Resources for the Study of
Antisemitism
"The Church decries hatred, persecutions, displays of anti-Semitism, directed against Jews at any time and by anyone"

Vatican II:
Declaration on the Relation of the Church
to Non-Christian Religions



OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS AND STATEMENTS

Vigilance Against Anti-Jewish Bias Office of Interfaith Relations, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Communique Regarding Anti-Semitic Posters Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Statement on Antisemitism European Lutheran Commission
Joint Statement on Antisemitism The Presidents of the Council of Christians and Jews (U.K.)
Anti-semitism: A wound to be healed Cardinal Walter Kasper
A Church Leaders' Letter against Anti-Semitism
The Jewish people and their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible The Pontifical Biblical Commission
Antisemitism and Anti-Judaism Today Lutheran World Federation
Letter to the Jewish Community of Italy Catholic Bishops of Italy
A call to do something about possible anti-Jewish feelings within the Church British Columbia Conference of the United Church of Canada
Supported by One Root: Our Relationship to Judaism Catholic Bishops in The Netherlands
A Statement Abhorring Violence Against Jews General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Polish Bishops Pastoral on Jewish-Catholic Relations
III Theological Symposium "The Church, Jews and Judaism" in Poland Waldemar Chrostowski
A Common Declaration on Anti-Semitism International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee
The Catholic-Jewish Dialogue in Poland in 1993-94 Waldemar Chrostowski
The Churches and the Jewish People: Toward a New Understanding Consultation on the Church and the Jewish People of the World Council of Churches
The Church and Racism: Towards a More Fraternal Society Pontifical Commission Justice and Peace. See especially articles 7 and 15
God's Mercy Endures Forever: Guidelines on the Presentation of Jews and Judaism in Catholic Preaching Bishop's Committee on the Liturgy, National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Criteria for the Evaluation of Dramatizations of the Passion Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Notes on the Correct Way to Present the Jews and Judaism in Preaching and Catechesis in the Roman Catholic Church Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews
Guidelines for Catholic-Jewish Relations National Conference of Catholic Bishops
The Church and the Jews German Bishops' Conference, Bonn 1980
Statement on Catholic-Jewish Relations National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Guidelines and Suggestions for Implementing the Conciliar Declaration Nostra Aetate (n. 4) Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews
Statement by the French Bishops' Committee for Relations with Jews
A Resolution on Antisemitism World Council of Churches
The Ten Points of Seelisberg International Council of Christians and Jews
Resolution on Antisemitism and the Jewish Situation Provisional Committee, World Council of Churches in Process of Formation


ARTICLES, PAPERS

Articles in SIDIC Periodical, a journal of the Sisters of Our Lady of Sion
Why Was the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain So Tragic? Lea Sestieri
Isabella of Spain: Beatification and 1992 John Edwards
Jews and Christians in Spain Today Sr. Ionel Mihalovici
Prejudice is . . . Being down on some thing you are not up in! Mary Travers
The Master Urges: Jew and Christian in the Tannaitic Age Thomas Franxman
Jews and Anti-Semitism in Eastern Europe K. J. Hahn
The Jews in Literature Articles in SIDIC Periodical

Articles in Theological Studies, a quarterly journal of theology published by the Jesuits of the United States and Canada
The Parable of the Pounds and Lucan Anti-Semitism Jack T. Sanders
Anti-semitism and the Gospel Dominic M. Crossan
Anti-semitism in the Gospel Gerald O'Collins
Anti-semitism and the Cry of "All the People" Joseph A. Fitzmyer

Articles in Expositions, an on-line journal published at Villanova University
Paul, Faustus, and Augustine's Evolution toward Anti-anti-Semitism Jonathan P. Yates
The Presence of the Past: The Scholarly Afterlife of Adversus Judaeos Rhetoric Peter Spitaler
Two Augustines? David P. Efroymson
Living, Breathing Jewish People and Augustine's "Jews in the Head" Rebecca Winer

