1922Soviet Suppression of Jewish Cultural and Religious Life

Soviet Yevsektsiya (the Jewish section of the Communist Part...
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1919
1922
1971

🚫 Soviet Yevsektsiya Attacks on Bund and Zionists

Soviet Yevsektsiya (the Jewish section of the Communist Party) attacks Bund and Zionist parties for "Jewish cultural particularism". In April 1920, the All-Russian Zionist Congress is broken up by Cheka led by Bolsheviks, whose leadership and ranks included many anti-Jewish Jews. Thousands are arrested and sent to Gulag for "counter-revolutionary... collusion in the interests of Anglo-French bourgeoisie... to restore the Palestine state." Hebrew language is banned, Judaism is suppressed, along with other religions.
Soviet Yevsektsiya Attacks on Bund and Zionists (1919)
YevsektsiyaBundZionismBolsheviksSoviet UnionAnti-SemitismRepressionIdeology
RussiaRussia

🚫 Soviet Suppression of Jewish Cultural and Religious Life

Soviet Yevsektsiya (the Jewish section of the Communist Party) attacks Bund and Zionist parties for "Jewish cultural particularism". In April 1920, the All-Russian Zionist Congress is broken up by Cheka led by Bolsheviks, whose leadership and ranks included many anti-Jewish Jews. Thousands are arrested and sent to Gulag for "counter-revolutionary... collusion in the interests of Anglo-French bourgeoisie... to restore the Palestine state." Hebrew language is banned, Judaism is suppressed, along with other religions.
Soviet Suppression of Jewish Cultural and Religious Life (1922)
Soviet UnionAntisemitismYevsektsiyaZionismBolsheviksReligious PersecutionGulagCultural Suppression
Soviet UnionSoviet Union

🇮🇱 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