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August 24, 2023

How an Anglo-Jewish Community Rebounded after a Massacre, and Continues to Grow

The martyrs of York—and what came next.

On the fast of the Ninth of Av, many Ashkenazi congregations recite an elegy “for the martyrs of York,” who were victims of a wave of anti-Semitic violence that swept through Britain following the coronation of Richard I. Recently uncovered evidence suggests that the beleaguered community swiftly recovered from the calamity. Rosa Doherty writes:

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