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 ...

BERLIN (JTA) – They date back to the late Middle Ages and irritate to this day: The Judensau (literally “Jewish sow”) is a Christian folk image that depicts Jews sucking on the teats or ...

Likely originating from a Roman capital, the city of Manresa, Spain, has stood strong since the Middle Ages. In the centuries since, the Jewish community has grown, eventually building a Jewish ...

“Jews are indigenous to the Middle East, predating Islam by 1,500 years,” said Rabbi Dr. Elie Abadie, JJAC co-president. “The 20th-century displacement of Jews from Arab countries is one of ...

Key points Jewish life in Europe: Middle Ages - 1900s Map - The Jewish population in pre-war Europe Jewish life in Europe by 1933 Photos of Jewish life in pre-war Europe Jewish people had lived in ...

Bringing together essays by an array of international scholars in a wide range of disciplines, Orientalism and the Jews demonstrates that, since the Middle Ages, Jews have been seen in the Western ...

Antisemitism has a long and tragic history, from its roots in the Middle Ages to the culmination of ... directed at someone simply because they are Jewish. However, in recent years, the term ...

offers a comprehensive examination of Jewish women in Europe during the High Middle Ages (1000–1300). Avraham Grossman covers multiple aspects of women’s lives in medieval Jewish society, including ...