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Last update - 19:54 11/02/2007 Bar-Ilan to order professor to explain research behind blood libel book By Ofri Ilani, Haaretz Correspondent, Haaretz Service and The Associated Press Bar-Ilan University on Sunday said it would order Professor Ariel Toaff to explain the research behind his new book about the centuries-old charge that Jews killed Christians in ritual murder. University historian Toaff has raised a storm by alleging in his book book that some blood libels - accusations that Jews killed Christians in ritual murders to add their blood to matza and wine on Passover - may be based on real ceremonies in which the blood of Christians was actually used. The university said in a statement that "Bar-Ilan University - its officers and researchers - have condemned, and condemn, any attempt to justify the awful blood libels against Jews." Advertisement The university said that as soon as Toaff returned from a trip abroad it would ask him for explanations regarding his research, adding "until then... we should refrain from relying on baseless reports that have been denied by Prof. Toaff himself and which, apparently, lack any connection to the research itself." "Pasque di Sangue" was just released in Italy. It shocked the country's small Jewish community - in part because he is the son of Elio Toaff, the chief rabbi who welcomed Pope John Paul II to Rome's synagogue two decades ago in a historic visit that helped ease Catholic-Jewish relations after centuries of tensions. The author, who is considered an international expert on Italian Jewry, delves into allegations that resulted in torture, show trials and executions, periodically devastating Europe's Jewish communities. Historians have long dismissed the allegations as racism, but blood libel stories remain popular in anti-Semitic literature. Jewish and Catholic scholars have denounced Toaff's work, saying he simply reinterpreted known documents - and has given credence to confessions extracted under torture. In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa, Toaff responded angrily to his critics, saying, "My research shows that in the Middle Ages, a group of fundamentalist Jews did not respect the biblical prohibition and used blood for healing. It is just one group of Jews, who belonged to the communities that suffered the severest persecution during the Crusades. From this trauma came a passion for revenge that in some cases led to responses, among them ritual murder of Christian children." Italian rabbis issued a statement recalling that Jewish law has always banned ingesting blood or using it for rituals. Toaff's 91-year-old father said he was looking forward to reading his son's book and examining the documents, but stressed that according to the Torah and tradition, the consumption of animal blood was strictly prohibited, not to mention that of humans. In an interview Friday with The Associated Press, Toaff said, "There is no proof that Jews committed such an act." But he added that the confessions do hold some truth - as when the accused recount anti-Christian liturgies that were mainly used on Passover, when the Israelites' liberation from ancient Egypt became a metaphor for Judaism's hope for redemption from its suffering at the hands of Christians. "These liturgical formulas in Hebrew cannot be projections of the judges who could not know these prayers, which didn't belong to Italian rites but to the Ashkenazi tradition," he said. The 65-year-old Toaff, a rabbi who holds dual Italian and Israeli citizenship, said, "I wanted to see how the Jews felt in this climate of hatred." Monsignor Iginio Rogger, a church historian who in the 1960s led the investigation into the