A pogrom (pronounced pah-GRUM) is an organized campaign of violence against Jews, particularly referring to the series of anti-Jewish violence by the Czarist regime in Russia during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The most murderous pogrom in history was the Holocaust, which killed over six million Jews.
According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary:[1]
During the 2020 left-wing insurrection, anarchist rioters among the Black Lives Matter organization in Los Angeles looted local Jewish businesses and synagogues, along with painting antisemitic, anti-Israel graffiti on the buildings.[2] One synagogue in particular was defaced with graffiti reading "Free Palestine" and "F*** Israel."[3] Daniel Greenfield, writing in an op-ed on The Jewish Press, branded the rally an anti-Jewish pogrom.[4]
Categories: [Religious Persecution] [Antisemitism] [Violence] [Oppression]