Anti-Semitic Incidents
On February 4, 1840, an Italian monk, Padre Tomaso de Camangiano, Superior of a Capuchin cloister in Damascus, and his servant mysteriously disappeared from Ottoman ruled Damascus.
Anti-Semitic Incidents
Today in History: Europe’s First Ritual Murder Accusations Against Jews
839 years ago on this date, the first ritual murder accusations against Jews occurred in Europe in the French city of Blois.
Today in History: The Capture of Adolph Eichmann
Fifty years ago today, Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion announced that Israel had captured Nazi leader Adolph Eichmann who had been hiding in Argentina.
Today in History: The Battle of Berlin
Sixty-five years ago today, Nazi forces surrendered to the Soviet Army with the conclusion of the Battle of Berlin.
Looking Back: Stuyvesant’s Failed Efforts To Prohibit Jewish Immigration
355 years ago on this day, the directors of the Dutch West India Company refused to grant Governor Peter Stuyvesant permission to bar Jews from entering New Amsterdam, essentially ending official efforts to restrict Jewish immigration into North America.
Azerbaijan's tiny Jewish minority accused of conspiring to control the country
The top religious organization in Azerbaijan claims that Azerbaijan's Jewish population, which makes up less than .1% of Azerbaijan's 9,000,000 citizens, intends to overthrow the government and gain control of the country.
MI5: Hitler Youth Tried to Infiltrate Boy Scouts
Hitler Youth cycling tours tried to infiltrate the Boy Scout movement in the UK, newly released MI5 documents say.
The Night of the Murdered Poets
The Night of the Murdered Poets was a part of Joseph Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign. The event took place during the night of 12th to 13th of August, 1952, when thirteen highly regarded Soviet Jewish cultural figures were executed in a Moscow prison.
The Beilis Affair, Blood Libel in Russia
Menahem Mendel Beilis was a Ukrainian Jew wrongly accused of ritually murdering 12-year old Andrei Yuschinsky for his blood. His trial, commonly known as the “Beilis Trial” or the “Beilis Affair” (in reference to the Dreyfus Affair), was a complete sham and sparked severe criticism of anti-Semitism in Russia.
The Evian Conference
On July 6, 1938, a nine-day forum initiated—though not attended—by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt took place in the French town of Évian-les-Bains. Known as the Evian Conference, its purpose was to address the growing plight of the Jews created by the rise and expansion of Nazi Germany.
The Dreyfus Affair
Following the traumatic military defeat to the Germans in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, French society began looking for scapegoats. A few decades after the war, a cleaning woman discovered a handwritten list offering Germany confidential French military information. The person to bear the blame for this piece of paper became a French-Jewish officer named Alfred Dreyfus.
The Doctors' Plot
The Doctors Plot was an anti-Semitic incident that took place in the USSR during the last two years of Joseph Stalin's life. As the Soviet dictator was aging, he became increasingly paranoid of an assassination. While Stalin is famous for his mistrust of Jews, he was also known to be skeptical of doctors. Many doctors in the Soviet Union were Jews and they would become Stalin's direct target.