Articles from The Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism
Jews and Judaism in the Political Theology of Radical Catholic Traditionalists M. Weitzman
Anti-Zionism in the "Electronic Church" of Palestinian Christianity Gershon Nerel
From "Traitor" to "Saint": Bishop Nikolaj Velimiroviae in Serbian Public Memory Jovan Byford

Articles in the Journal of Religion and Society
Anti-Semitism Versus Anti-Israeli Sentiment Steven K. Baum and Masato Nakazawa
A Kinder, Gentler Teaching of Contempt? Jews and Judaism in Contemporary Protestant Evangelical Children's Fiction Mark Stover

Articles from The Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College
Boston as a stronghold of Antisemitism, 1929-1944 Jenny Goldstein
The Inverted Image: Antisemitism and Anti-Catholicism on the Internet Mark Weitzman

Articles from other sources
Early Modern Hate Speech--Martin Luther's Anti-Semitism Responses And Reactions Ursula Rudnick
Repenting for Antisemitism: "To Elevate Evil into a State of Goodness" Katharina Von Kellenbach
On Antisemitism and the Catholic Church David Cruz-Uribe
The Legacy of Anti-Judaism in the Works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Nicholas Scott-Blakely
Matthew, the Church and Anti-Semitism F P Viljoen
Religious Anti-Semitism in Romanian Fascist Propaganda Georgetta (Gina) Pana
Martin Luther and "The Jews": A Reappraisal Dr. Christopher Probst
Antisemitism: A Wound to be Healed. Reflections for the Fourth European Day of Jewish Culture Cardinal Walter Kasper
Bulgarians and Jews Throughout History Archimandrite Dr. Pavel Stefanov
Were the Crusades Anti-Semitic? Vince Ryan
Is Paul the Father of Misogyny and Antisemitism? Pamela Eisenbaum
John Paul II and Anti-Semitism: A Personal Experience Jean Stern
Anti-Judaism in Religious Feminist Writing Louise and Mark Zwick
The Origins of Christian Anti-Semitism Sandra S. Williams
Classical and Christian Anti-Semitism Gary M. Grobman
What's in a hypen? Shmuel Almog
Anti-Zionism = Antisemitism Martin Luther King
History of the Jews Catholic Encyclopedia
Anti-Semitism Jewish Encyclopedia
A Rabbi's Impressions of the Oberammergau Passion Play Joseph Krauskopf


HISTORICAL EVENTS, CHARACTERS AND DOCUMENTS

A Catholic Timeline of Events Relating to Jews, Anti-Judaism, Antisemitism, and the Holocaust Gerald Darring

Christian Persecution of Jews over the Centuries Gerard S. Sloyan

Anti-Judaism: 70 to 1200 CE
Anti-Judaism: 1201 to 1800 CE
Anti-semitism: Racially-based persecution of Jews: 1800 to present

