by hadassah | Sep 26, 2016 | Historic Jewish Enmity
The Crusades were initially military undertakings to conquer the sacred sites of Christianity in the Holy Land. Prof. Robert Chazan, New York University. Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS.
by hadassah | Sep 22, 2016 | Historic Jewish Enmity
Ecclesia et Synagoga, the name given to the symbolic representations in Christian art of the Middle Ages of the victorious Church and defeated Synagogue, symbolizing the triumph of Christianity. Excerpted from Encyclopedia Judaica.
by hadassah | Sep 22, 2016 | Historic Jewish Enmity
There is a group of Crusaders for whom the unstable situation leads to occasional anti-Jewish violence. Prof. Robert Chazan. Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS.
by hadassah | Sep 11, 2016 | Historic Jewish Enmity
There are two different ways of conceptualizing Jewish medieval life: one is oppression and the other is great piety. But there are real people living in the space between those poles. Abby Kornfeld. Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS
by hadassah | Apr 14, 2008 | Historic Jewish Enmity
Historic Jewish Enmity Jews who were convinced to remain in areas of Italy and Spain that fell under Christian domination and Jews who immigrated into older areas of Jewish settlement in the south and into newer areas of Jewish settlement in the north...
