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Anti-Jewish measures in Austria
The Badges Act 1960 (Abzeichengesetz 1960) prohibits the public display of Nazi symbols in Austria, and violations are punishable by up to €4000.- fine and up to 1 month imprisonment.
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- Nazi Germany
- Where
- Austria
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Buynaksk Affair
Buynaksk blood libel case: 1960 incident of antisemitism in the Soviet Union.
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- Soviet Union
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This entry records a false accusation made against Jews. The accusation was untrue; it is recorded because of the persecution it caused. About false accusations
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Congregation Beth Israel attack
Congregation Beth Israel (Gadsden, Alabama): Congregation Beth Israel attack: About 180 members were attending a Friday evening service to dedicate the new Zemurray Social Hall, and led by then-rabbi Saul Rubin and Rev. John Speaks and Dr. Franklin Denson of First Methodist Church, when 16‑year-old neo-Nazi firebombed the synagogue.
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- Jerry Hunt
- Where
- Gadsden, Alabama, United States
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Fine on Riga Jewish congregation over matzah
Soviet authorities fined the congregation 115,000 rubles for supposedly overcharging for matzah.
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- Soviet authorities
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Fire-bombed
On 25 March, 1960, the synagogue Congregation Beth Israel and its members were subject to an antisemitic attack. About 180 members were attending a Friday evening service to dedicate the new Zemurray Social Hall, and led by then-rabbi Saul Rubin and Rev.
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- Jerry Hunt
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Great Synagogue ravaged in Christmas Eve riots
The Great Synagogue in the old quarter of Algiers was ravaged during riots on Christmas Eve 1960.
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- Rioters
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McGill University caps Jewish admissions at 10 percent
McGill imposed a strict quota limiting Jewish students to 10 percent of admissions, a practice that lasted until the 1960s.
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- McGill University
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Nationalization of Alliance Israélite Universelle schools
The Moroccan government took over a quarter of the Alliance schools and turned them into state schools.
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- Moroccan government
- Where
- Morocco
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Restriction of burials at the Jewish cemetery in Moscow
Interments at the Jewish cemetery were nearly stopped, forcing Jews to bury their dead in a separate section of a general cemetery and later alongside non-Jews.
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- Soviet authorities
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Restrictions and confiscations under Qassem
Despite a generally better attitude, Jews faced periodic severe limits on leaving Iraq, property confiscation and growing economic pressure.
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- Qassem government
- Where
- Iraq
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Demolition of the Makó synagogue
The synagogue of Makó was torn down in the late 1960s.
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- Unknown
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Jewish cemetery of Kishinev closed and desecrated
The old Jewish cemetery was halved for development and then fully closed in the 1960s, with tombstones damaged and destroyed.
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- Soviet authorities
- Where
- Chișinău (Kishinev), Bessarabia, Moldova
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Antisemitic attacks on Alabama Jews in the 1950s and 1960s
A wave of antisemitic attacks struck Jewish institutions in Alabama, including the firebombing of a synagogue in Gadsden and an attempted bombing of a Birmingham temple.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Alabama, United States
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Demolition of Jewish buildings in Mikulov under Communist rule
Apart from the Old Synagogue, the town's Jewish buildings were all demolished under the Communist regime.
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- Communist regime
- Where
- Mikulov, Moravia, Czech Republic
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20th century departures of foreign nationals from Egypt
20th century departures of foreign nationals from Egypt: exodus of Europeans from Egypt.
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- Unknown
- Where
- Egypt
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Expulsions record persecution of Jews, not wrongdoing by Jews. Why this matters
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