A Calendar of Jewish Persecution

People who played a role in the history of Christian antisemitism
-----entries from the Jewish Encyclopedia
    Alexander II -- -- Alexander IV -- -- Athanasius -- -- Augustine -- -- Benedict VIII -- -- Benedict XII -- -- Benedict XIII -- -- Benedict XIV -- -- Boniface VIII -- -- Boniface IX -- -- Calixtus II -- -- John of Capistrano -- -- Charlemagne -- -- Christian Hebraists -- -- Clement XIV -- -- Joannes Chrysostomus -- -- Church Fathers -- -- Diego de Deza -- -- Johann Maier von Eck -- -- Ferdinand and Isabella -- -- Ferreolus -- -- Vincent Fettmilch -- -- Hananel di Foligno -- -- Jakob Friedrich Fries -- -- Ortuin de Graes -- -- Henri Gregoire -- -- Gregory I, the Great -- -- Gregory XIII -- -- Guillaume of Auvergne -- -- Haidamacks -- -- Henry II -- -- Ridley Haim Herschell -- -- Ernst Friedrich Hess -- -- Hippolytus -- -- Antonio Homem -- -- Honorius -- -- Hugh of Lincoln -- -- Innocent III -- -- Innocent XI -- -- Isidorus Hispalensis -- -- Ivan III -- -- Ivan IV -- -- Jerome -- -- John Albert -- -- John Casimir -- -- John Sobieski -- -- Julian of Toledo -- -- Justinian -- -- Leo X -- -- Martin Luther -- -- Raymund Martin -- -- Ferrand Martinez -- -- Origen -- -- Feodosi Pecherski -- -- Pedro I -- -- Pedro III -- -- Raymund de Penaforte -- -- Pius IV -- -- The Popes -- -- Robert de Reddinge -- -- Rindfleisch -- -- Rodriguez -- -- Samuel ben Jehiel -- -- John Duns Scotus

