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Jews performed slave labour in Egypt, Moses and the jews wandered the desert leading them to the promise land Israel
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The christian church separates the calculation for the jewish holiday of passover because it fell on the same weekend as easter and declared a travesty to follow the Jews’ customs and celebrations
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Emperor Justinian the Great declares rules to restrict Byzantine citizenship to christians only. Jewish civil rights were heavily restricted including the banishment of the use of Hebrew language and the Shema Yisrael (jewish prayer). Jewish synagogues are transformed into churches as well.
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The first crusade occurred in the later years of the eleventh century. In an area between Germany and France known as the “Rhineland” several Jewish communities are destroyed, mass suicides take place and many Jews are massacred. Roughly 5000 Jews are killed.
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Pope Innocent III declares that Jews are to be marked in the public eye by what they wear. Jews were forced to wear a special yellow hat or face death.
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King Louis VIII of France does not allow his officials to record debts that are owed to Jewish people.
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King Edward I banishes over 15000 jews from England.
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Jewish people in Europe are blamed for the start of the plague and over 200 Jewish communities are destroyed in Spain, France, and Germany.
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All Jews are banished from Prague, Czech Republic.
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Martin Luther advocates for an eight-point plan to exterminate the Jews by means of death or religious conversion.
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Luther’s followers destroyed the Berlin synagogue and had Jews banned from Germany.
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King Louis XIII states that all jews are to leave France or be killed.
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Jewish communities of Morocco are ransacked and many are killed or flee by choice.
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20000 Jews are expelled from Russia under Catharine the Great.
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Nuremberg laws are introduced in Germany’s third reich, restricting many civil rights on Jews.
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Kristellnacht occurs, where German army members rascal jewish businesses and assault many Jewish business owners. Kristellnacht means “Night of the broken Glass”
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Four years of jewish genocide by the third reich of Germany under Adolf Hitler comes to an end as Germany surrenders. An estimated 11 million are killed, 6 million of which are Jewish.
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A Lebanese born immigrants to the United States shot at a van full of orthodox jewish students, killing one and injuring three others.
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Controversy erupts in the United States as presidential candidate Donald Trump is accused of being Anti Semitic after a campaign promotion appeared to contain a star of David used to defame rival candidate Hillary Clinton.
