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A work of Christian testimonies [rebuttals] about the ritual blood accusation against Jews, edited by R. Leopold Lipschitz.
The book is divided into sections: Vorbemerkung [Introduction] --Zeugnisse: A, von theologischen Facultäten [testimonies of theology faculty] ; B, von Bischöfen[from Bishops]; C, von Professoren [from professors].
This book influenced public opinion on the blood accusation of Tisza-Eszlàr, then on trial before a court of law. Leopold Lipschitz (1836-1904) was a rabbi and communal leader.He studied at the yeshiva of his father, R. Isaac Nathan Lipschitz. He also acquired a secular education of wide scope. He was active in the centralized organization of the Orthodox Jewish community of Hungary , and served as an official of the Orthodox chancery. He served as a Rabbi in Abaujszinto from 1874 to 1890, when he was appointed president of the Orthodox chancery.In that capacity, he was the head of Hungarian Orthodoxy for more than a decade. He did much to bring Orthodox Jewry into the civic community of Hungary, mediating between government and the Orthodox community. |
