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What happened to the Jews in United States

113 events, 1654 AD to 2026 AD

Regions in United States

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17th century

  1. 1654 AD Jews in New Amsterdam · New York City (New Amsterdam), United States
  2. 1655 AD Dutch West India Company allows Jews to stay in New Netherland · New Netherland, United States
  3. 1655 AD Dutch West India Company lets Jews settle in New Amsterdam · New York City (New Amsterdam), United States
  4. 1655 AD Jews refused militia service and taxed instead in New Amsterdam · New York City (New Amsterdam), United States
  5. 1656 AD New Netherland bars Jews from synagogue, public service and retail shops · New Netherland, United States
  6. 1657 AD Burgher rights and guard duty granted to Jews in New Amsterdam · New York City (New Amsterdam), United States
  7. 1657 AD Municipal authorities deny Jew's application for burgher right · New York City (New Amsterdam), United States
  8. 1663 AD Dr. Lumbrozo granted denization in Maryland · Maryland, United States
  9. 1664 AD British conquest widens Jewish rights in New York · New York City, United States
  10. 1684 AD Rhode Island confirms Jews' right to settle at Newport · Newport, United States
  11. 1685 AD New York denies Jews retail trade and public worship · New York, United States

18th century

  1. 1724 AD French law expelling Jews from Louisiana territory · Mississippi, United States
  2. 1727 AD New York allows Jews to omit Christian words in oath · New York, United States
  3. 1737 AD New York Assembly bars Jews from voting · New York, United States
  4. 1740 AD Parliament permits naturalization of foreign Jews in the colonies · Thirteen Colonies, United States
  5. 1740 AD Parliament's Naturalization Act covers Jews in the colonies · Thirteen Colonies, United States
  6. 1769 AD Expulsion of the Monsanto family from New Orleans · New Orleans, United States
  7. 1776 AD Most states grant Jews full equality after independence · United States
  8. 1776 AD North Carolina constitution imposes Protestant religious test · North Carolina, United States
  9. 1776 AD Pennsylvania constitution requires Christian-Bible oath for officeholders · Pennsylvania, United States
  10. 1777 AD Complete religious liberty in New York's first state constitution · New York, United States
  11. 1781 AD More tolerant Spanish government replaces French restrictions · Mississippi, United States
  12. 1789 AD Christian oath requirement bars Jews from elective office in Georgia · Georgia, United States
  13. 1790 AD Pennsylvania lifts religious oath barring Jews from state office · Pennsylvania, United States

19th century

  1. 1804 AD Synagogue of St. Thomas destroyed by fire · Charlotte Amalie, United States
  2. 1808 AD Attempt to expel Jewish member from North Carolina Assembly · North Carolina, United States
  3. 1820 AD Murder of a Jewish peddler at Kaukauna · Kaukauna, United States
  4. 1824 AD Maryland House defeats confirmatory Jew Bill · Maryland, United States
  5. 1825–1826 AD Maryland grants Jews relief from Christian oath test · Maryland, United States
  6. 1838 AD Arkansas marriage law excludes Jewish ministers · Arkansas, United States
  7. 1844 AD New Jersey constitution abolishes religious qualifications for office and voting · New Jersey, United States
  8. 1847 AD Maryland repeals discriminatory law of evidence against Jews · Maryland, United States
  9. c. 1861–1865 AD Federal soldiers desecrate Jewish cemeteries during the Civil War · Mississippi, United States
  10. 1862 AD General Order No. 11 (1862) · United States
  11. 1868 AD Religious test for public office removed · North Carolina, United States
  12. 1868 AD Violence against Jews in United States · United States
  13. 1873 AD Arkansas marriage law corrected to admit Jewish ministers · Arkansas, United States

