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1999 Independence Day weekend shootings
During the weekend of July 4, 1999, white supremacist Benjamin Smith targeted ethnic and racial minorities (with victims including nine Orthodox Jews, two African-American men, and a Korean man), in a three-day drive-by shooting rampage in the U.S. states of Illinois and Indiana, after which he committed suicide. Smith was a member of the white supremacist World Church of the Creator.
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- Unknown
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1999 arrest of Iranian Jews
In 1999, the Intelligence Ministry of Iran arrested 13 Iranian Jews, accusing them of spying for Mossad. Security agents arrested 13 Jewish residents of the Iranian cities of Shiraz and Isfahan, including five merchants, a rabbi, two university professors, three teachers in private Hebrew schools, a kosher butcher, and a 16-year-old boy, accusing them of spying for Israel.
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- Intelligence Ministry of Iran
- Where
- Iran
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Arson attacks in Sacramento, California
There were arson attacks in Sacramento, California – Congregation B'nai Israel, Congregation Beth Shalom, and Knesset Israel Torah Center. The fires caused over $1 million in damage.
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- Unknown
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- Sacramento, California, United States
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Buford O. Furrow, Jr.
Buford O. Furrow, Jr. kills mail carrier Joseph Santos Ileto and shoots five people in the August 1999 Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting.
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- Buford O. Furrow Jr.
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- Granada Hills, California, United States
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Intelligence Ministry of Iran arrested 13 Iranian Jews, accusing them of spying for Israel. Arrestees were five merchants, a rabbi, two university professors, three teachers in private Hebrew schools, a kosher butcher and a 16-year-old boy.
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- Intelligence Ministry of Iran
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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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Sacramento synagogue firebombings
Beth Shalom, B'nai Israel, and Knesset Israel: Sacramento synagogue firebombings
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- Benjamin Matthew and James Tyler Williams
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- Sacramento, California, United States
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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
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- Egypt
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Expulsions record persecution of Jews, not wrongdoing by Jews. Why this matters
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