The Church of England has apologised for “shameful” anti-Jewish laws drawn up 800 years ago that paved the way for the mass expulsion of Jews from the country in 1290. Senior Christian and Jewish leaders gathered on Sunday to mark the 800th anniversary of the Synod of Oxford, where the medieval church imposed restrictions on the small Jewish community that included the wearing of a special mark to signify their religion. Historians say the move at the 1222 Synod of Oxford was the start of growing anti-Jewish movement that attempted to stop the mixing of Jews and non-Jews, imposed extra...
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