As many as 4,000 Jews were brutally murdered in the Lisbon massacre between April 19 and 21, 1506.
Persecution and violence against Jews in Arab countries made 850,000 Jews into refugees. But we all moved on.
Even in Kishinev, only 49 Jews were murdered, 92 seriously wounded, and 500 lightly wounded. The news shook the world.
"Nothing, no condemnation, no calling for the stoppage of hate, discrimination and bigotry toward Jews, nothing," United States National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said.
Rabbi Yigal Levinstein was attacked by protesters in Tel Aviv, sparking criticism from multiple politicians, including some who compared it to Kristallnacht.
67 Jews were killed. Synagogues and homes, lived in for generations, were destroyed.
The slaughter is a potent reminder that German antisemitism did not begin in the 1930s or emerge from nowhere. It had a long and disgraceful record.
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