Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice

Grandson of Jewish man accused of ritual murder to speak in Orlando

The year is 1144 and in England, a Christian boy was found dead in the woods with stab wounds. The Jews were accused of ritually murdering the boy and with this began the long ugly history of the Blood Libel.

Though proven false time and time again, this lie reared its ugly head hundreds of times alleging that Jews would reenact the crucifixion every Easter or that they needed Christian blood for their Passover Matzah.

Besides the obvious biblical commandment prohibiting murder, and the prohibition for Jews to consume blood of any kind, anyone who ever visited a Jewish kitchen would know that...

 
 

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