(Jewish Group) Jewish life in York thrived after massacre, researchers show

The English city of York was the site of an infamous antisemitic massacre of the city's Jewish community in the Medieval era, but it turns out that the community bounced back after just 20 years to become a once-again thriving center of English Jewry, according to research from the University of York.

The true and forgotten history of York's Jewish community is the subject of the newest research from the University of York's Heritage360 Streetlife project.

This project has seen considerable archival evidence scanned and analyzed, leading to reconstructions of homes and locations of synagogues and interfaith cooperation.

Antisemitism began to flare up in England ahead of the Third Crusade which was a time of religious zealotry. Tensions in York, in particular, were high, erupting into violence on the night of March 16, 1190.


Expulsion of Jews. (credit: COLLECTIONS GETARCHIVE)
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