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Jews Accused of Poisoning the Wells
As the “Black Death” plague decimated Europe, Christians accused the Jews of...
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Wed, December 6, 2023
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Tue, December 5, 2023
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Daily Thought
We all know the power of darkness—it is in the news every day. A thousand times more is the power of light.
A busy person stopping to do an act of kindness, a small child reaching up to kiss the mezuzah on the door of her room, a flickering candle for Shabbat or Chanukah—each of these are as bursts of light in the nighttime sky.
True, they rarely appear in the daily...