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Bubonic plague

Rochus Rueckel as Jesus and cast members perform during the rehearsal of the 42nd Passion Play in Oberammergau, Germany, May 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
May 8, 2022, 1:18 pm
German passion play makes post-pandemic comeback, minus the antisemitic tropes
Villagers of Oberammergau have performed story since 1634; latest version no longer depicts Jews as Christ’s killers and shows clearly that Jesus was Jewish himself
By Kirsten Grieshaber
In this photo taken on May 25, 2016, a marmot is pictured at the Animal Park of Sainte-Croix in Rhodes, eastern France (Jean Christophe VERHAEGEN / AFP)
July 15, 2020, 2:50 pm
Mongolian teen said to have died of bubonic plague caught from infected marmot
Parts of Gobi-Altai put under quarantine and related case reported in China; hundreds of cases and deaths reported each year
By Agencies
Portrait of Samuel Pepys. (Wikipedia Commons)
April 25, 2020, 1:36 am
Diary of Samuel Pepys shows how life under bubonic plague mirrored coronavirus
In journal, 17th-century British naval administrator frets about quarantines, social distancing, dubious treatments and mounting death toll in London
By Ute Lotz-Heumann
Illustrative: Citizens of Tournai bury Black Plague victims. Pierart dou Tielt, 1340-1360 (Public Domain)
April 20, 2020, 12:48 pm
The reaction of the rich to bubonic plague is eerily similar to today’s pandemic
The wealthy work remotely and flee to resorts or second homes while the urban poor live in small apartments and have to keep showing up to work, the same as in 14th century Italy
By Kathryn McKinley
Illustrative: Citizens of Tournai bury Black Plague victims. Pierart dou Tielt, 1340-1360 (Public Domain)
April 10, 2020, 1:38 pm
German exhibit on Black Death goes viral, then virtual; shows Jews were blamed
After the COVID-19 outbreak, a museum suddenly finds itself in the spotlight as its now-online display on the religious and medical reactions to medieval plagues spikes in demand
By Igal Avidan
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