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York's blackest day |
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Moving on
In December 1978, a plaque was laid at the site of the massacre in a religious service attended by the Chief Rabbi Dr Immanuel Jakobovitz, Stuart Blanch, the Archbishop of York and a descendant of Richard Mabelisse, the leader of the mob who carried out the massacre. The ecumenical ceremony was intended to heal wounds and herald a new era for York, removing the stigma attached to the city.
Little progress has been made. According to the 2001 census, the Jewish population of York is only 191 out of a total population of 181094. According to sources in the Chief Rabbi's office, devout Jews travelling on the East Coast Main Line still take care not to eat sandwiches as they pass through York, as this would contravene the cherem still associated with the city. On overseas Jewish community internet message boards, the question of whether travel to York is permitted is a frequent one. 
Lord Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi from 1966 until 1991
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The issue of York's Jewish heritage has been highlighted by the contentious plan to construct a shopping centre in the area surrounding York Castle. Plans for Coppergate II have ouraged the international Jewish community, outraged that such a sensitive Jewish site should be endangered. Perhaps for Jews across the world, plans to surround as important a legendary pogrom site with a shopping centre could only have been conceived in one place- York.
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