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April 11, 2025

Upstate New York’s Blood Libel

Massena and the exception to the American exception.

In Europe, for much of Jewish history, Passover was a particularly dangerous time, as malicious reports of Jews using the blood of Christians to make matzah circulated just as preaching in churches, in preparation for Easter, focused on the trial and crucifixion of Jesus—for which Jews were historically blamed.

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