Leicester renounces 800-year ban on Jews

Jerusalem Post | January 18, 2001| | Copyright

CYNTHIA JOHNSTON, Reuters
Jerusalem Post
01-18-2001
Headline: Leicester renounces 800-year ban on Jews
Byline: CYNTHIA JOHNSTON, Reuters
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 01

Thursday, January 18, 2001 -- LONDON - The British city of Leicester has formally renounced an 800-year-old ban on Jews put in place by an earl widely regarded as the father of the English parliament.

"He wasn't a very pleasant man, he held these views and he put a number of people to death," Leicester City Council leader Ross Willmott told Reuters yesterday.

Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester, barred Jews from taking up ...

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