1980 ⟶ Jesse Jackson's 'Hymietown' Remarks
Jesse Jackson was criticized in the early 1980s for remarks ...
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🗣️ Jesse Jackson's 'Hymietown' Remarks
Jesse Jackson was criticized in the early 1980s for remarks made to a reporter where he referred to New York City as "Hymietown". (Hymie is a Pejorative term for Jews.) Jackson ultimately acknowledged he had used the term, and said he had been wrong; however, he also said that he had considered the conversation with the reporter to be off-the-record at the time he made the remarks. Jackson apologized during a speech before national Jewish leaders in a Manchester, New Hampshire synagogue, but an enduring split between Jackson and many in the Jewish community continued at least through the 1990s.⟶
Anti-SemitismJesse JacksonHymietownRacial SlurPolitical ControversyJewish Community1980sApology
United States💥 Paris Synagogue Bombing
TerrorismAnti-SemitismSynagogue BombingParisJewish CommunityViolence1980sMiddle East
France💥 Vienna Synagogue Attack
TerrorismAnti-SemitismSynagogue AttackViennaJewish CommunityViolence1980sReligious Violence
Austria💣 Antwerp Synagogue Bombing (1981)
TerrorismAnti-SemitismSynagogue AttackViolenceAntwerpJewish CommunityNeo-NazismReligious Violence
Belgium🤝 Southern Baptist Convention's Resolution on Anti-Semitism
The Southern Baptist Convention passed a "Resolution On Anti-Semitism" stating in part, "Be it therefore RESOLVED, That the messengers at the 1981 Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Los Angeles, June 9–11, 1981, commend our Southern Baptist Convention leaders as they seek sincere friendship and meaningful dialogue with our Jewish neighbors."⟶
Anti-SemitismSouthern Baptist ConventionReligious DialogueInterfaith RelationsJewish Community1980sFriendshipChristianity
United States💥 Great Synagogue of Rome Attack
Great Synagogue of Rome attack takes place.⟶
TerrorismAnti-SemitismSynagogue AttackRomeJewish CommunityViolence1980sReligious Violence
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