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Modern Permutations of an Ancient Antisemitic Myth: The Blood Libel during the Holocaust
Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesPresented by Berkeley’s Center for Jewish Studies and CJS Antisemitism Education Initiative, the 2025 Annual Pell Lecture features Elissa Bemporad and traces the endurance and permutation of the traditional ritual murder accusation against Jews during World War II, in particular in the German-occupied territories of the Soviet Union.