Judah Loew ben Bezalel
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Judah Loew ben Bezalel, also known as Rabbi Loew, the Maharal of Prague, or simply the Maharal, was an important Talmudic scholar, Jewish mystic, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who, for mo
Statue of Loew at the New City Hall of Prague
Lion of Judah on the Maharal's gravestone.
The Old New Synagogue, Prague where he officiated
Loew's tombstone in the Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague
Blood libel
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Blood libel or ritual murder libel is an antisemitic trope which falsely accuses Jews of murdering Christians in order to use their blood in the performance of religious rituals. Echoing very old myth
Judah Loew ben Bezalel
…legend about the creation of a golem, a creature made out of clay to defend the Jews of the Prague Ghetto from antisemitic attacks, particularly the blood libel. He is said to have used mystical powers based on the esoteric knowledge of how God created Adam. The general view of historians and critics is that…
Statue of Simon of Trent, an Italian child whose disappearance and death was blamed on the leaders of the city's Jewish community
The crucifixion of William of Norwich depicted on a rood screen in Holy Trinity church, Loddon, Norfolk
Simon of Trent blood libel. Illustration in Hartmann Schedel's Weltchronik, 1493
Painting of Werner of Oberwesel as a martyr