Leopold Hilsner was one of the last Jews sentenced in a case of blood libel. His case divided the Imperial bureaucracy and the Catholic Church.
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The Blood Libel Anti-Semitic Myth. 7. The Tisza-Eszlár Incident, 1882
The mysterious death of a girl in Hungary is attributed to a Jewish ritual murder by right-wing extremists to this very day.
The Blood Libel Anti-Semitic Myth. 6. The Case of Damascus, 1840
In the 19th century, Catholics became more inclined to believe in the blood libel myth. Politics, however, saved the accused Syrian Jews.
Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia Escalates to Torture
In Irkutsk, Siberia, Jehovah’s Witnesses believers were badly beaten and threatened with rape by OMON special forces agents.
Sexual Abuse and the Secret of Confession: A False Problem?
The French report raised the question: should the priests denounce sexual abuse they learned about in confession? They cannot. But it almost never happens.
The Blood Libel Anti-Semitic Myth. 5. Accusations in Poland and Lithuania
The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth became the epicenter of ritual murder accusations against the Jews in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Russia Sanctioned for Detaining a Scientologist
The European Court of Human Rights’ Kuropyatnik decision is a clear message to Russian authorities: stop persecuting Scientology.
The Blood Libel Anti-Semitic Myth. 4. The Ariel Toaff Incident
In 2007, a Jewish scholar in Israel shocked the academic world by claiming (incorrectly) that there was a kernel of truth in the Trent blood libel episode.
The Blood Libel Anti-Semitic Myth. 3. The Case of Trent, 1475
Although several Popes condemned the anti-Jewish accusations as slanderous, the death of the child Simonino in Trent in 1475 led to the execution of several Jews.
The Blood Libel Anti-Semitic Myth. 2. The English Origins of the Lie
While older precedents exist, we know that the legend claiming that Jews ritually kill Christians, as we know it, originated in England in the 12th century.