The Kishinev Pogrom in Jewish History

Brief discussion of the Kishinev Pogrom of 1903 and its impact on Jewish history. With gratitude to the research of Dr. Steven Zipperstein and his recent work, "Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History." Webinar sponsored by the Young Israel of Fort Lee.
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[@christianweissmann9479]

My grandparents came from Kishinev, I knew they suffered, I had no idea of how much they suffered. I do know that they owned a hardware store. Sold everything and left to America but we’re diverted to Mendoza, Argentina. I loved your presentation.

[@lindseyadams2841]

Thank you Dr. Abramson, for thinking to share this. You are one man bringing many men closer to their ancestors and to Hashem!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

You are very welcome!

[@stuntmanloco]

As a British Jew from 100% Eastern European blood, I am reading and learning about my blood and my history. This lecture is professional and effective, well done.

[@bobmar5632]

indeed a very professional presentation. I heard this word(pogrom ) some years ago, and even though i didn´t know exactly what it is, i felt in my gut that is was something horrible. I not even had the courage to do a research about it, because i had a feeling that i would find disgusting stories of persecution, violence and murder of inocents. I am a catholic from Brasil and it hurts me to learn that people who perpetrated such things called themselves christians. Anyone who is capable of carying such acts of injustice can never be cosidered a christian. I hope the jewish people will never again face such horrors. Shalom! God bless you all. Thank you for the education on the subject.

[@cincilitigator5108]

Wow what a shining example of preparation. Thanks so much for this amazing teaching. I had not know of Kishinev or the sainted Catholic fictional blood libel victim. Incredibly tragic.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you found the lecture useful.

[@jad1714]

Was there ever any connection made between blood libels and belief in vampires just curious since you mentioned that Kishinev was formally part of Walachia (Romania)?

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

I'm unaware of any.

[@bluellamaslearnbeyondthele2456]

Probably none.

[@mikejhorn]

Dr. Abramson thanks so much for your many great lectures. This one was particularly interesting to me for many reasons one being my wife is a Russian from Kishinev. I am sure all of my Russian friends from Kishinev will deny knowing anything about the pogrom. I am of Jewish descent through my Chilean mother. I was a Lutheran for 50 years but converted to Greek Orthodoxy in 2010. St. John Chrysostom was very anti-Semitic (as Luther in later sermons) but the teachings of our branch of Orthodoxy left anti-antisemitism long ago. Orthodox Christians saved the lives of many Jews from the Nazis during WWII, especially in Greece. Unfortunately, I don't believe the Russian Orthodox church has shed their antisemitism, and has become less Orthodox and more like western Christians over the last 300 years. As an aside, I don't think that photo you showed was Kishinev. Moldova is a land-locked country. That photo looked like the Black Sea was in the background. The other reasons I love your lectures is to learn the history of the Jewish and early Christian faith from a different point of view. Perhaps to find some common ground. Thanks again. Shalom

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you found the lecture useful!

[@ajb570]

Thank you Henry that was superb.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mattalan5025]

Life at times can be such a hard and cruel reality, all of the sudden, Sobek is loosed. The false gods of the earth inhabit men and what is unthinkable manifests, and leaves us beside ourselves, emptied, staring and shaking our heads. Great or small; a nightmare is a nightmare. I read Bialek before this comment. Basar. Thank You Dr. A. And despite all the horror, Jews rebound with compassion and resolve to make the world a better place. B.H. for His Ppl.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Amen

[@ladymsthing6056]

Strange Fruit is a classic song, I never knew who wrote!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

I felt the same way when I first learned this!

[@royalflush6542]

Well done i assume Kishinev is chisinau its an interesting place . Have been to the area

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Yes, Chisinau.

[@royalflush6542]

Henry Abramson I met someone in istanbul that lived there so i went with her to visit While there her mother made a dinner at their subsistence farm I HAD IT BEFORE MY GRANDMOTHER MADE IT ZAEMA i know my grandmas soup They said no. the herb only grows there Thats true. I realized i was within 60 km of grandmas old country!! A lot happened from there

[@nathanpriddis3878]

How did immigration work during this era? Example: Family A leaves Russia due to pogroms and resettled in Western Europe. Other then family names, would jewish ancestry be potentially escaped in later decades when anti semitism came to control a majority of Europe? How would receiving countries identify Russian immigrants regarding ancestry?

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

I suggest you try www.jewishgen.org.

[@mikejhorn]

Dr. Abramson, I APOLOGIZE. I should have cleared my previous comment with my ethnically Russian Moldavian wife before hitting the comment button. Upon showing her the part of the video with the slide of Chisinau she immediately agreed with you. She pointed out the main Cathedral, the Parliament building and the central park (all which I have visited). She agreed with me that Chisinau like the rest of Moldova is land-locked and fairly far from the Black Sea (Chisinau is about 163 Km from the Black Sea). She could only explain what I thought was the sea or an ocean must have been clouds, because there are a few lakes close to Chisinau but no large bodies of water. As I mentioned previously, she denied any knowledge of the Chisinau Pogrom and said it was probably western anti-russian or anti-Soviet propaganda (Moldova was absorbed by the Tsarist Russian Empire before the Russian Revolutions). I have learned there is nothing good about delving into an argument over history of the very pre-Soviet or Soviet period. I don't like sleeping on the couch ;-) Thanks again! I continue to share you videos with my Jewish friends and history buffs!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

No problem. Glad you enjoy the videos!

[@duncanbedford4765]

Time to forgive and forget ❤❤

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Perhaps when the hostages are returned

[@apologiamixer]

Catholic replacement theology brought about by Augustine has a lot to do with antisemitism by Christians. Many Christians have rejected the idea since Israel has become a nation.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

True

[@cincilitigator5108]

Further research has revealed that Simon of Trent was never canonized and so was and is not a Roman Catholic Saint. Thank God. He was previously a venerated in circles which is bad enough but thankfully the Catholic Church never recognized him as a saint and he was entirely removed from its martyrology in 2000. I know these are baby steps for this horrible episode but if there is confusion about whether this poor child whose manner of death we may never know is a saint, this is an important distinction.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

True. Beatified, if I remember correctly.

[@patod4]

Thank you. Pity that at that time it was thought that only the journalist, or poet or historian-men- had to record and transmit what happened. Bialik spent some weeks in Kishinev interviewing the victims.He then wrote his influential poem. But, I think the account with most impact would have come from the mouths of the raped women themselves.Of course, women's voices were silenced.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Complex situation.

[@LisaRichards_123]

City of Slaughter is very powerful for being euphemisms.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Yes

[@keithrichardson3942]

I have heard but didn't know

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

I hope you found the video meaningful.

[@Qraze69]

Its a very saddening, hard cold truth. No more.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Yes.

[@JOHNSTIER23]

Always reminds me of Meyer L a sky and his trials and tribulation of the east coast people