Places which played a role in the history of Christian antisemitism
-----entries from the Jewish Encyclopedia
    Aach -- -- Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) -- -- Albelda -- -- Alby (Albi) -- -- Alcala de Guadaira -- -- Alcala de Henares -- -- Alessandria -- -- Allariz -- -- Alsace -- -- Amberg -- -- Ancona -- -- Andalusia -- -- Anjou -- -- Ansbach -- -- Antwerp -- -- Apulia -- -- Aragon -- -- Arles -- -- Arnhem -- -- Arnstadt -- -- Augsburg -- -- Aussee -- -- Austerlitz -- -- Austria -- -- Auxerre -- -- Avignon -- -- Avila -- -- Grand Duchy of Baden -- -- Baeza -- -- Bamberg -- -- Barcelona -- -- Basel -- -- Basque Provinces -- -- Bavaria -- -- Bayonne -- -- Bayreuth -- -- Beaucaire -- -- Belgium -- -- Belorado -- -- Benfelden -- -- Berg -- -- Bergamo -- -- Berlin -- -- Bern> -- -- Beziers -- -- Bisenz -- -- Blois -- -- Bohemia -- -- Bolechow -- -- Bologna -- -- Bonn -- -- Bordeaux -- -- Bourges -- -- Brandenburg -- -- Bremen -- -- Brescia -- -- Brieg -- -- Brittany -- -- Bruchsal -- -- Brunn -- -- Brunswick -- -- Brussels -- -- Brux -- -- Bucharest -- -- Budapest -- -- Budweis -- -- Buk -- -- Burgdorf -- -- Burgos -- -- Bury St. Edmunds -- -- Cagliari -- -- Calatayud -- -- Carcassonne -- -- Carinthia -- -- Carmona -- -- Carpentras -- -- Cassel -- -- Castrojeriz -- -- Catalonia -- -- Cento -- -- Cervera -- -- Chambery -- -- Champagne -- -- Chartres -- -- Chateau-Thierry -- -- Ciudad Real -- -- Clermont-Ferrand -- -- Coblenz -- -- Colchester -- -- Colmar -- -- Cologne -- -- Condom -- -- Constantinople -- -- Cordova -- -- Cori -- -- Cremona -- -- Crete -- -- Croatia -- -- Cuenca -- -- Dampierre -- -- Danzig -- -- Dauphine -- -- Dessau -- -- Diessenhofen -- -- Dijon -- -- Dortmund -- -- Dresden -- -- Duderstadt -- -- Ecija -- -- Einbeck -- -- Eisenstadt -- -- Elche -- -- Elvira -- -- Emden -- -- Endingen -- -- England -- -- Essen -- -- Estella -- -- Etampes -- -- Europe -- -- Evora -- -- Faro -- -- Ferrara -- -- Finland -- -- Florence -- -- Forli -- -- France -- -- Franche-Comte -- -- Fulda -- -- Fundao -- -- Funes -- -- Furstenfeld -- -- Fürth -- -- Gaillac -- -- Galicia, Austria -- -- Galicia, Spain -- -- Gebweiler -- -- Geneva -- -- Genoa -- -- Germany -- -- Gerona -- -- Ghent -- -- Glogau -- -- Gloucester -- -- Gotha -- -- Gottingen -- -- Grenada -- -- Gratz -- -- Greece -- -- Grenoble -- -- Guadalajara -- -- Hagenbach -- -- Halberstadt -- -- Halle-on-the-Saale -- -- Hamburg -- -- Hameln -- -- Hanau -- -- Hanover -- -- Harburg -- -- Haro -- -- Heidelberg -- -- Heidingsfeld -- -- Heilbronn -- -- Hermanmiestetz -- -- Hesse -- -- Hildesheim -- -- Hohenems -- -- Holleschau -- -- Huesca -- -- Huete -- -- Hungary -- -- Iglau -- -- Innsbruck -- -- Ireland -- -- Istria -- -- Italy -- -- Jaca -- -- Jaen -- -- Jativa -- -- Judenburg -- -- Kalisz -- -- Kamenetz-Podolsk -- -- Karlsbad -- -- Karlsruhe -- -- Kholm (Chelm) -- -- Kissingen -- -- Klausenburg -- -- Kolin -- -- Konigsberg -- -- Kovno -- -- Kremsir -- -- Kreuznach -- -- Kutais -- -- Laibach -- -- Lamego -- -- Languedoc -- -- La Rochelle -- -- Lecce -- -- Leghorn -- -- Leicester -- -- Leipsic -- -- Leiria -- -- Lemberg -- -- Lenchitza -- -- Leon -- -- Lerida -- -- Lincoln -- -- Lippe -- -- Lisbon -- -- Lissa -- -- Lithuania -- -- Lodeve -- -- Lom -- -- Lomazy -- -- London -- -- Lubeck -- -- Lublin -- -- Luboml -- -- Lucca -- -- Lucena -- -- Lucerne -- -- Lunel -- -- Lutzyn -- -- Luxemburg -- -- Lyons -- -- Madrid -- -- Magdeburg -- -- Mährish-Ostrau -- -- Malaga -- -- Mannheim -- -- Manresa -- -- Mantua -- -- Marburg -- -- Marseilles -- -- Mayence -- -- Mecklenburg -- -- Melun -- -- Memel -- -- Mende -- -- Messina -- -- Metz -- -- Miedzyboz (Medzhibozh) -- -- Milan -- -- Milhaud -- -- Minsk -- -- Moghilef -- -- Monreal -- -- Montelimar -- -- Montpellier -- -- Monzon -- -- Moravia -- -- Moscow -- -- Mulhausen -- -- Münden -- -- Munich -- -- Murcia -- -- Murviedro -- -- Najera -- -- Nancy -- -- Nantes -- -- Narbonne -- -- Nassau -- -- Navarre -- -- Nemirov -- -- Netherlands -- -- Neuss -- -- Neutitschein -- -- Nevers -- -- Nezhin -- -- Nice -- -- Nizhni-Novgorod -- -- Nikolayev -- -- Nikolsburg -- -- Nimes -- -- Nördlingen -- -- Northampton -- -- Northeim -- -- Norway -- -- Norwich -- -- Novgorod-Syeversk -- -- Novogrudok -- -- Novokonstantinov -- -- Novomoskovsk -- -- Nuremberg -- -- Nyons -- -- Ocana -- -- Odessa -- -- Oedenburg -- -- Offenbach -- -- Olmutz -- -- Oppeln -- -- Oppenheim -- -- Orange -- -- Orleans -- -- Osnabrück -- -- Ostrog -- -- Ottingen -- -- Paderborn -- -- Padua -- -- Pale of Settlement -- -- Palencia -- -- Palermo -- -- Palma -- -- Pamiers -- -- Pamplona -- -- Paris -- -- Parma -- -- Passau -- -- Pavia -- -- Perpignan -- -- Pertius -- -- Pesaro -- -- Peyrehorade -- -- Pfersee -- -- Pforzheim -- -- Pilsen -- -- Pinne -- -- Pinsk -- -- Piotrkow -- -- Pisa -- -- Podolia -- -- Poitiers -- -- Poitou -- -- Polotsk -- -- Pontoise -- -- Porto -- -- Portsmouth -- -- Portugal -- -- Posen -- -- Posing -- -- Prague -- -- Prerau -- -- Presburg -- -- Provence -- -- Prussia -- -- Przemysl -- -- Raab -- -- Ratisbon -- -- Ravenna -- -- Recanati -- -- Reggio -- -- Riga -- -- Rome -- -- Rostof -- -- Rothenburg -- -- Rouen -- -- Roussillon -- -- Rumania -- -- Russia -- -- Sahagun -- -- Saint Gall (St. Gallen) -- -- Salamanca -- -- Salonica -- -- Salzburg -- -- Santarem -- -- Saragossa -- -- Sardinia -- -- Savoy -- -- Saxon Dutchies -- -- Saxony -- -- Schlettstadt -- -- Schweinfurt -- -- Segovia -- -- Senlis -- -- Sepulveda -- -- Sicily -- -- Silesia -- -- Sofia -- -- Spain -- -- Speyer -- -- Stein-am-Anger -- -- Strasburg -- -- Stuttgart -- -- Switzerland -- -- Tarnow -- -- Toledo -- -- Tortosa -- -- Toulouse -- -- Tours -- -- Trent -- -- Treves -- -- Trevoux -- -- Troyes -- -- Tyrol -- -- Ulm -- -- Urbino -- -- Utrecht -- -- Valladolid -- -- Valencia -- -- Venice -- -- Verdun -- -- Verona -- -- Vienna -- -- Wiesbaden -- -- Wilna -- -- Worms -- -- Würzburg -- -- York -- -- Zhitomir -- -- Zurich
Things which played a role in the history of Christian antisemitism
-----entries from the Jewish Encyclopedia
    Acts of Parliament Relating to the Jews of England -- -- Auto da Fe -- -- Badge -- -- Black Death -- -- Blood Accusation -- -- Censorship of Hebrew Books -- -- Church Councils -- -- Conversion to Christianity -- -- The Crusades -- -- Desecration of Host -- -- Domus Conversorum -- -- Familianten Gesetz -- -- Ghetto -- -- Hochmeister -- -- The Holy Child of La Guardia -- -- House of Catechumens -- -- The Inquisition -- -- Institutum Judaicum -- -- Israelite-Christians -- -- Judenhut -- -- Konitz Affair -- -- Lateran Councils -- -- Leibzoll -- -- Magdeburg Law -- -- Marano -- -- May Laws -- -- Nothhandel -- -- Oath More Judaico -- -- Goldener Opferpfennig -- -- Pastoureaux -- -- Polna Affair -- -- Quemadero -- -- French Sanhedrin -- -- Wandering Jew
The 613 Commandments Kaufmann Kohler and Isaac Broyde, Jewish Encyclopedia

