This Day in Jewish History [27 Tammuz] -Pope Innocent III promulgated a Church doctrine that the Jews were doomed to perpetual servitude and subjugation because they had killed Jesus, 1205. (The charge of deicide against the Jews was not officially removed from Church doctrine until 1963. There are still many Christians who believe in the guilt of the Jews, and many who act upon that belief.) -The third expulsion of the Jews of France, 1322. (One wonders why they kept coming back.) -A Jew and the Russian naval officer who converted to Judaism, having been influenced and/or taught by that Jew, were both burned at the stake in St. Petersburg, 1738. -Jews of Holstein, Germany were granted equality, 1893. ow.ly/zAr2d
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 17:00:19 +0000
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