A Yom Kippur Blood Libel in New York
By Lauren Gilbert, Director of Public Services
A Yom Kippur Blood Libel in New York
Two days before Yom Kippur in 1928, a four-year-old girl named Barbara Griffiths wandered into the woods near her home in Massena, New York, a small town in St. Lawrence County along the Canadian border. After a day of fruitless searching by crews and volunteers, the New York State…
