Has the Law been Nailed to the Cross? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781544957937)

STEPHEN J. SPYKERMAN, was born the fourth son of a Dutch father and an English mother in September 1940 during the Nazi occupation of Holland. The family escaped the Holocaust due to his parent's Catholic religion plus the fact that his mother was English and thus, she was seen as English rather than the Jewish woman. Stephen's early years were full of excitement and danger, as their house for some time became the emergency headquarters for the Dutch resistance in his region. His father was arrested by the Nazi authorities and held for some time in a special prison for people who were considered influential in their local communities. His parents also sheltered Henny Cohen, a Jewish woman, who was hiding whilst on the run from the Nazi's. At the same time their formidable children's nanny worked as a courier for the Dutch resistance. Having received a solid general education, Stephen spurned the higher education his parents had hoped for and entered the world of retail fashion at the age of nineteen. He eventually left his hometown to try his luck in London, where he followed a generations old family tradition by becoming a tailor in a variety of high-class fashion houses. In 1965, he married Virginia Edwards. In time, he left the fashion industry and took up a more lucrative career in financial services. During his successful career, he pioneered a number of new schemes and concepts in charitable giving and seminar selling and became an international speaker in his field. His interest in public speaking led him to direct his own public speaking club. He, together with a colleague, he founded An International Speakers Bureau in London. Stephen has a special interest in the State of Israel. He is a Member of the Temple Institute in Jerusalem and an Executive Associate of Kol Ha Tor, the Orthodox organization, which promotes reconciliation between the Two divided Houses of Israel. He is the Co-Founder of 'COI' - The Commonwealth Of Israel in Jerusalem, an organization whose purpose is to foster reconciliation between Ephraim, the so called Lost Tribes of the House of Israel and the House of Judah. Once retired from day to day business, he founded Mount Ephraim Publishing and started writing books and to this day continues to give lectures on his research. Stephen Spykerman has addressed audiences and conferences all over Europe, Israel and North America. "Has the Law been Nailed to the Cross?," is his first booklet.