murder of a 2-year-old Simon of Trento, for which 16 Jews were hanged, said many scholars have concurred that the confessions were completely unreliable. "I wouldn't want to be in [Toaff's] shoes, answering for this to historians who have seriously documented this case," he said. "The judges used horrible tortures, to the point where the accused pleaded: 'Tell us what you want us to say.'" Hebrew University historian Professor Israel J. Yuval, a blood-libel expert, said, "From the information I have received, Professor Toaff's interpretation sounds trumped-up." The Anti-Defamation League chairman, Abe Foxman, said, "It's hard for me to believe that someone, especially an Israeli historian, would legitimize the baseless claims of the blood libels." Bar-Ilan University spokesman, Shmulik Algrabli, said, "Professor Toaff is one of the greatest scholars in his field, and we have confidence in his scientific method. The contentions of the study will be clarified when the author returns to Israel." Bookmark to del.icio.us   'Body of 2008' A U.K. men's magazine pays homage to Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli. Echoes of Thessaloniki A book on Sarkozy's Greek-Jewish roots goes on sale in Greece.   1.   Let us face it, it is not Kosher 03:17  |  Mark Lincoln 11/02/07   2.   I`ll bet Foxman had a cat 03:52  |  hollingsworth 11/02/07   3.   blood Libel 03:53  |  Naim S. Mahlab 11/02/07   4.   What some academicians will do to get famous 04:11  |  Ofer 11/02/07   5.   Blood is not kosher in Matza or out of Matza 04:18  |  Ofer 11/02/07   6.   How is this "fundamentalist"? Not at all. 04:19  |  McQueen 11/02/07   7.   How Can He Be Called A Historian 04:35  |  Dr. Barry 11/02/07   8.   NOW let us see How Worlds AnitSemites React!! 04:50  |  Me 11/02/07   9.   Fire Him and anyone else who endorses him 04:52  |  Mordechai 11/02/07   10.   mark lincoln # 1 04:52  |  dubious 11/02/07   11.   What`s next ? 05:04  |  Bernard Warner 11/02/07   12.   Blood story 05:08  |  Herb Brodsky 11/02/07   13.   Stupid story 05:25  |  Avrum 11/02/07   14.   Ariel Toaff`s Shameless Self-Promotion 05:26  |  CHGODMK 11/02/07   15.   just what the Dr ordered 05:27  |  art 11/02/07   16.   HOLLINGSWORTH"In an interview Friday with The Associated Press,- 05:29  |  PETER SM 11/02/07   17.   Toaff`s `Blood Libel` 05:30  |  Ellen Kay 11/02/07   18.   Myths, Myths, Myths 05:38  |  Tony Anthony 11/02/07   19.   Lunatic Fringe 05:40  |  Harold F 11/02/07   20.   # 7 hmmmm...you may be onto something! 05:42  |  eric 11/02/07   21.   Remove his Academic Standing 05:52  |  Mike 11/02/07   22.   who cares? 05:59  |  nathan 11/02/07   23.   So called Jew?!? 06:14  |  Yael 11/02/07   24.   Why is haaretz giving the book publicity??? 06:25  |  s.n. 11/02/07   25.   Ever hear of Kashrut? Making up bizarre lies when truth not work 06:34  |  David 11/02/07   26.   Jewish and Catholic scholars have denounced Toaff`s work. 06:43  |  Vittorio 11/02/07   27.   What a moron!! 06:48  |  Jo 11/02/07   28.   Comme on guys you won`t apologise for ... 06:57  |  infidel 11/02/07   29.   Well, the settlers do it in the West Bank and in 07:08  |  Palestinian 11/02/07   30.   Irrelevant 07:10  |  Cat 11/02/07   31.   pogroms! 07:14  |  serge 11/02/07   32.   Oy Vey every Anti-Semitic group has found another expert to .. 07:29  |  Tom 11/02/07   33.   No justification 07:45  |  Harold 11/02/07   34.   Follow The Money 08:00  |  Frank 11/02/07   35.   Hollingsworth - does Israeli citizenship give credibility? #2 08:06  |  William 11/02/07   36.   Confessions under torture? Sure he`s not Arab? 08:07  |  David Teich 11/02/07   37.   Just another SELF HATING UNCLE TOM JEW.... what else is new... 08:16  |  amir 11/02/07   38.   