Avigdor Kara

Avigdor Kara’s Appeal Reconsidered: A Transcription and English Translation of a Begging Letter Written by a Late Medieval Scholar from Prague

This paper presents a commented edition and English translation of a begging letter written by Prague scholar Avigdor Kara (d. 1432). I analyze the letter’s context, as well as Kara’s occupation and intellectual profile.

‘…and order was upset’: Easter, the Eucharist, and the Jews of Prague, 1389

This paper examines the 1389 Easter attack on the Jewish community of Prague and the ways in which it was given meaning in contemporary Christian and Jewish writing.