1905, Russia

1905, Russia   “Letter signed by Lord Rothschild, Samuel Montagu, David Alexander and Claude Montefiore, all members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews who organized the Russo-Jewish Committee in London to assist the victims of the pogroms in Russia.” What...

April 1903, Kishineff Pogrom: My Promised Land

April 1903, Kishineff Pogrom: My Promised Land   April 1903, Kishineff Pogrom “In April 1903 an Easter pogrom took place in Moldova’s capital, Kishinev.  Forty-nine Jews were murdered, hundreds brutally injured.  World Jewry was in turmoil.” Source: My Promised...

1903 Kishineff Pogram in Russia

1903 Kishineff Pogram in Russia     April 6-7 1903 Kishineff Pogram “The Kishinev progrom was an anti-Jewish riot that took place in Kishinev, which was back then part of the Bessarabia province of Imperial Russia (currently Chisinau is the capital of...

May 3, 1882, The May Laws

May 3, 1882, The May Laws The May Laws proposed by Count Ignatiev and sanctioned by the Czar were called the May Laws because they were issued in the month of May. These laws curtailed Jewish residences in villages and started quotas in univer­sities so that students...