A Brief History of Anti-Semitic Violence in America

(The Atlantic) Saturdays shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania where 11 people were murdered and six more were injured is believed to be the deadliest attack against the American Jewish community in U.S. history. The massacre is an unprecedented act of violence against American Jewsbut it is by no means the first time that anti-Semitism has manifested in deadly violence against Jews in the United States. American anti-Semitism is as old as America itself. For decades American Jews have faced social discrimination acts of vandalism against sacred spaces and in recent years social-media harassmentand the number of reported anti-Semitic incidents has risen dramatically since 2016. Fatal attacks against American Jews have been far less common than these other forms of discrimination. And yet American history is full of episodes of physical violence against Jews and Jewish institutions. What follows is a list far from comprehensive of some of the many violent attacks targeting Jews in recent history. Read More