Torture # 35 09:10  |  Harold 11/02/07   39.   Eternal lusts for blood 09:16  |  Brigitte Meier 11/02/07   40.   Remember Nitel night! 09:28  |  Angel 11/02/07   41.   To the "palestinian" 09:38  |  Tali 11/02/07   42.   Christian blood - mmm mmm good! 09:48  |  Ishmael 11/02/07   43.   The sun circles the Earth 09:49  |  Galileo 11/02/07   44.   He Is Like Neturei Karta 09:53  |  M. Duvduvani 11/02/07   45.   PALESTINIAN(aka?) "Irrefutable proofs" Present them! 09:58  |  PETER SM 11/02/07   46.   What an idiot 10:01  |  myxamatosis 11/02/07   47.   david teich # 35 10:07  |  dubious 11/02/07   48.   GIVE Toaff his day in court.Let him prtesent his"evidence" 10:10  |  p 11/02/07   49.   GIVE Toaff his day in court.Let him present his"evidence" 10:11  |  PETER SM 11/02/07   50.   David Teich 10:23  |  Walid 11/02/07   51.   Bar-Ilan historian`s allegations on blood libels spark outrage 10:46  |  Lelaido Chaim Lopez 11/02/07   52.   SOUNDS MORE LIKE BLACK MAGIC THAN JEWISH 10:46  |  paul harris 11/02/07   53.   Sign petition to have Bar Ilan fire this idiot 10:47  |  Joel 11/02/07   54.   #50 lopez 11:07  |  gabriela 11/02/07   55.   Those who argue it`s imposible on account of scriptures.... 11:09  |  zmogus 11/02/07   56.   Have you guys in the Middle East really no other problems.....?? 11:14  |  Swiss (Dino) 11/02/07   57.   Whoa , huh , humm !, Bkhe Khe hei hei hei ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha 11:31  |  Joseph E . 11/02/07   58.   PUT THE FATHER AND SON IN BEYT MESHUGAIM 11:32  |  DR MANUCH 11/02/07   59.   Revisionism gone insane 11:36  |  Joe 11/02/07   60.   A real money maker in many languages 11:39  |  Sherlock Holmes 11/02/07   61.   "PALESTINIAN"More Taqiyya,more aliases,no evidence 11:41  |  PETER SM 11/02/07   62.   Arabic and Farsi translations? 11:43  |  Ben Azai 11/02/07   63.   HOMICIDE bombers and Islamists anounce that they drink blood 11:45  |  PETER SM 11/02/07   64.   let us assume that it is true 11:54  |  flashman 11/02/07   65.   #13,CHGODMK. You say Bar Ilan...? 12:13  |  zmogus 11/02/07   66.   Tali vs. "palestinian" 12:23  |  Anat 11/02/07   67.   Walid is telling us to "debate" nonsensical statements 12:28  |  Anat 11/02/07   68.   Madness 12:30  |  Vitaly 11/02/07   69.   zmogus -- at least 14 of mine were not-premeditated 12:34  |  bbl 11/02/07   70.   hollingsworth: "This is just too good!" 12:57  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 11/02/07   71.   Typical Jewish reaction 12:59  |  El_Justiciero 11/02/07   72.   Academic research is the victim! 13:02  |  Academic 11/02/07   73.   A Case of Scientific Burnout 13:12  |  Albert edelson 11/02/07   74.   Does this book do any good for peace in the ME....?? 13:15  |  Swiss (Dino) 11/02/07   75.   Toaf 13:17  |  Naim S. Mahlab 11/02/07   76.   Walid : talk about pompous 13:35  |  myxamatosis 11/02/07   77.   Let`s pass a new law 13:46  |  D Hirod 11/02/07   78.   howfun the jews are alarmed 14:00  |  dana2 11/02/07   79.   To #38: Brigitte Meier 14:02  |  Josh Korn 11/02/07   80.   To Tali 14:03  |  Skandar 11/02/07   81.   From the Psychological Perspective 14:22  |  Alicia 11/02/07   82.   To Naim S. Mahlab (#71) 14:24  |  EhadHaAm 11/02/07   83.   To D. Hirod @ 71 14:43  |  LawsToGo 11/02/07   84.   David Irving 14:46  |  Harold 11/02/07   85.   Book by Bar Ilan Prof "Confirms" Blood Libel 14:49  |  chuck 11/02/07   86.   bbl: Think of revenge and you`ll see the probl of "premeditation" 15:04  |  zmogus 11/02/07   87.   That grain of truth that fouls the waters. 15:24  |  Cavler Crociatus 11/02/07   88.   Toaff needs attention 15:31  |  Dov 11/02/07   89.   Another product of European debauchery 15:39  |  Herbert Kaine 11/02/07   90.   zmogus bogus #61 15:41  |  CHGODMK 11/02/07   91.   