HOH: Unit 1 History of Antisemitism

antisemitism

hostility or prejudice towards Judaism or jews

Adriatic Sea

body of water between Italy and (previously) yugoslavia

ethnic group

a group of people that share the same culture, traditions, and languagwe

race

each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics

prejudice

prejudging someone before you know him or her, not from personal experiences

pale of settlement

region in eastern europe where jews were forced to live under the russian empire

13 years old

age at which jewish boys were viewed as becoming men (religious ceremony)

czar (tsar)

title for a russian empire (caesar, leader or emperor)

pogroms

organized violence against jews, such as in the russian empire by christians

ages 8-12

when jewish boys in russia were forced into the military

progrom literal meaning

to destroy, to wreak havoc, to demolish violently

martin luther

leader of the protestant reformation; wrote “of jews and their lies” - 1543

alternate names for israel

“promise land” and “land flowing with milk and honey”

venice

world’s first jewish ghetto - 1516