Bernard.Epist.363, ad Francos Orientales Opp.tom.i.p.328.

Vit.

ima, l.iii.c.4, tom.vi.

p.
1235.] [Footnote 311: Bernard had a nobler object in his expedition into Germany--to arrest the fierce and merciless persecution of the Jews, which was preparing, under the monk Radulph, to renew the frightful scenes which had preceded the first crusade, in the flourishing cities on the banks of the Rhine.

The Jews acknowledge the Christian intervention of St.Bernard.See the curious extract from the History of Joseph ben Meir.