the references used are thos eof BLACK MAGIC RITUALS 15:53  |  paul harris 11/02/07   92.   Palestiniana are also their bloody line 15:56  |  infidel 11/02/07   93.   I always knew it in my heart 15:57  |  expat 11/02/07   94.   just for themoney 15:59  |  Moshe 11/02/07   95.   re #83 `The grain of truth...` 16:04  |  Colin Wright 11/02/07   96.   Who cares? 16:10  |  Spongebob 11/02/07   97.   #71, what a nonsense 16:11  |  Fritz 11/02/07   98.   # 87 16:13  |  Harold 11/02/07   99.   #77, politics and psychology are not the same 16:15  |  Fritz 11/02/07   100.   #35,,Yes but a LIGHT UNTO NATIONS? 16:17  |  Edithann 11/02/07   101.   Tali 16:21  |  Edithann 11/02/07   102.   Unbelievable! WHO EXACTLY WITNESSED IT? 16:23  |  Kath` 11/02/07   103.   He should open a school with Ilan Pappe, and Norman Finkelstien 16:25  |  11/02/07   104.   #61 rethinking your logic 16:27  |  Edithann 11/02/07   105.   yes, zmogus, I am both comfy and average 16:28  |  bbl 11/02/07   106.   Cavler Crociatus -- No historian are you 16:31  |  bbl 11/02/07   107.   To #82 `bbl` 16:36  |  Colin Wright 11/02/07   108.   Poisoning wells 16:37  |  NMiriam 11/02/07   109.   Jimmy CARTER endorses Book 16:39  |  B 11/02/07   110.   Haaretz loves blood libels against Jews 16:45  |  Maya 11/02/07   111.   Bloody story is an outrage 16:45  |  NDM 11/02/07   112.   # 92 16:47  |  Harold 11/02/07   113.   blood libel 16:47  |  citizen zero 11/02/07   114.   # 100 16:52  |  Harold 11/02/07   115.   Torture 17:01  |  hanoi 11/02/07   116.   Typo 17:08  |  Harold 11/02/07   117.   # 109 17:12  |  Harold 11/02/07   118.   Rabbi in NJ 17:23  |  harold_forsko@msn.co 11/02/07   119.   So-called historian 17:26  |  Joseph 11/02/07   120.   CHGODMK`s apology for two-dimensional labels 17:29  |  zmogus 11/02/07   121.   Circumstances 17:35  |  Harold 11/02/07   122.   #71 Typical Jewish Reaction 17:41  |  Cat 11/02/07   123.   # 3 Read Your Bible 17:46  |  Kevin 11/02/07   124.   How disgusting are TOAF`S lies! Look at joy of JEW-HATERS! Shame! 17:46  |  Vittorio 11/02/07   125.   to Dana 2, #78 17:47  |  cat 11/02/07   126.   #23 is right. this "historian" is another self- hating JEW. 17:47  |  Patrick 11/02/07   127.   What for this publication, is this research? 17:49  |  H.H.M 11/02/07   128.   to colin wright 17:50  |  Cat 11/02/07   129.   HAARETZ EDITOOR:Don`t pretend that you are "NEUTRAL" in this case 17:55  |  Vitorio 11/02/07   130.   Blood of Christians 18:05  |  Psalm 11/02/07   131.   True motivation? 18:05  |  Barbosa 11/02/07   132.   hollingsworth 18:06  |  Sarah 11/02/07   133.   To Skandar and Edithmann 18:08  |  Tali 11/02/07   134.   Joe- Revisionism gone insane 18:10  |  Psalm 11/02/07   135.   Another fine bloody mess you got us into 18:17  |  Ronnie Wolman 11/02/07   136.   To Skandar Response to Tali #80 18:18  |  William 11/02/07   137.   blood libels 18:20  |  Joe 11/02/07   138.   Take a breath 18:22  |  Barbosa 11/02/07   139.   Scrutinizing history - Cavler #87 18:23  |  William 11/02/07   140.   Jeffrey Dahmer Was A Religious Fundamentalist 18:25  |  Yosemite 11/02/07   141.   This isn`t attacking Judiasm, just the history of a fringe group 18:32  |  anti-racist 11/02/07   142.   What about witch confessions? 18:34  |  Mickey Klein 11/02/07   143.   He Brings Into Ill Repute Our Anscestors! 18:35  |  me 11/02/07   144.   The divine update! 18:43  |  Guss 11/02/07   145.   professor toaff-one of the greatest 18:46  |  yahn goodey 11/02/07   146.   Blood Libels 18:57  |  Jack Garbuz 11/02/07   147.   Not plausible but very sad 19:00  |  Gordon 11/02/07   148.   Bar-Ilan historian`s allegations on blood libels spark outrage 19:22  |  lionel lovitch 11/02/07   149.   