Eucharist

=== Jews and the Eucharist ===
The concept of the Jews both destroying and partaking in some perverted version of the Eucharist has been a vessel to promote [[anti-Judaism]] and anti-Jewish ideology and violence. In medieval times, Jews were often depicted stabbing or in some other way physically harming communion wafers.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} These characterizations drew parallels to the idea that the Jews killed Christ; murdering this transubstantiation or "host" was thought of as a repetition of the event. Jewish people's eagerness to destroy hosts were also a variation of [[blood libel]] charges, with Jews being accused of murdering bodies of Christ, whether they be communion wafers or Christian children. The blood libel charges and the concept of Eucharist are also related in the belief that blood is efficacious, meaning it has some sort of divine power.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Niremberg |first=David |title=Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition |publisher=W.W. Norton & Company |date=February 4, 2013 |isbn=9780393347913 |location=New York}}</ref>