Jews and Judaism in Christian Writings of the Second Century CE Timothy J. Horner

Primary Texts on History of Relations Dating from the Patristic/Rabbinic Era until the Dawn of Modernity

Against the Jews on the Question of the Sabbath John of Damascus

The Crusades Rabbi Ken Spiro

Clifford's Tower: Massacre at York (1190)

Items from the Medieval Sourcebook at Fordham University
Legislation Affecting the Jews from 300 to 800 CE
Professions of Faith Extracted from Jews on Baptism
Jews and the Later Roman Law, 315-531 CE
Julian and the Jews, 361-363 CE Sozomen, Ecclesiastical History
The Blood Libel in Syria Socrates Scholasticus
Homilies Against the Jews John Chrysostom
Novella 146: On Jews Justinian I
The Sack of Jerusalem (614) Antiochus Strategos
On the Keeping of Slaves, 633 Fourth Council of Toledo
The Jews of Spain and the Visigothic Code, 654-681 CE
Capitulary for the Jews, 814 Charlemagne
On the Insolence of the Jews to Louis the Pious (826/827) Agobard of Lyon
On the Baptism of Slaves Belonging to Jews (to Adalard, Wala, and Helisachar) Agobard of Lyon
An Inquiry into the Tolls of Raffelstettin, c. 905 King Louis the Child of Germany
On the First Millenium Ralph Glaber, Miracles de Saint-Benoit
Grant of Lands & Privileges to the Jews, 1084 Bishop of Speyer
The Crusaders in Mainz, May 27, 1096 Solomon bar Samson
From the Dialogue of the Exchequer: On Usury, c.1170
Concerning Loans From The Jews Henry II of England
The Ritual Murder Accusation at Blois, May, 1171 Ephraim ben Jacob
The Accusation of the Ritual Murder of St. William of Norwich Thomas of Monmouth: The Life and Miracles of St. William of Norwich, 1173
The Abbey of St. Edmund's and the Jews, 1173-1182 Chronicle of Jocelyn of Brakelond
Jews and Christians in Teruel: The Fuero of Teruel, 1176 CE
The Expulsion of the Jews from France, 1182 CE Rigord, Gesta Philippi Augusti
Barnacle Geese Should Convince the Jew of the Immaculate Conception, 1188 Gerald of Wales
The Persecution of Jews, 1189 Roger of Hoveden
Charter by Which Many Liberties are Granted and Confirmed to the Jews, 22 March, 1190 Richard I of England
English Jewry is Organised: The Ordinances of the Jews, 1194
Against the Perfidy of the Jews, before 1198 Peter of Blois
Letter on the Jews 1199 Pope Innocent III
Appointment of an Archpriest of the Jews in England, July 1199 King John of England
Constitution for the Jews (1199 AD)
King John of England and the Jews
The Keeping of Slaves by the Jews, 1204 Pope Innocent III
Protest to Philip Augustus of France Against Royal Protection of Jewish Money-Lenders, 1204 Pope Innocent III
Canon 68 - on Jews Fourth Lateran Council in 1215
Jewish Usurers Caricature from the Rotulus Judeorum, 1233
The Charter of the Jews of the Duchy of Austria July 1, 1244 CE Frederick, Duke of Austria
Las Siete Partidas: Laws on Jews, 1265
St. Louis and the Jews of France, before 1270 CE Account by Joinville
Letter on Jews, (1271-76) - Against the Blood Libel Pope Gregory X
The Black Death and the Jews, 1348-1349 CE
Ordinance of the Jews of the Crown of Aragon, 1354 CE
An Oath Taken by Jews Frankfort on the Main, about 1392 CE
From the Declaration on the Protection of the Jews: (1419) Pope Martin V
A Blood Libel Cult: Anderl von Rinn, d. 1462
The Expulsion from Spain, 1492 CE

Top 10 Antisemitic Legends and Stereotypes

The Jews and Their Lies (1543) Martin Luther

On Jews and Christians Living in the Same Place Pope Benedict XIV, June 14, 1751

Hep! Hep! Joseph Jacobs, Jewish Encyclopedia

Jewish Emancipation Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions


MISCELLANEOUS WEBSITES

Guidelines for the Evaluation of the Treatment of Jews and Judaism in Catechetical Materials Dr. Eugene J. Fisher
The Anti-Defamation League
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
The Nuremberg Race Laws
Kristallnacht
Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism
The Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism
H-Antisemitism
Why the Jews?
Jewish-Polish Heritage Mike Rosenzweig, Ph. D.


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