Archive for February, 2008
Cablegram from Morgenthau to Jacob Schiff, 1914 (Armenian Genocide).
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Introduction: Giant Figures
The difficult circumstances of Jewish life in medieval Europe required the creation of cohesive Jewish communities, which the Jews of Europe successfully fashioned. These communities in turn needed inspired leadership, which in fact emerged. All across medieval Europe, giant Jewish leaders came to the fore. These leaders provided guidance for the everyday affairs of the […]
Sefer Toldot Yeshu
[This classic instance of counter-history was widely circulated in the medieval Jewish world.] The beginning of the creation of Jesus- His mother Miriam was a [young] Jewess. She had a betrothed, who was of priestly descent, from the house of David, and his name was Yohanan. He was knowledgeable in Torah and very God-fearing. Across […]
Neuss, 1196, Ephraim of Bonn
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Boppard, 1080, Ephraim of Bonn
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Economic Harm
In the southern areas of Europe, where Jews had long been settled, Jewish economic activities were relatively diversified. In the north, where Jews were often invited by rulers to fill perceived lacunae in the local economy, Jewish economic activities tended to be fairly limited. These Jews were unable to break out of these early constraints […]
Contemporary Jewish Enmity—Economic Harm
Introduction Economic Harm Images Judas Receiving the Silver Jewish Money Lending Jewish Pawn Broking A Jewish Money Lender in Hell Primary Texts Rigord of St. Denis’s Report on 1170’s-1180’s, Early-Thirteenth-Century Chronicle of King Philip Augustus Pope Innocent III, 1205 Papal Document Pope Innocent III, 1208 Papal Document Assault in York, 1190, William of Newburgh’s Early-Thirteenth-Century […]
Overview: Historic Jewish Enmity
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Overview: Missionizing
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