Editing Religious antisemitism (section)

====Accusations of deicide====
{{Main article|Jewish deicide}}
Although never a part of [[Christianity|Christian]] [[dogma]], many Christians, including members of the [[clergy]], held the Jewish people under an [[antisemitic canard]] to be [[collective guilt|collectively responsible]] for [[deicide]], the [[Jewish deicide|killing of Jesus]], who they believed was the son of God.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/jubilee_2000/magazine/documents/ju_mag_01111997_p-31_en.html|title=Nostra Aetate: a milestone - Pier Francesco Fumagalli}}</ref>  According to this interpretation, some Christian traditions historically attributed responsibility for Jesus’ death to the Jewish people present at the time, as well as collectively over generations, labeling it as the sin of deicide, or God-killing. This belief played a significant role in fueling antisemitic attitudes and actions in various Christian societies throughout history.<ref>Perry & Schweitzer (2002), p. 26.</ref>

[[Passion play]]s are dramatic stagings representing the trial and death of [[Jesus]], and they have historically been used in remembrance of Jesus' death during [[Lent]]. These plays historically blamed the Jews for the death of Jesus in a [[polemic]]al fashion, depicting a crowd of Jewish people condemning Jesus to death by [[crucifixion]] and a Jewish leader assuming eternal [[collective guilt]] for the crowd for the murder of Jesus, which, ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' explains, "for centuries prompted vicious attacks—or [[pogrom]]s—on Europe's Jewish communities".<ref name=Sennott>Sennott, Charles M.[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2004/04/10/in_poland_new_passion_plays_on_old_hatreds/ "In Poland, new 'Passion' plays on old hatreds"], ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', April 10, 2004.</ref>