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Anti-Semitism : Discrimination, hostility or prejudice against Jews or Judaism Pre-Roman - 1313 BCE: Exodus from Egypt; Jews are free from slavery - 826 BCE: King Solomon builds first temple, the holy temple, in Jerusalem - 587 BCE: Destruction of holy temple marks beginning of Babylonian captivity - 333 BCE: Jews settle in Europe adapting to Greek culture during Alexander the Great’ s reign (Hellenism) Roman Empire - 30 CE: Death of Jesus - 70 CE: Destruction of second Holy Temple by fire - 800 CE: Charlemagne grants equal rights to Jews + protects Jewish culture Crusades - 1096 CE: First Crusade beings; Christians urged to cleanse themselves of Jews before going to the Holy Land - 1135 CE: Moses Maimonides is born (influential Jewish philosopher) - 1348 CE Jews blamed for Black Plague Spanish Inquisitions - 1480 CE: The beginning of the Spanish Inquisition - 1492 CE: Jews are expelled from Spain and Italy - 1496 CE Jews are expelled from Portugal Reformation - 1543 CE: Failure to convert Jews to Christianity leads Martin Luther's attack on Jews - 1648 CE: Chmielnicki Massacres in Russia and Poland (almost ¼ Jews killed) - 1776 CE: Americans declared their independence from Great Britain (tolerance for all religions) Enlightenment - 1789 CE: French Revolution begins (status of Jews is debated) - 1804 CE: The Pale Settlement: The Czars restricted Jews to certain areas Emancipation - 1812 CE: Jews are emancipated in the German state of Prussia - 1858 CE: Jews are granted citizenship in Great Britain - 1859 CE: Jews are granted citizenship in Italy - 1871 CE Jews are granted citizenship in Germany 19th Century Anti-Semitism - 1879 CE: Wilhelm Marr coined the term anti-Semitism (Marr believed that everything in Germany was threatened by the Jews and that they were a demonic race) - 1881 CE: First pogroms in Jewish communities in Russia - 1914 CE: World War I broke out Post World War 1 - 1934 CE: Hitler assumes title of "Führer" - 1938 CE: Germany invades Austria Nazi Regime and Holocaust - 1939 CE: Nazi troops seize Czechoslovakia (Jewish pop. 350,000) + yellow stars are worn by Jews over 10 yrs. - 1942 CE: Jews from many countires are sent to Auschwitz to be gassed - 1945 CE: Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz (around 1,500,000 Jews killed) + World War II ends Holocaust Denial - 1973 CE: Austin J. App’ s pamphlet states the Holocaust "hoax" was created by Communists and Jews - 1978 CE: Louis Darquier de Pellepoix tells the French weekly L’Express that the Holocaust was another Jewish hoax - 1992 CE: Public opinion poll in Italy indicates that close to 10% of the Italian population believe that the Holocaust never happened 21st Century Anti-Semitism - 2004 CE: In Russia, 30 gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in St. Petersburg were desecrated with anti-Semitic graffiti and swastikas - 2004 CE: A synagogue was spray-painted with swastikas and Holocaust references such as "Hitler was 'ere", "Jews must die" and "Six million more." Nine windows were smashed and eggs were thrown at the building. - 2006 CE: In New Zealand, a Jewish synagogue was vandalized with “shower you murderous swine”and “ filthy pigs”spray painted on a walkway, swastikas etched into a plaque, and also on the plaque the phrase “6 million Jews. 7 million Russians. 40 million people in total. What makes you so special,”written in felt pen Anti-Semitism.mmap - 5/3/2007 -

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Page 1: Anti-Semitism: Discrimination, hostility or prejudice ...schools.yrdsb.ca/.../classof2008/chong2/jcheung/Anti-Semitism_JC.pdf · AntiSemitism: Discrimination,€hostility€or prejudice€against€Jews€or€Judaism

Anti­Semitism :Discrimination, hostility or

prejudice against Jews or Judaism

Pre­Roman

­ 1313 BCE: Exodus from Egypt; Jews are free from slavery­ 826 BCE:  King Solomon builds first temple, the holy temple, in Jerusalem­ 587 BCE:  Destruction of holy temple marks beginning of Babylonian captivity­ 333 BCE: Jews settle in Europe adapting to Greek culture during Alexander theGreat’s reign (Hellenism)

Roman Empire

­ 30 CE:   Death of Jesus­ 70 CE:   Destruction of second Holy Temple by fire­ 800 CE: Charlemagne grants equal rights  to Jews

+ protects Jewish culture

Crusades

­ 1096 CE:   First Crusade beings; Christians urged to cleanse                    themselves of Jews before going to the Holy Land­ 1135 CE:  Moses Maimonides is born (influential Jewish philosopher)­ 1348 CE Jews blamed for Black Plague

Spanish Inquisitions

­ 1480 CE:   The beginning of the Spanish Inquisition­ 1492 CE:  Jews are expelled from Spain and Italy­ 1496 CE Jews are expelled from Portugal

Reformation

­ 1543 CE:  Failure to convert Jews to Christianity leads                    Martin Luther's attack on Jews­ 1648 CE:  Chmielnicki Massacres in Russia and Poland                    (almost ¼ Jews killed)­ 1776 CE:  Americans declared their independence from Great Britain

(tolerance for all religions)

Enlightenment

­ 1789 CE: French Revolution begins (status of Jews is debated)­ 1804 CE: The Pale Settlement: The Czars restricted Jews to certain areas

Emancipation

­ 1812 CE:   Jews are emancipated in the German state of Prussia­ 1858 CE:  Jews are granted citizenship in Great Britain­ 1859 CE:  Jews are granted citizenship in Italy­ 1871 CE Jews are granted citizenship in Germany

19th Century Anti­Semitism

­ 1879 CE:  Wilhelm Marr coined the term anti­Semitism (Marr believed that                    everything in Germany was threatened by  the Jews and that they                    were a demonic race)­ 1881 CE:  First pogroms in Jewish communities in Russia­ 1914 CE: World War I broke out

Post World War 1

­ 1934 CE: Hitler assumes title of "Führer"­ 1938 CE: Germany invades Austria

Nazi Regime and Holocaust

­ 1939 CE:  Nazi  troops seize Czechoslovakia (Jewish pop. 350,000)                    + yellow stars are worn by Jews over 10 yrs.­ 1942 CE:  Jews from many countires are sent to Auschwitz to be gassed­ 1945 CE:  Soviet  troops liberate Auschwitz (around 1,500,000 Jews killed)

+ World War II ends

Holocaust Denial

­ 1973 CE:  Austin J. App’s pamphlet states the Holocaust "hoax" was created                    by Communists and Jews­ 1978 CE: Louis Darquier de Pellepoix tells the French weekly L’Express                    that the Holocaust was another Jewish hoax­ 1992 CE:  Public opinion poll in Italy indicates that close to 10% of the Italian

population believe that the Holocaust never happened

21st Century Anti­Semitism

­ 2004 CE:  In Russia, 30 gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in St.                    Petersburg were desecrated with anti­Semitic graffiti and swastikas­ 2004 CE: A synagogue was spray­painted with swastikas and Holocaust references such as "Hitler was 'ere", "Jews                    must die" and "Six million more." Nine windows were smashed and eggs were thrown at the building.­ 2006 CE: In New Zealand, a Jewish synagogue was vandalized with “shower you murderous swine” and “filthy                    pigs” spray painted on a walkway, swastikas etched into a plaque, and also on the plaque the phrase “6

million Jews. 7 million Russians. 40 million people in total. What makes you so special,” written in felt pen

Anti­Semitism.mmap ­ 5/3/2007 ­