In the modern imagination, the history of antisemitism often focuses on the horrors of the 20th century or the pogroms of Tsarist Russia. But to understand the birth of modern Jewish politics, we must look to the year 1840 and the city of Damascus. In this week’s podcast, I explored the “Damascus Affair,” a crisis … Continue reading Diplomacy, Diaspora, and the Blood Libel: How the Damascus Affair Changed Jewish History