April
05
/ 2021
New findings from an 800-year-old trash dump in Oxford, England, show that in the face of extreme adversity medieval Jews in England managed to adhere, strictly, to kosher food laws as laid out in the Torah and, therefore, ate nothing but kosher foods. Jewish history in England began just after William the Conqueror became king in 1066 AD. Jewish communities thrived relatively undisturbed until 1290 AD when King Edward I released his “Edict of Expulsion.” After this time Jews practiced underground until 1656 AD when, according to the British Library, “a small colony of Sephardic Jews living in London was permitted to remain.” Finding Kosher Food Evidence in an Oxford Garbage Dump A new paper published by Prof. Julie Dunne
