Better late than never! The village of Glatigny in the eastern - TopicsExpress



          

Better late than never! The village of Glatigny in the eastern district of Moselle set the record straight Sunday on the wrongful conviction of Raphael Levy in 1670 for murder. Levy, a simple merchant, was found guilty and burned at the stake for the alleged killing of three-year-old Didier Lemoine for ritual purposes, Le Figaro reported Sunday. City officials affixed a plaque in Levy’s memory to a public building in the village of Glatigny, near where he was killed. The text refers to him as a “Jewish martyr from Boulay,” Levy’s village, who was “accused of a ritual crime which he did not commit.” The ceremony was attended by about 100 people, including members of the Jewish community of Moselle, and Joel Mergui, president of the Consistoire – the French Jewish community’s organization responsible for religious services. Read more: French Jew cleared of blood libel 344 years after execution | The Times of Israel timesofisrael/344-years-after-his-execution-french-jew-cleared-of-blood-libel/#ixzz2r5t35NI6 Follow us: @timesofisrael on Twitter | timesofisrael on Facebook
Posted on: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 03:22:32 +0000

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