1960Rise of Anti-Zionist Campaign in the Soviet Union

The rise of Zionology in the Soviet Union. In 1983, the Depa...
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🚩 Rise of Anti-Zionist Campaign in the Soviet Union

The rise of Zionology in the Soviet Union. In 1983, the Department of Propaganda and the KGB's Anti-Zionist committee of the Soviet public orchestrates formally "anti-Zionist" campaign.
Rise of Anti-Zionist Campaign in the Soviet Union (1960)
AntizionismSoviet UnionPropagandaCold WarIdeologyKGBAnti-JewishEastern Europe
Soviet UnionSoviet Union

♟️ Bobby Fischer's Anti-Jewish Statements

Chess player Bobby Fischer made numerous anti-Jewish statements and professed a general hatred for Jews since at least the early 1960s. Although Fischer described his mother as Jewish in a 1962 interview, he later denied his Jewish ancestry.
Bobby Fischer's Anti-Jewish Statements (1960)
Bobby FischerChessAnti-SemitismHate speechJewish identityControversyIdeologySports
United StatesUnited States

📖 Publication of 'Judaism Without Embellishments'

"Judaism Without Embellishments" published by the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR in 1963.
AntisemitismSoviet UnionPropagandaUkrainian SSRIdeologyAnti-JewishEastern Europe
UkraineUkraine

🇵🇱 Polish Anti-Semitic Campaign Drives Jewish Emigration

State-supported anti-Semitism swept across Poland in 1968, not subsiding until 1971, by which time half of Poland's Jews had fled Poland.
Anti-ZionismEmigrationPolandEastern EuropeCold WarState-sponsored antisemitismJewish exodus1960s
PolandPoland

🇵🇱 Polish State-Organized Anti-Semitic Campaign

Polish 1968 political crisis. The state-organized antisemitic campaign in the People's Republic of Poland under guise of "anti-Zionism" drives out most of remaining Jewish population.
Polish State-Organized Anti-Semitic Campaign (1968)
Anti-ZionismPolandEastern EuropeCold WarJewish emigration1960sPersecutionState-sponsored antisemitismPolitical Crisis
PolandPoland

🇮🇱 Soviet Union Lifts Ban on Jewish Emigration to Israel

The ban on Jewish immigration to Israel from the Soviet Union was lifted in 1971 leading to the 1970s Soviet Union aliyah.
Soviet Union Lifts Ban on Jewish Emigration to Israel (1971)
Soviet UnionAliyahJewish emigrationIsrael1970sCold WarZionismHuman rights
Soviet UnionSoviet UnionIsraelIsrael