1971 ⟶ Soviet Union Lifts Ban on Jewish Emigration to Israel
The ban on Jewish immigration to Israel from the Soviet Unio...
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🚫 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 UnionAntisemitismYevsektsiyaZionismBolsheviksReligious PersecutionGulagCultural Suppression
Soviet Union🚩 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.⟶
AntizionismSoviet UnionPropagandaCold WarIdeologyKGBAnti-JewishEastern Europe
Soviet Union🕍 Revival of Jewish Community in Hebron
The ancient Jewish community of Hebron, which had been destroyed in the 1929 Hebron massacre, is revived at Kiryat Arba. The community, in 1979 and afterwards, moves into Hebron proper and rebuilds the demolished Abraham Avinu Synagogue, the site of which had been used by Jordan as a cattle-pen.⟶
HebronIsraelJewish settlementKiryat Arba1960sMiddle EastZionismAbraham Avinu Synagogue
Israel🇮🇱 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 UnionAliyahJewish emigrationIsrael1970sCold WarZionismHuman rights
Soviet UnionIsrael🤝 Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committees Formed
To further the goal of reconciliation, the Catholic Church established an internal International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee and the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations. (This Committee is not a part of the Church's Magisterium.)⟶
Catholic ChurchJewish relationsInterfaith dialogueVatican1970sReligious historyInternational relationsChristianity
Vatican City🕊️ Munich Massacre at the Olympic Games
11 Israeli Olympic athletes are taken hostage and eventually tortured and killed in the Munich massacre.⟶
TerrorismOlympic GamesBlack SeptemberPalestinian Nationalism1970sIsraelAnti-ZionismSports
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