England and the Jews: From invitation to expulsion
In the eleventh century, English Jews and gentiles lived together peacefully. By the end of the thirteenth, the entire Jewish population had been expelled. What went wrong for England’s Jews?
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World Cup 2018: Should Russia be hosting?
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