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In November 1938, two weeks after Kristallnacht, Ickes proposed the use of Alaska as a "haven for Jewish refugees from Germany and other areas in Europe where the Jews are subjected to oppressive restrictions." Resettlement in Alaska would allow the refugees to bypass normal immigration quotas, because Alaska was a territory and not a state.
In the wake of the fatal accident, some black youths attacked several Jews on the street, seriously injuring several and fatally injuring Yankel Rosenbaum, an Orthodox Jewish student from Australia. [88] April 17, 1986 Murder 1 0 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Neal Rosenblum: was shot and killed because of his Jewish appearance, wearing Haredi ...
Threats to Jews in the United States spiked over 200% in the one-year period since the deadly October 7th terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas, according to new data obtained by CNN from the Anti ...
A protest against Jews, held by the Westboro Baptist Church. Antisemitism has long existed in the United States. Most Jewish community relations agencies in the United States draw distinctions between antisemitism, which is measured in terms of attitudes and behaviors, and the security and status of American Jews, which are both measured by the occurrence of specific incidents.
A series of pogroms started in November 1945, when more than 140 Jews were killed in Tripoli and most synagogues in the city looted. The pogroms continued in June 1948, when 15 Jews were killed and 280 Jewish homes destroyed. [9] Upon Libya's independence in 1951, most of the Jewish community emigrated.
In New York City, which has the largest Jewish population in the U.S., the 66 reported anti-Jewish hate crimes in October were 164% more than were reported in the same month last year, according ...
Jewish American people in Alaska politics (1 C, 7 P) This page was last edited on 16 January 2025, at 10:43 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The rally, organized by the Jewish Federations of North America in just over a week's time, drew a cross-section of the community, bridging the political and religious divides of American Jewry.