Featuring Elite Experts Combating Antisemitism

Title: “Philoumenos of Jacob’s Well: The Birth of a Contemporary Ritual Murder Myth” Date: April 22, 2015 Speaker: Dr. David Gurevich Affiliation: Founder of Ambassadors Online, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Antisemitism and Racism, University of Haifa. The presentation is based on a paper prepared in conjunction with Mrs. Yisca Harani, Independent Scholar, Tel-Aviv Location: ISGAP Center Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Description: Dr. David Gurevich speaks about how age-old blood libels subsist in this day and age and contribute to contemporary libels against the Jewish people. Gurevich discusses the case study of Archimandrite Philoumenos Hasapis, who was murdered in 1979 in Nablus and was later glorified as a Christian Saint in 2009. While certain factions claim that a Jew, “vile man,” or Zionists perpetrated the murder, Gurevich reveals that sources from the time are conflicting and inco