Hmm, I don't know about you, but when you have one of--if not *the* most prominent & learned Israeli professor, Dr. Ariel Toaff, a man whose expertise and knowledge specifically focuses on Jewish Renaissance and Medieval History, while also teaching at the one of the most premiere Universities in all of Israel, and who is thoroughly & uniquely familiar with the highly specialized and derivative literature in English, French, German AND Italian, and who's granted special, unrestricted access to one of the largest archives in the world containing rare, original documentary sources in Latin, Medieval Italian, Hebrew and Yiddish, and who also just-so-happens to be the son of the Chief Rabbi of Rome, [writes an entire freakin' book solely analyzing, and more importantly, *attesting to the validity* of many past-claims of Jewish ritual sacrafice,](https://bloodpassover.com/xbp.pdf), I don't know about you, but I start to take the whole topic a little more seriously...

 

 

Naturally and surprising absolutely nobody, despite his meticulous attention to detail, coupled with his unique understanding of the subject matter, the book was eventually withdrawn from publication, thanks to the indescribable pressure foisted upon both the author, as well as his entire University, courtesy of our good friends over at the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, as well as pretty much any-and-every Jewish NGO you could possibly name in existence!

 

Hmm, I wonder why they all wished to scrub such an excellent piece of academic literature from the face of the earth?

 

Any ideas?