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66
Great Jewish Revolt is crushed
The Great Jewish Revolt starts in 66 CE after tensions brew between Jews and Romans in Judaea. The tensions were caused by constant attacks on Roman citizens and anti-taxation protests by Jews, which in turn lead to their temple being plundered by the governor's men. Later, a raid was conducted that lead to various Jewish figures being arrested, which lead to the Jews rebelling. Roughly 30,000 Jews died as a result while Roman forces suffered 10,000 loses. -
135
Bar Kokhba revolt is crushed
Another Jewish rebellion that took place in Judea against the Romans. The first revolt gave much to spark up this one with it's religious and political tensions, including revolts that had happened in other areas at the time. The revolt ended up blocking out the Roman garrison stationed at Jerusalem, giving reason for Rufus, the Roman Governor at the time, to take the revolt into his own hands. Lead by Simon bar Kokhba, the Jews engaged conflict with the Romans, leading to 580,000 killed Jews. -
Dec 15, 682
Erwig's Anti-Jew Laws -no specific day-
The Visigothic king, Erwig, enacts 28 anti-laws in his domain of Hispania at the start of his reign. This was done with the support of the 12th Council, whom he told that he wanted to go back to Sisebut's legislation. Some of the laws called for converts to be registered by a priest for travel permits and for a priest to be present during holidays to ensure piety. -
Dec 15, 1096
The First Crusade -no specific day-
The First Crusade begins, a military expedition called by Pope Urban II to regain Holy Lands taken by Muslims. The expedition eventually became a siege on Jerusalem and various other Jewish communities, such as Rhineland and Worms. This decision was taken on by three crusader hosts who were passing through European cities during the Crusade. The result of this decision was various synagogues being destroyed and a grand total of around 5,000 Jew being killed. -
Dec 15, 1543
Martin Luther's "On the Jews and Their Lies" -no specific day-
An eight-point plan is established by Martin Luther about getting rid of Jews. The methods of removal include expulsion, conversion, torching synagogues/houses/religious materials, prevent rabbis from teaching, and by removing any safe-conduct for Jews traveling on highways. Luther and his writing was able to convince several European communities to follow through in expelling Jew, while a scarce few rejected his ideals. -
Karl Marx's "On the Jewish Question" -no specific day-
Marx's work, "On the Jewish Question", is released, criticizing a study on Jew trying to achieve political emancipation. In the piece, Marx call's the Jewish religion, "a worldly cult" and says that their only god is money. He goes on to say that "the god of the Jews has been secularized into becoming the god" of the world and that "the emancipation of the Jew is the emancipation of mankind from Judaism.". Quotes used:(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Jewish_Question) -
The Hebron Massacre
The Hebron Massacre took place in a part of Mandatory Palestine. The murders of around 69 Jews was caused over rumors of them planning to takeover Temple Mount, Arabs took action against these rumors. Jews who were given sanctuary by Arab families were evacuated out by British authorities. The massacre subsequently lead to a riot and another revolt, while also leading to the reforming of the group called the "Haganah", a Jewish paramilitary group, to combat these events. -
The Kristallnacht
This event was one of the many actions taken by Nazis against Jews, in this case, hundreds of synagogues and businesses (which included schools, hospitals, and homes) were destroyed or raided. Nearly 100 Jews are killed while 10,000 were sent to concentration camps as a result of this, too. This event was caused by outrage over the assassination of a German politician that was living in Paris at the time, Germans instantly pointing their fingers to the Jews for causing it. -
The Kielce pogrom
The Kielce pogrom occurred in Kielce, Poland and was carried out by Polish individuals against the Jewish population in the area. 42 Jews were killed and 40 were injured, the riot occurred over a police shooting involving three dead Poles, taking place in a Jewish home, Jews were asked to give up their arms but then an unknown person opened fire. Cops were investigating a false kidnapping claim regarding a eight year old boy, the Jews living there were suspected, but turned out to be innocent. -
"The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews" -No specific date-
The book was published by the Nation of Islam back in 1991 and claimed that Jews were a major component in the Atlantic slave trade. Journal, record, notices, and other pieces of evidence and publications were brought forth to try and prove the point but critics say that it failed to provide an objective analysis of their role in the trade and instead exaggerates it. The book was ultimately ruled out as antisemitic canard by historians due to it's usage of statistics, quotes, and evidence. -
President of Iran calls Holocaust a myth
The President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, declared on live television that the Holocaust did not happened and that it was a myth that Israel "placed above God, religions and the prophets.". This statement has only further pushed apart relations between Israel and Iran in an on going feud between the two. -
Naz Shah and the Labor Party
Naz Shah is a British politician that was found by a blogger to have re-blogged a post on social media supporting the relocation of Israel to the United States and then commented on it. Not only this, she posted about a poll that was on Israeli war crimes in Gaza and how Jews are flocking to the polls. This discovery has resulted in her being suspended from the UK Labor Party and losing her post as John McDonnell's PPS (Parliamentary Private Secretary). -
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_antisemitism#Fourth_century
http://www.zionism-israel.com/his/Anti-semitism_timeline.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929_Hebron_massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Relationship_Between_Blacks_and_Jews
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Jewish%E2%80%93Roman_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwig
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/14/AR2005121402403.html
