Join the Program in Judaic Studies and the Humanities Council's Program in Medieval Studies for an E. Franklin Robbins/UJA-Federation Lecture with Ivan G. Marcus on Wednesday, September 25. This event ...

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A demon blows his tuba into a Jew’s ear. The synagogue, personified as a woman, stands blindfolded, her head angled in sadness. A Jew in a dark cloak stabs the consecrated host and boils it in a pot.

In an ancient city in Spain, archaeologists uncovered evidence of a long-standing Jewish community, officials said. Screengrab from the City Council of Manresa's Facebook post Likely originating from ...

How medieval stories about desecrating the Eucharist were used to justify the murder of Jews. Christians are unlikely to be persuaded, unless they have already all but checked out of the faith. How ...

Israeli officials recently put a unique 14th-century Bible on display just a year after it was bought for a seven-figure sum. The National Library of Israel announced its display of the Shem Tov Bible ...

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities, churches and Jewish communities in Germany’s southern state of Bavaria have agreed that anti-Semitic statues and carvings dating back to the Middle Ages shouldn’t be removed ...

A medieval Jewish cemetery was found hidden beneath the Barbican after hundreds of years. Volunteer group The Jewish Square Mile is drawing attention to the cemetery next to the remains of an ancient ...