I have a long-standing interest in stigma. I consider Erving Goffman's 1963 work on the
subject to be one of the best pieces of sociology I have read. The concept of stigma was …

Drawing on sources in eight countries and ten languages, Magda Teter tells the history of
the antisemitic blood libel myth, whose long shadow extends from premodern monastic …

The most horrific examples of antisemitism from medieval and early modern Europe are
fictitious tales, which describe Jews ritually murdering Christian boys in imitation of the …

In Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth, Magda Teter traces how the ritual murder
accusation made its way across Europe over the course of several centuries after first …

Abstract An interview with Jewish Studies scholar and historian Magda Teter is presented.
Teter refers to political utility of riling up anti-Jewish sentiments and cultural changes as …

The blood libel is usually known as the Medieval European legend about Jews killing
Christians to consume their blood or otherwise use it in rituals. However, in this paper I …

The classic antisemitic topos of blood libel has a history spanning many centuries and still
looms large in the present-day antisemitic discourse. The claim that Jews kidnap non …

Just a month or so before I sat down to write this piece, I came across an article in a local
Ukrainian paper about the blood libel. 1 The case involved Father Tadeusz Guz, a Professor …

The Pinnacle of Hatred provides a comprehensive history of the blood libel allegation
against the Jews. Deftly insinuated and finely honed in medieval Christianity, the charge that …

One of the most pernicious and enduring antisemitic tales paints Jews as killers of children.
Then, in the thirteenth century, on the continent, a blood motif was added, claiming that Jews …