Mag­da Teter is pro­fes­sor of his­to­ry and the Shvi­dler Chair in Juda­ic Stud­ies at Ford­ham Uni­ver­si­ty. She is the author of Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Anti­se­mit­ic Myth, which won a Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award; Sin­ners on Tri­al: Jews and Sac­ri­lege after the Ref­or­ma­tion; and Jews and Heretics in Catholic Poland.