20th century

  1. 1902 AD Riot at the funeral of Chief Rabbi Jacob Joseph in New York · New York City, United States
  2. 1909 AD Murder of Max Kahn in Charlotte · Charlotte, United States
  3. 1915 AD Lynching of Leo Frank in Marietta · Marietta, United States
  4. 1915 AD Violence against Jews in Atlanta, Georgia · Atlanta, United States
  5. 1919 AD 35 Jews massacred as alleged "Bolshevik plotters" · United States
  6. c. 1920–1929 AD Henry Ford's anti-Jewish campaign in the Dearborn Independent · Detroit, United States
  7. c. 1920–1929 AD Jewish professionals barred from law firms and hospitals in Atlanta · Atlanta, United States
  8. 1925 AD Joseph Needleman castrated by mob near Williamston · Williamston, United States
  9. 1928 AD Massena blood libel · Massena, United States
  10. 1933 AD German law restricts Jewish school enrollment · United States
  11. 1939 AD Anti-Jewish measures in Roosevelt · United States
  12. 1939 AD Playwright Ernst Toller dies by suicide in New York · New York City, United States
  13. 1940 AD US Congress admits British children outside immigration quotas · United States
  14. 1943 AD Rabbis' march on Washington for rescue of European Jews · Washington, D.C., United States
  15. 1949 AD Englewood race riot · Chicago, United States
  16. c. 1950–1969 AD Antisemitic attacks on Alabama Jews in the 1950s and 1960s · Alabama, United States
  17. 1957 AD 1950s synagogue bombings · Southern United States, United States
  18. 1958 AD 1958 Nashville bombing · Nashville, United States
  19. 1958 AD Bombing of the Nashville Jewish Community Center · Nashville, United States
  20. 1958 AD Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple bombing · Atlanta, United States
  21. 1960 AD Congregation Beth Israel attack · Gadsden, United States
  22. 1964 AD Stat. · United States
  23. 1966 AD Murder of Morris Adler · Southfield, United States
  24. 1968 AD Anti-Jewish measures in United States · United States
  25. 1968 AD Synagogue attacked in Jackson · Jackson, United States
  26. 1969 AD Attack on Congregation Shaare Tikvah · Temple Hills, United States
  27. 1970 AD Rochester bombings · Rochester, United States
  28. 1977 AD 1977 Washington, D.C. attack and hostage taking · Washington, D.C., United States
  29. 1977 AD Shaare Zedek Synagogue shooting · St. Louis, United States
  30. 1980 AD Attack on Congregation Shaare Tikvah · Temple Hills, United States
  31. 1983 AD Attack on Beth Shalom synagogue · Bloomington, United States
  32. 1985 AD Civil litigation · United States
  33. 1985 AD Murder of the Goldmark family · Seattle, United States
  34. 1986 AD Murder of Neal Rosenblum · Pittsburgh, United States
  35. 1991 AD Crown Heights riot · Brooklyn, United States
  36. 1994 AD 1994 Brooklyn Bridge shooting · New York City, United States
  37. 1999 AD 1999 Independence Day weekend shootings · Chicago, United States
  38. 1999 AD Arson attacks in Sacramento, California · Sacramento, United States
  39. 1999 AD Buford O. Furrow, Jr. · Granada Hills, United States
  40. 1999 AD Sacramento synagogue firebombings · Sacramento, United States
  41. 2000 AD 2000 New York terror attack · New York City, United States
  42. 2000 AD Attack on Temple Beth El · Syracuse, United States
  43. 2000 AD Synagogue attacked in Scott Township · Scott Township, United States

21st century

  1. 2002 AD 2002 Los Angeles International Airport shooting · Los Angeles International Airport, United States
  2. 2002 AD Attack on Temple Beth Israel · Eugene, United States
  3. 2003 AD Attack on Valley Beth Shalom · Los Angeles, United States
  4. 2004 AD Attack on Temple B'nai Israel · Oklahoma City, United States
  5. 2005 AD Accusation against Jews in Los Angeles · Los Angeles, United States
  6. 2006 AD July 2006 Seattle Jewish Federation shooting · Seattle, United States
  7. 2011 AD New Square arson attack · New Square, United States
  8. 2012 AD Destruction of Jewish property in Rutherford and Paramus, New Jersey, United States · Rutherford, United States
  9. 2012 AD Destruction of Jewish property in Rutherford, New Jersey · Rutherford, United States
  10. 2014 AD 2014 Overland Park shootings · Overland Park, United States
  11. 2017 AD 2017 Jewish Community Center bomb threats · United States and elsewhere
  12. 2017 AD Emancipation Park · Charlottesville, United States
  13. 2017 AD Violence against Jews in United States · United States
  14. 2018 AD Destruction of Jewish property in Columbia's Teachers College · New York City, United States
  15. 2018 AD Destruction of Jewish property in Congregation Shaarey Tefilla · Carmel, United States
  16. 2018 AD Jewish cemetery desecrated in San Antonio, Texas · San Antonio, United States
  17. 2018 AD Pittsburgh synagogue shooting · Pittsburgh, United States
  18. 2019 AD 2019 Monsey Hanukkah stabbing · Monsey, United States
  19. 2019 AD Destruction of Jewish property in Brooklyn · Brooklyn, United States
  20. 2019 AD Poway synagogue shooting · California, United States
  21. 2019 AD Shooting · Jersey City, United States
  22. 2019 AD Violence against Jews in Monsey, New York · Monsey, United States
  23. 2019 AD Violence against Jews in Monsey, New York, United States · Monsey, United States
  24. 2020 AD Destruction of Jewish property in Rockville, Md · Rockville, United States
  25. 2020 AD Destruction of Jewish property in University of Delaware · Newark, United States
  26. 2021 AD Synagogue attacked in Riverdale · Riverdale, United States
  27. 2022 AD 2022 Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis · Colleyville, United States
  28. 2022 AD Attack on Colleyville synagogue · Colleyville, United States
  29. 2022 AD Violence against Jews in Colleyville, Texas · Colleyville, United States
  30. 2026 AD 2026 Chabad headquarters ramming attack · Brooklyn, United States
  31. 2026 AD 2026 Temple Israel attack · West Bloomfield Township, United States
  32. 2026 AD Attack on Beth Israel Congregation · Jackson, United States
  33. 2026 AD Attack on Central Synagogue · New York City, United States

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