The recent antisemitic arson attack at a synagogue in Rouen, France, carried out by an Algerian citizen, has reignited concerns about rising antisemitism in the country.

This essay discusses the hostile attitude towards Christian society found in medieval Ashkenazic literature, particularly in polemical literature.

The text discusses a legend involving Rashi (Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac of Troyes) and Godfrey of Bouillon, a leader of the First Crusade.