Jennifer Seligman is a Ph.D. candidate in Medieval Jewish History at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University, where she also received her MA in the same field. She has published two essays in AJS Perspectives and is currently a history teacher on the faculty of the Upper School of the Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, NJ. She also teaches Suzuki method violin in her home studio.
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June 4, 2024
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In 1096, the Crusaders captured the Holy Land from the Seljuk Turks. On the way, they stopped in Jewish communities throughout the Rhineland and massacred them in the name of Christ. Robert the Monk drew on the biblical song of the sea to highlight God’s support for the crusade, while the Chronicle of Solomon bar Simson used Psalms and Lamentations to articulate Jewish suffering and martyrdom.
In 1096, the Crusaders captured the Holy Land from the Seljuk Turks. On the way, they stopped in Jewish communities throughout the Rhineland and massacred them in the name of Christ. Robert the Monk drew on the biblical song of the sea to highlight God’s support for the crusade, while the Chronicle of Solomon bar Simson used Psalms and Lamentations to articulate Jewish suffering and martyrdom.
