For centuries, Jews have been accused of something called Blood libel or ritual murder the killing of non-Jews, often children, to use their Blood in bizarre religious ceremonies or to make food.
If certain Jews did--and perhaps still do--harbor an intense hatred of Gentiles, and if they did--and perhaps still do--use human Blood in certain religious rituals, then this has very ominous implications for present-day relations between Jews and non-Jews around the world..
Passovers of Blood is certainly one of the most controversial books of the 21 st century.
Blood libel, it seems, has a substantial factual basis.
He concluded that not all Blood libel cases could be automatically dismissed, and that certain sects of Ashkenazi Jews may well have manifested their hatred of Gentiles in a ritual use of non-Jewish blood.
But then in the early 2000s, a Jewish-Italian historian, Ariel Toaff, undertook extensive research into the matter.
But is that true? Until recently, few would have disagreed.
Blood libel, say the Jews, has no basis in fact.
Even today, the mainstream view is that all such charges are mere anti-Semitic canards comprising a most dangerous sort of Jew-hatred.
Anyone making such claims is merely whipping up anti-Semitism and inciting anti-Jewish action.
The Bible, they said, forbids killing and prohibits the use of blood.
Naturally, Jews have denied such charges.
Blood libel trials resulted in many Jewish deaths.
As far back as 300 BC, writers have asserted that Jews sacrificed human beings in their religious practice, but it was not until the Middle Ages that such charges became the basis for civil action.
For centuries, Jews have been accused of something called Blood libel or ritual murder the killing of non-Jews, often children, to use their Blood in bizarre religious ceremonies or to make food
