. In 1909 he went to Philadelphia and continued his work at St. Peter's ChurchThe Living Church

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, Volume 54, 1915 - p.285 and also served as a port chaplain until the day of his death.

Literature

St. Peter's Church: Faith in Action for 250 Years Hardcover – Cordelia F. Biddle, Elizabeth S Brown, Alan J. Heavens and Charles P. Peitz (October 14, 2011 -

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, Philadelphia. - pp. 129–137

References

External links

Jewish Presence - ClergyThe Living Church
Volume 46 (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1911) p. 337
The Churchman's Year Book & American Church Almanac
J. Heidingsfeld. 1916. p. 309
1 May 1850 Birth of Andrew Jacob Weinstein, much travelled “hidden servant” of God
*http://www.stpetershistory.org/stpetershistoryweinstein.html *http://www.stpetershistory.org/stpetershistoryweinstein02.html *https://archive.org/details/directoryofprote00meye/page/6 1915 deaths British Jews Religious leaders from Kyiv 18th-century English Anglican priests 1850 births Alumni of King's College London Jews from the Russian Empire Anglican chaplains 18th-century Protestants Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom {{ChurchofEngland-clergy-stub