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Arrest of 25 Jewish youths on Simchat Torah eve
Twenty-five Jewish youths were arrested for dancing in the street near the synagogue on the eve of Simchat Torah.
- By
- Soviet authorities
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Arrest of 31 Kishinev Jews for "economic crimes"
Soviet authorities arrested thirty-one Jews in Kishinev on charges of economic crimes.
- By
- Soviet authorities
- Where
- Chișinău (Kishinev), Bessarabia, Moldova
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Arrests of Jews for baking matzah
During an intensified anti-religious campaign aimed chiefly at Judaism, several Jews were arrested, some charged with illegally baking matzah.
- By
- Soviet authorities
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Bab-el-Oued synagogue ravaged by French army
During a French army search of Bab-el-Oued, done as reprisal for OAS attacks, the quarter's synagogue was ravaged.
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- French army
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New synagogue dedicated in Leghorn
Leghorn dedicated a new synagogue to replace its renowned one destroyed in WWII.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Livorno (Leghorn), Tuscany, Italy
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Synagogues of Constantine turned into FLN headquarters
After Algerian independence, the synagogues in Constantine were taken over and used as the general headquarters of the FLN.
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- FLN
- Where
- Constantine, Algeria
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Ban on matzah baking in the Leningrad synagogue
Soviet authorities stopped the synagogue from baking matzah, as was done elsewhere in the USSR.
- By
- 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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Matzah baking discontinued and then restricted
Unrestricted baking and distribution of matzah was stopped in 1962, and later only allowed in a restricted form under synagogue supervision for registered believers.
- 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.
- By
- 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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