When two young Christians were murdered in Kishinev, the heart of Moldova, in 1903, popular journalist Peva Krushevanl seized the opportunity to blame the Jews for their deaths.
Using his daily newspaper as a personal soapbox, he riled up thousands of Kishinev’s civilians to take revenge against the Jews in a deadly pogrom which killed 49 people.
This attack inspired Jewish poet Chaim Nachman Bialik to publish works to awaken the Jewish spirit and successfully invoked Jews across the world to take action against the rampant antisemitism in Europe.
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The “Farhud,” Arabic for pogrom or violent dispossession, gripped Iraq’s 2,600 year-old Jewish community during WW2.
History tells a tale of multiple attempts to establish Jewish states in locations as diverse as ancient Babylonia and Niagara Falls.
Behrman House has compiled their resources on learning about Israel and Yom HaAtzma'ut, including excerpts from their newest book "Israel ... It's Complicated" with video clips and links.