Damascus Affair עלילת דמשק
Blood libel of 1840 in Damascus in which Jews were falsely accused of murder. It drew Moses Montefiore and other European Jews into a campaign for their defense.Continue ▸
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Sources
- The book Israel NOWlej by Richard J. Koret, glossary, page 181.