dancing before god

Dancing before God During Europe's "Black Plague" (1348-1349), Jews were offered the choice of either conversion to Christianity or death. Thousands of Jews who refused to convert were brutally murdered. The following account is how the Jews of Nordhausen, Germany, went to their deaths as holy martyrs: They asked the burghers to permit them to prepare themselves for martyrdom. They then joyfully arrayed themselves in their prayer shawls and shrouds, both men and women. The Christians dug a gra