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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Pale of Settlement

British Jews marching in protest of the 1918-1921 pogroms. (Courtesy of Jeffrey Veidlinger)
December 21, 2021, 3:58 am
20 years before the Holocaust, pogroms killed 100,000 Jews – then were forgotten
‘In the Midst of Civilized Europe’ by Jeffrey Veidlinger revisits the brutal violence in 1918-1921 that portended a genocide of Europe’s Jews, and was soon overshadowed by it
By Rich Tenorio
A Yiddish newspaper comic depicting a noted intellectual as praying to Karl Marx. (Yale University Press)
August 27, 2018, 3:01 pm
How the stereotype of Jews and money goes beyond the Pale (of Settlement)
A unique Jewish relationship with materialism has roots grounded in tradition, says scholar Eliyahu Stern. But anti-Semites have historically subverted it to suit their propaganda
By JP O’ Malley
A Jewish family stands outside of their ransacked home following the Kishinev pogrom of 1903. (public domain)
April 9, 2018, 5:05 am
How a small pogrom in Russia changed the course of history
Until the Holocaust, the Kishinev pogrom of 1903 was the archetype for anti-Jewish persecution, according to a new book about the massacre’s long afterlife
By Matt Lebovic
In this 1938 photo taken in Washington, DC, Alexander Kerensky examines a passport he signed for an American Red Cross member in 1917. (Public domain)
November 6, 2017, 9:57 pm
Before the Bolsheviks, this man abolished Russia’s Pale of Settlement
100 years after the Russian Revolution, scholars celebrate Alexander Kerensky, the architect of a document securing equal rights for the country’s Jews
By Julie Masis
Petr Tolstoy, deputy speaker of the Russian parliament, speaking in 2016 (Screen capture: YouTube)
January 25, 2017, 11:36 pm
Senior Russian lawmaker: Jews still seeking to destroy our churches
Deputy parliament speaker Petr Tolstoy appears to blame Jews for anti-religious persecution under communism
By JTA
Masha Gessen, author of 'Where the Jews Aren't.' (Lee Towndrow)
October 10, 2016, 10:27 pm
Author opens the Pandora’s box of Russia’s curious autonomous Jewish ghost town
While Chaim Weitzman and Nahum Sokolow were in Britain campaigning for a Zionist state, the Bolsheviks were busy implementing their own vision — in the USSR
By JP O’ Malley
'Hava Nagila (The Movie)' portrays the classic Jewish tune as a porthole into 200 years of Jewish culture and spirituality. (Courtesy of 'Have Nagila The Movie' via JTA)
January 15, 2013, 3:25 pm
Film follows ‘Hava Nagila’ from shtetl to staple
New documentary explores Hasidic song’s unlikely journey from pogrom-plagued Ukraine to Bob Dylan concerts and Olympic gymnastics routines
By Chavie Lieber
July 31, 2012, 9:31 am
Chagall exhibit opens in Moscow
The Jewish artist’s works were once banned in the FSU
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