The Damascus Affair: 'ritual Murder', Politics, and the Jews in 1840 by Jonathan Frankel

The Damascus Affair: 'ritual Murder', Politics, and the Jews in 1840

Jonathan Frankel

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In February of 1840, an Italian monk and his servant disappeared in Damascus. Many Jews in that city were charged with ritual murder and tortured until they confessed. The case turned into a cause c l bre across much of the Western world and produ...

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