Menahem Mendel Beilis, 1874 – July 7, 1934, (sometimes spelled Beiliss; Russian: Менахем Мендель Бейлис, Yiddish: מנחם מענדל בייליס) was a Ukrainian Jew accused of ritual murder (see Blood libel) in Kiev in the Russian Empire in a notorious 1913 trial, known as the "Beilis trial" or "Beilis affair". The process sparked international criticism of the antisemitic policies of the Russian Empire. Beilis's story was the basis for Bernard Malamud's novel The Fixer, which won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
Read more about Menahem Mendel Beilis: Background, Murder of Andrei Yushchinsky, The Trial, After The Trial, Controversy Over Depiction in The Fixer, Revival in 2006, In Film and Literature
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