The court stated that the freedom of religion of a police officer engaged in the protection of victims and witnesses should prevail on the needs of his admittedly delicate job.
Jews
Orthodox Jews and the Federal Government vs. Airmont: The End of the Thirty Years’ War?
Anti-discrimination lawsuits and demography are finally defeating the project of excluding Orthodox Jews from a gentrified village.
Religious Freedom at Risk in European Union, USCIRF Report Says
Muslims, Jews, Christians, and groups unfairly stigmatized as “cults” are increasingly victims of secularism and of a widespread hostility to religion.
Pakistani Jews and Israel: The Conspiracy That Wasn’t
The visit of a few Pakistanis to Israel unleashed wild accusations and anti-Semitic comments by social media trolls.
The Blood Libel Anti-Semitic Myth
Jews have been killed for centuries based on a slanderous accusation. While often repeated, that it is false is certain.
Christophe Stener Interview: Judas Iscariot, An Antisemitic Stereotype
A monumental work by a French academic examines the figure of Judas and the century-old use of the image of Judas to promote antisemitism.
The Blood Libel Anti-Semitic Myth. 9. The Fixer
Immortalized in Malamud’s novel, the 1913 Beilis trial in Kiev was the last internationally famous case where a Jew was accused of ritual murder.
The Blood Libel Anti-Semitic Myth. 8. The Strange Case of a Girl in Bohemia
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.
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.