The church apologizesfor expulsion 800 years later - repenting for sins
What’s behind the Church of England’s planned apology to British Jews for its 800-year-old expulsion decree
By HANNAH GAL JULY 22, 2021 20:02
LONDON – Next year marks the 800th anniversary of the Synod of Oxford, which issued a set of antisemitic decrees that forced Jews to wear badges of shame, limited them to certain occupations, prohibited new synagogues from being built, and saw the invention of the bloodlibel, which led to killings and massacres.
