Judaism: Blood Libel

[Rev. Rye]

If you want to know what organizations claim blood libel allegations are false, well, that’s the mainstream claim. The vast majority of historians agree that the claims are false. And it’s been that way for well over a century. There’s no evidence that Jews use gentile blood in rituals of any kind. The allegations I’m most familiar with are claims that Jews use the blood of gentiles in their food (most frequently matzo or some kinds of pastry), and I think I’ve explained why that’s bullshit. If you’re claiming the blood of humans is used in some occult rituals, well, while technically blood sacrifices (and the evidence suggests said blood sacrifices were invariably animal) are allowed in Judaism, they’re only allowed in one specific place: the temple of Solomon. And, fortunately, the Temple of Solomon was destroyed in 70 AD. Since the one place where said ritual was allowed hasn’t existed in a bit less than two millennia, in practice, it is no longer relevant to Judaism. Indeed, Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist Jews have stated that they consider it an ancient ritual with no chance of returning. And Orthodox Jews are still waiting on the Temple of Solomon to be rebuilt. And that ain’t happening. Therefore, on the off chance that there are some Jews who actually do this (and I should reiterate that there’s been no verifiable claims about it that checked out), then it must be outside of mainstream Jewish practice. Indeed, the fact that you call these alleged rituals occult seems to confirm, by definition, that it would have to be outside the Jewish mainstream. And I think it should go without saying that criticizing a group as a whole for something only done by a small minority and is widely repudiated by everyone outside said small minority is kinda bullshit and only makes sense if you already have a pre-existing bias against them.

You think you can find a verifiable incident, show us. If not, shut the fuck up.