Judah ben Dama (died 24 May 136)[citation needed] was one of the Ten Martyrs slain in the Jewish literary work, the Midrash Eleh Ezkerah.

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  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSinger, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Smaller Midrashim". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Its bibliography:

  • Zunz, G. V. p. 142;
  • A. Jellinek, B. H. 2:23 et seq.; 5:41; 6:17 et seq.;
  • Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 299.
  • On the problem of the synchronism of the ten martyrs see Heinrich Grätz, Gesch. iv. 175 et seq., and Monatsschrift, i. 314 et seq.
  • A German translation by P. Möbius appeared in 1845.