August 29

1255: The body of
little boy who had disappeared was found in a well at Lincoln.  The boy would become known as Little Saint
Hugh of Lincoln (England) was the subject of an infamous ritual murder libel.
It was alleged that Jews enticed …

JUNE 29

1096: Crusaders massacred the Jews of Mehr.

1106: Moses Sephardi was baptized at Huseca, Spain
and took the name of Petrus Alphonsi, the noted “physician, writer, astronomer
and polemicist.”  Among those who took
issue with Alphonsi’s mu…

February
29

 1236: In Narbonne (France), an attack on
the Jewish quarter occurred after a Jew accidentally killed a Gentile during an
argument. The Governor of the city, Don Amyeric, forcibly reestablished order.
The house and library of Rabbi Me…