Expulsion2
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Removal of Jews from the fifty-verst boundary zone
During Alexander III's reign Jews who had resettled in the border zone were forcibly removed.
- By
- Russian government under Alexander III
- Where
- Russian Empire (several countries)
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Deportation of 168 Jews to Curaçao
Deportation of 168 Jews to Curaçao: deportation of 168 Jews to Curaçao.
- By
- Unknown
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Massacre / pogrom5
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Pogrom in the Jewish quarter of Shiraz (1892)
A severe pogrom struck the Jewish quarter, leaving many killed and injured.
- By
- Unknown
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Two Persian Jews go out to sell merchandise and end up killed with all of their property stolen. Their relatives went out to search for the bodies and when they found them, they were killed by the same villagers.
- By
- Unknown
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Pogroms
Pogroms in the Russian Empire: around 2.5 million Jews emigrated from eastern Europe, mostly to the United States.
- By
- Unknown
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Hayim Nahman Bialik, poet of the national movement
Hayim Nahman Bialik, poet laureate of the Jewish national movement, wrote "In the City of Slaughter," "El Ha-Tsippor" (To the Bird) and "Metei Midbar" (Dead of the Desert).
- By
- Unknown
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Frequent pogroms against the Jews of Meknès
After Meknès lost its status as capital in 1790, the Jewish community was repeatedly subjected to pogroms throughout the nineteenth century.
- By
- Unknown
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Forced conversion1
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Forced conversion of Hamadan Jewish elite to Islam
During the persecution led by Mulla Abdallah, about 30 prominent Jews of Hamadan were compelled to become Muslims.
- By
- Mulla Abdallah
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Discriminatory law15
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Anti-Jewish measures in Hamadan
Mulla Abdullah issues a fatwa to kill all the Jews of Hamadan if they refuse to abide by Jewish restrictions. The local Persian Jews were later ordered to become Muslims or face death.
- By
- Mulla Abdullah
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Ban on Jews in the Kuban territory
Almost all Jews were banned from residing in the Kuban territory, including Anapa.
- By
- Russian Empire
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Jews excluded from municipal elections and offices
The Imperial Council's 1892 decree barred Jews from voting in municipal elections and from municipal administrative posts, allowing only a small number of appointed Jewish councilmen.
- By
- Imperial Council of Russia
- Where
- Russian Empire (several countries)
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Ottomans bar sale of land to foreign Jews in Palestine
The Ottoman government banned the sale of state land in Palestine to Jews who were not Ottoman subjects.
- By
- Ottoman government
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Residence in Kuban and Tersk limited to graduates and long-registered merchants
From 1892 only graduates of higher institutions and long-registered merchants could reside in Kuban and Tersk.
- By
- Russian government
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Rule treating emigrating Jews as having abandoned Russia
Rules issued in May 1892 declared that Jews leaving Russia with colonization permits were considered to have abandoned the country forever.
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- Russian government
- Where
- Russian Empire (several countries)
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Secret circular restricting entry of Bukharan Jews into Turkistan
The governor-general of Turkistan issued a secret circular that severely restricted the entry of Jews living in Bukhara into the region.
- By
- General governor of Turkistan
- Where
- Russian Turkestan (several countries)
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Rostov, Taganrog and Yalta removed from the Pale
Several places, including Rostov and Taganrog in 1887 and Yalta in 1893, were excluded from the area open to Jewish residence.
- By
- Russian government
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Immigration ban extended to Jews entitled to live outside the Pale
The Siberian immigration ban was interpreted in 1891 to cover Jews with rights to settle outside the Pale, and this was formally authorized in 1899, exempting only those already living in Siberia.
- By
- Russian government
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Czech economic boycott of Jewish shopkeepers
The "Svůj k svému" boycott movement targeted Jewish shopkeepers, especially in villages.
- By
- Czech nationalist boycott movement
- Where
- Bohemia, Czech Republic
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Romania evades Berlin treaty citizenship obligations
Instead of granting citizenship as required by the Berlin treaty, Romania required individual parliamentary naturalization, granting it to only 85 Jews in over twenty years.
- By
- Romanian government
- Where
- Romania
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May Laws
Tsar Alexander III's "temporary regulations" barred Jews from settling in rural areas and from owning land, part of a wave of restrictions following the pogroms of 1881.
- By
- Tsar Alexander III (Russian Empire)
- Where
- Russian Empire (several countries)
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- Jewish Encyclopedia (1906): Russian Empire (opens in a new tab)
- Jewish Encyclopedia (1906): Pale of Settlement (opens in a new tab)
- Jewish Encyclopedia (1906): Kyiv (opens in a new tab)
- Jewish Encyclopedia (1906): Vilnius (opens in a new tab)
- Encyclopaedia Judaica: Bessarabia (opens in a new tab)
- Encyclopaedia Judaica: Podolia (opens in a new tab)
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Jews excluded from official posts, army officer ranks and professorships
Despite legal equality, Jews were in practice kept out of government appointments, the army officer corps and most full university professorships.
- By
- German state authorities and institutions
- Where
- Germany
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Ban on shehitah under the kingdom of Saxony
The Saxon kingdom prohibited Jewish ritual slaughter, affecting the Chemnitz community until the end of 1918.
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- Kingdom of Saxony
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Pale of Settlement
Catherine the Great restricted Jewish residence in the Russian Empire to its western provinces. The Pale lasted, with later additional restrictions, until the Russian Revolution.
- By
- Empress Catherine II (Russian Empire)
- Where
- Pale of Settlement (several countries)
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False accusation (libel)3
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Blood libel in Chios
A ritual murder accusation was leveled against the Jews of Chios.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Chios, North Aegean, Greece
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La Libre Parole defamation campaign against Jewish officers
Drumont's newspaper launched a campaign accusing Jewish officers of treason and trafficking in national defense secrets, and blamed Jews for the Panama Canal crash.
- By
- Edouard Drumont and La Libre Parole
- Where
- France
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Wave of blood libels in Bohemia
Blood libel accusations, instigated by the Christian Social Party, spread through Bohemia, including Kolín and Náchod, culminating in the Hilsner Case.
- By
- Austrian Christian Social Party
- Where
- Bohemia, Czech Republic
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Readmission / emancipation3
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Official recognition of the Jewish community of Portugal
A decree officially recognized the Jewish community and granted it rights to hold services, keep a cemetery, set up charity funds and maintain vital registers.
- By
- Portuguese government
- Where
- Portugal
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Expulsion of Jews from Portugal lifted in practice
The expulsion of Jews from Portugal (1497) was lifted in practice.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Portugal
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Expulsion of Jews from Spain lifted in practice
The expulsion of Jews from Spain (31 March 1492) was lifted in practice.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Spain
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