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February 14, 2024

Medieval France’s Valentine’s Day Massacre of Jews

Some Jewish reflections on the popular holiday.

In American history, the “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” refers to a gang killing on February 14, 1929. But the term could just as easily be applied to an event in Jewish history, as Yvette Alt Miller notes in her reflection on what the day signifies for Jews:

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