We live in a time where there is no scarcity of jerks 19:22  |  Jon C 11/02/07   150.   for Zmogus re: kill vs murder 19:32  |  Ed 11/02/07   151.   Blood libel 19:38  |  Sol Yurick 11/02/07   152.   ariel toaff will be pleased to know that all the 19:39  |  hussain 11/02/07   153.   i always knew there was something to it 19:41  |  ahmedinejad 11/02/07   154.   To #128 `To Colin Wright` 19:53  |  Colin Wright 11/02/07   155.   Toaff retracting 20:00  |  Tosefta 11/02/07   156.   To #147 `Not plausible but very sad` 20:02  |  Colin Wright 11/02/07   157.   Blood libel 20:04  |  Phil 11/02/07   158.   Incidentally... 20:07  |  Colin Wright 11/02/07   159.   Walid #50 20:15  |  Dov 11/02/07   160.   Anat 20:17  |  Walid 11/02/07   161.   Allways follow the money: 20:24  |  Joshua 11/02/07   162.   blood libel 20:31  |  dm 11/02/07   163.   Double Herem for Ariel Toaff 20:31  |  Fortuna 11/02/07   164.   # 153 ahmedinejad - yeah, the Jews drank blood 20:33  |  Paul Henzen 11/02/07   165.   So it is definetley not possible that Toaf could be right then 20:38  |  Chris Linthwaite 11/02/07   166.   Tosefta:Standing Up 20:40  |  Ronnie Wolman 11/02/07   167.   Frankists 20:43  |  Harold 11/02/07   168.   toaff 20:50  |  pino 11/02/07   169.   I confess: Response to infidel (#28) 20:50  |  Lurker 11/02/07   170.   What will be the consequences? 20:50  |  LA 11/02/07   171.   Nonsense 20:54  |  Dave 11/02/07   172.   zmogus re: my message 20:58  |  CHGODMK 11/02/07   173.   Ed re: Zmogus Bogus 21:03  |  CHGODMK 11/02/07   174.   Light over heat, why the idea of the blood libel sparks outrage 21:18  |  Jacob Blues 11/02/07   175.   Christians burned witches 21:20  |  Joe 11/02/07   176.   Toaff a Rabi? 21:27  |  Mexi 11/02/07   177.   Maybe 21:34  |  Walid 11/02/07   178.   The real thing? 21:37  |  Go 11/02/07   179.   Thanks, Prof. Toaff 21:40  |  Mar 11/02/07   180.   hmmm...what a surprise 21:41  |  Michael Schipp 11/02/07   181.   chris linthwaite 21:46  |  ahmedinejad 11/02/07   182.   HOLLINGWORTH 21:52  |  JOJO 11/02/07   183.   Syrian Christian Recent History Evidence 21:52  |  Bandar Michaels 11/02/07   184.   For those of you that can write Italian 21:55  |  GF 11/02/07   185.   chris linthwaite 22:04  |  citizen zero 11/02/07   186.   To #165 `So it is definitely not possible...` 22:05  |  Colin Wright 11/02/07   187.   To #168 `Toaff` (I) 22:17  |  Colin Wright 11/02/07   188.   To #168 `Toaff` (II) 22:25  |  Colin Wright 11/02/07   189.   To #176 `The real thing` 22:33  |  Colin Wright 11/02/07   190.   re 3170 `What will be the consequences` 22:40  |  Colin Wright 11/02/07   191.   IT ALL could be true!! 22:43  |  Psalm 11/02/07   192.   The shepherd vs. the herd (Ronnie Wolman #166) 22:47  |  Tosefta 11/02/07   193.   So what if it`s true? 22:49  |  justiceseeker 11/02/07   194.   For my purposes... 22:50  |  Colin Wright 11/02/07   195.   Does it mean Jews can`t eat stake? 22:54  |  Holden 11/02/07   196.   #185, 186 22:56  |  Chris Linthwaite 11/02/07   197.   justiceseeker 23:08  |  Psalm 11/02/07   198.   # 155 Tosefta. UNDERSTANDING ETC........ 23:16  |  Kath` 11/02/07   199.   Not in the culture 23:22  |  sweis Melbourne 11/02/07   200.   #177 Walid- 23:33  |  Psalm 11/02/07   201.   # 177 Mexi. re:Toaff a Rabi? WELL BY GOLLY,YOU TOOK THE WORDS OUT 23:37  |  Kath` 11/02/07   202.   #192, Tosefta 23:39  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 11/02/07   203.   "Drink this in remembrance of me." 23:48  |  Maureen Ann 11/02/07   204.   Bar-Ilan 23:50  |  Shmuelshachor 11/02/07   205.   Palestinian 23:51  |  Lynn 11/02/07   206.   PETER SM 23:53  |  Lynn 11/02/07   207.   #196 Psalm 23:55  |  justiceseeker 11/02/07   208.   # 161 Joshua. Always follow the money:WHY IS IT WHEN I THINK .... 