Rabbi Levi Y. Heber said the new policy “is what some would call a witch hunt or a modern-day blood libel,” The Jewish Week of New York reported.

JERUSALEM — Ariel Toaff may have backed off his explosive claim in a just-published book that European Jews killed Christians to use their blood — adding credence to the ancient blood libel ...

The term blood libel carries particular power in the Jewish community, though it has taken on other shades of meaning. Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, said ...

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From blood libel to genocide libel These two false accusations leveled against Jews are driven by the same psychological mechanisms: guilt, doubt and hatred Feb 14, 2024, 8:24 PM ...

Sarah Palin released a video message where she claimed journalists and pundits had manufactured a "blood libel" by trying to assign blame for the senseless Arizona shooting. The use of the term ...

The blood libel lives! Subsequently, Dr. Ashrawi tweeted , “My apologies for retweeting something that’s not fully verified. It seems that the news of his being kidnapped is not certain.” ...

Sometimes the accused Jew would be tortured into confessing. The first documented case of a blood libel, which was also known to Christians as “ritual murder,” was in the 12th century.

Sarah Palin was blessedly silent for four successive days in the wake of the Arizona shootings, but, alas, all good things must come to an end. Yesterday, she predictably stormed into the national ...

We Jews know what blood libel rhetoric sounds like, we know what blood libel feels like and […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 68°F. Sunday, June 8th 2025 e-Edition.

The term "blood libel" is not well known, but it is highly charged - a reference to a time... 'Blood libel' accusations have long history SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...