Hungarian lawmaker claims Jews implicated in blood libel

Published on April 5, 2012

Hungarian Jewish leaders issued a strongly worded protest against a speech by a far-right lawmaker who claimed that Jews had been implicated in a notorious blood libel case in northern Hungary 130 years ago.

Blood Libel 2012: Syrian Opposition member says Jews want Syrian blood for making matzo

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on March 29, 2012

Erdogan’s blood libel against the Jewish State

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Published on October 4, 2011

Smoking gun

By Steve Greenberg
Published on January 19, 2011

Editorial cartoon

Debate rages on over Palin�s �blood libel� claim

By Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published on January 18, 2011

The post-shooting debate over political civility is cooling down, but passions are still raging over Sarah Palin�s claim that critics were guilty of perpetuating a �blood libel� against her. Palin�s initial use of the term, in a Jan. 12 video message, drew sharp rebukes from liberal, Jewish groups and even some conservatives. Since then, however, several Jewish notables, including Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and former New York Mayor Ed Koch have defended Palin�s use of the term. Palin weighed in again Monday during an interview on Fox News -- her first since the Jan. 8 shooting in Tucson of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) that also left six dead and another 12 wounded. Palin defended her use of the term �blood libel� and said she understands its meaning.

Debate rages on over Palin�s �blood libel� claim

by Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published on January 18, 2011

The post-shooting debate over political civility is cooling down, but passions are still raging over Sarah Palin�s claim that critics were guilty of perpetuating a �blood libel� against her.

Palin defends 'blood libel' accusation

Published on January 18, 2011

In her first interview since the Arizona shooting, Sarah Palin defended her use of the term "blood libel" and said she understands its meaning.

Palin�s �blood libel� remark overwhelms message

By Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published on January 13, 2011

It was a well-crafted message preaching unity -- and mined with a �blood libel� that blew it all apart. Sarah Palin�s video message Wednesday, her first substantial commentary since Saturday�s shooting in Tucson that critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and killed six others, at first appeared to succeed in reconciling two American precepts that have seemed irreconcilable in recent days: a common purpose and a rough-and-tumble political culture. �Vigorous and spirited public debates during elections are among our most cherished traditions,� said the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate. �And after the election, we shake hands and get back to work, and often both sides find common ground back in D.C. and elsewhere.�

Palin slammed for using �blood libel� term [VIDEO]

JTA
Published on January 12, 2011

Sarah Palin's use of the term "blood libel" to decry blaming conservatives for the Arizona shooting has raised the ire of the Jewish community. In a video statement released Wednesday, Palin said that �Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and end with the criminals who commit them. Especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible.� The blood libel refers to accusations that began in the Middle Ages that Jews used the blood of murdered Christian children to make matzah for Passover.

Marvin Hier to Sarah Palin: You’re “Over the Top”

By Rob Eshman
Published on January 13, 2010

Democrats don’t get ... atheism

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on August 21, 2008

Where to Draw the Line

By Cathy Young
Published on October 10, 2002

Is condemnation of Israel in the current Middle East conflict often tainted with anti-Semitism? The discussion of this sensitive issue has generally focused on anti-Israeli sentiment in Europe. Recently, it was brought close to home by Harvard University President Lawrence Summers, whose Sept. 17 speech expressing concern over the resurgence of anti-Semitism drew national attention, both positive and negative.