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Arrest and imprisonment of synagogue chairman Pecherski
After his petitions for Hebrew and Jewish history courses were rejected, synagogue board chairman Gedaliah Pecherski was arrested and sentenced to seven years in prison on a pretext of contact with the Israeli embassy.
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- Soviet authorities
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Bar-mitzvah ceremony banned in Kishinev
Soviet authorities forbade the bar-mitzvah ceremony in Kishinev.
- By
- Soviet authorities
- Where
- Chișinău (Kishinev), Bessarabia, Moldova
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Jews beaten and jailed during Nasser's visit to Casablanca
During Nasser's visit to Casablanca, Jews were assaulted and imprisoned.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Casablanca, Morocco
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Kurenivka mudslide
The Kurenivka mudslide occurred on 13 March 1961 in Kyiv, then a city in the Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. It took place near the historic Babi Yar ravine, which had been the site of the mass murder of more than 100,000 Jews and other civilians during World War II.
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- Soviet Union
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Segregation of foreign visitors in the Great Synagogue
A barrier was set up to separate foreign visitors from the congregation, with synagogue officers held responsible for enforcing it.
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- Soviet authorities
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Yeshivah students denied residence registration
Soviet authorities refused to let yeshivah students re-register as temporary residents after holiday visits, nearly ending the Great Synagogue yeshivah's functioning.
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- Soviet authorities
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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.
- By
- 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.
- By
- 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.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Egypt
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