23:55  |  Kath` 11/02/07   209.   Walid 23:56  |  Lynn 11/02/07   210.   Please comment on this 00:16  |  Victor 12/02/07   211.   paul harris # 91 00:19  |  dubious 12/02/07   212.   fire Toaff !! 00:41  |  buddy 12/02/07   213.   Cool down, and don`t be stupid, and here` something to chew on 00:49  |  A Lebanese 12/02/07   214.   Birds and herds (Kath` #198; Bird from Outerspace #202) 00:59  |  Tosefta 12/02/07   215.   coglione !!! 01:00  |  an italian jew 12/02/07   216.   Maureen Ann 01:04  |  Cat 12/02/07   217.   to Colin Wright 01:09  |  Cat 12/02/07   218.   # 202 Cipora Julianna Kohn.WELL,PUT.BUT "NEWS FLASH", 01:11  |  Kath` 12/02/07   219.   Tosefta: Spock I presume 01:13  |  Ronnie Wolman 12/02/07   220.   re #204 `Cool down...` 01:37  |  Colin Wright 12/02/07   221.   136- William and Tali`s Candy 01:51  |  Skandar 12/02/07   222.   Sabra & Shatilla 01:59  |  Harold 12/02/07   223.   hollingworth-#-2-blood libel 02:03  |  Daniel Leopold 12/02/07   224.   Maureen Ann - you couldn`t prove that if you tried 02:05  |  bbl 12/02/07   225.   No conclusive proof either way! 02:07  |  Deborah 12/02/07   226.   To #211 Cat `But Colin Wright...` 02:10  |  Colin Wright 12/02/07   227.   Stop donations to Bar Ilan University if Tiaff is not fired now.. 02:15  |  Vittorio 12/02/07   228.   To #206 `Fire Toaff` 02:18  |  Colin Wright 12/02/07   229.   Jews never killed christians... 02:21  |  Edith 12/02/07   230.   to Cat 02:28  |  Colin Wright 12/02/07   231.   To Lebanese, Part 1 02:31  |  Gary 12/02/07   232.   Lebanese Part 2 02:32  |  Gary 12/02/07   233.   The Jews Who Would Destroy Israel 02:44  |  Neil Kuchinsky 12/02/07   234.   The truth at last 02:46  |  Simon K Nyfe 12/02/07   235.   Look at JEW-HATERS: hollingworth, Maureen Ann, justiceseeker 02:48  |  Vittorio 12/02/07   236.   Holden-- 02:50  |  Gary 12/02/07   237.   Toaff il bugiardo.(Italian) - Toaff a liar (English) 03:07  |  Vittorio 12/02/07   238.   Except Hollingsworth, the Rabbi disagrees with his son 03:38  |  Jake 12/02/07   239.   No mention in Ha`aretz of the "confessions" under torture 03:41  |  Nannette 12/02/07   240.   Harold that`s a lie 03:46  |  Jake 12/02/07   241.   Maureen Ann # 203 03:50  |  Dick Hertz 12/02/07   242.   This Is Absolute Insanity - Shows the Goyim are Idiots 04:12  |  Phinias Whoppy 12/02/07   243.   RIDICULOUS & DANGEROUS 04:32  |  lola 12/02/07   244.   #208, Tosefta re. Toeff 04:37  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/02/07   245.   Toaff says: "He is treated as new Yigal Amir"-Toaff is worse. 04:43  |  Vittorio 12/02/07   246.   Bar-Ilan 04:58  |  Shmuelshachor 12/02/07   247.   Maureen Ann-#203-are you an expert in the Talmud 05:25  |  Daniel Leopold 12/02/07   248.   We Should Stop Calling Posters Anti-Semites 05:41  |  Dick Hertz 12/02/07   249.   I Nominate Toaff As The Head Hancho Of The 06:31  |  Martin Luther 12/02/07   250.   Palestinian 07:33  |  connie 12/02/07   251.   Simon 07:48  |  Connie 12/02/07   252.   the MAN IS CONFUSED BY CATHOLICS WHO ADOPTED 08:13  |  paul harris 12/02/07   253.   i can explain what Toaff said 09:47  |  abbba 12/02/07   254.   worse than the Inquisition! 20:53  |  Mike 12/02/07   255.   re #242 `This...shows the Goyim are idiots.` 23:20  |  Colin Wright 12/02/07   256.   re #252 "THE MAN IS CONFUSED..." 23:26  |  Colin Wright 12/02/07   257.   re #253 "Worse than the inquisition` 23:32  |  Colin Wright 12/02/07   258.   To Cavler Crociatus 00:17  |  Sprite1_1 14/02/07   259.   Print it in Farsi and Arabic 17:40  |  Jason 14/02/07   260.   Professor Toaff`s book 01:42  |  M 15/02/07   261.   Christians committed many violent acts as well 00:40  |  James Morris 11/01/08

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