1700-1800: Muslim Oppression

The Jewish population of the Land of Israel grew to approximately 20,000 in the middle of the 18th century. The first construction of the Hurva Synagogue began in 1701, but the synagogue was destroyed by the Muslims in 1721, when the Jews were unable to pay the exorbitant taxes which were demanded of them. Other forms of oppression were common, including the arrest of rabbis, harassment of female merchants and the declaration that Jihad was a “right and duty.”

1. 1700 The Jews of Jerusalem
2. 1700 The Temple Mount
3. 1701 Hurva Synagogue in Jerusalem
4. 1708 The Jews of Jerusalem
5. 1711 The Jews of Jerusalem
6. 1713 The Jews of Jerusalem
7. 1719 The Jews of Jerusalem
8. 1721 The Jews of Jerusalem
9. 1722 Jerusalem
10. 1724 The Jews of Jerusalem
11. 1726 The Jews of Jerusalem
12. 1730 The Jews of Jerusalem
13. 1730 Islamic Murder, Mayhem and Mutilation
14. 1733 The Jews of Jerusalem
15. 1738 The Jews of Jerusalem
16. 1739 The Jews of Jerusalem
17. 1746 The Jews of Jerusalem
18. 1751 The Jews of Jerusalem
19. 1751 Jewish Community estimated to be 20,000
20. 1753 The Jews of Jerusalem
21. 1754 The Jews of Jerusalem
22. 1766 The Jews of Jerusalem
23. 1767 The Jews of Jerusalem
24. 1776 The Jews of Jerusalem
25. 1776 Safed
26. 1777 The Jews of Jerusalem
27. 1779 The Jews of Jerusalem
28. 1786 Jihad
29. 1789 The Jews of Jerusalem
30. 1799 The Jews of Jerusalem