Fighting Hizballah Should Be on the U.S. Anti-Corruption Agenda
The organization’s network of crime and graft stretches from West Africa to Paraguay.
May 9, 2023
Remembering the Murder of Jews in Medieval Germany, and Its Impact on the Jewish Calendar
The Rindfleisch massacres.
Today is the minor festival of Lag ba’Omer, which marks the end of a period of mourning that follows Passover. While this period of mourning is traditionally associated with a 2nd-century plague, some modern scholars believe its origins in part lie with episodes of anti-Jewish violence in medieval northern Europe that took place during this time of year. Once such instance was the outbreak of the Rindfleisch massacres in 13th-century Germany. Michael Freund writes:
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Remembering the Murder of Jews in Medieval Germany, and Its Impact on the Jewish Calendar
The Rindfleisch massacres.