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    The Damascus affair of 1840 refers to the arrest of several notable members of the Jewish community in Damascus on the accusation of murdering Father...
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  • racehorse Damascus affair, an incident involving the Jewish community in Damascus in 1840 Damascus steel, a material used in making blades "Damascus moment"...
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    2024, Israel conducted an airstrike on the Iranian embassy complex in Damascus, Syria, destroying the building housing its consular section. Sixteen people...
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    Damascus (/dəˈmæskəs/ də-MASK-əs, UK also /dəˈmɑːskəs/ də-MAH-skəs; Arabic: دِمَشق, romanized: Dimašq) is the capital of Syria, the oldest current capital...
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    of 1840 Damascus affair and alleges that The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is a factual document. (Frankel, Jonathan. The Damascus Affair: "Ritual...
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    Affairs. His responsibilities included overseeing investigations of murders of children in the western part of Russia. In 1840, the Damascus affair had...
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  • contemporaneous with the affair in Rhodes, a case of blood libel known as the Damascus affair was developing in Damascus, while the city was under the...
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  • The Damascus Affair of 1840 marks the real beginning of the diplomatic or international phase in the history of American Jews (though a reference to the...
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    Jewish Quarter of Damascus (Arabic: حارة اليهود, DMG Ḥārat al-Yahūd) is the quarter in the southeastern part of the Old City of Damascus inhabited mainly...
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    (1834) Hebron pogrom (1834) Safed massacre (1838) Allahdad (1839) Damascus affair (1840) Second Odessa pogrom (1859) Third Odessa pogrom (1871) Corfu...
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    the local Jewish community, in what began as economic disputes 1840 Damascus affair Following accusations of Jews having conspired to murder a Christian...
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  • known as the Mawza Exile. The Damascus affair occurred in 1840 when a French monk and his servant disappeared in Damascus. Immediately following, a charge...
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    address at a meeting at B’nai Jeshurun in New York protesting the Damascus Affair. In 1811, he was appointed by President James Madison as consul at...
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  • of 1840 Damascus affair and alleges that The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is a factual document. (Frankel, Jonathan. The Damascus Affair: "Ritual...
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  • the world have reacted to the Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus.  Iran: Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader, vowed a harsh response to the...
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    and Portugal in 1492 CE. There were large Jewish communities in Aleppo, Damascus, and Qamishli for centuries. In the early 20th century, a large percentage...
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    United Nations: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (9 October 2023). "Fact Sheet: Israel and Palestine Conflict (9...
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  • subsequently was it "Islamised"). The Damascus affair occurred in 1840, when an Italian monk and his servant disappeared in Damascus. Immediately following it, a...
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    Arab Republic Damascus Governorate Reference map" (PDF). ReliefWeb. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 2015-03-16. Retrieved...
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    plunder of 1834. Ronald Florence (18 October 2004). Blood libel: the Damascus affair of 1840. Univ of Wisconsin Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-299-20280-4. There...
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    destroying their homes. Ronald Florence (18 October 2004). Blood libel: the Damascus affair of 1840. Univ of Wisconsin Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-299-20280-4. Retrieved...
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  • twentieth century France." The Damascus affair was an accusation of ritual murder and a blood libel against Jews in Damascus in 1840. On February 5, 1840...
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    (1834) Hebron pogrom (1834) Safed massacre (1838) Allahdad (1839) Damascus affair (1840) Second Odessa pogrom (1859) Third Odessa pogrom (1871) Corfu...
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    Döscher says the shooting may have been the result of a homosexual love affair gone wrong, and that Grynszpan and vom Rath had become intimate after they...
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  • international law". The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly denounced the strikes in Damascus, expressing their outrage at the destruction and civilian...
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  • Rhodes was formally acquitted of accusations. In the same year, the Damascus affair took place, in which Jews were accused of the ritual murder of father...
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    libel against the Jews in Damascus, Syria in 1840. The novel is based around the historical incident known as the Damascus affair, offers a different interpretation...
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    of persistent anti-Jewish incidents and blood libels, such as the Damascus affair of 1840, and the failure of many states to emancipate the Jews, Jewish...
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    to Jews in Palestine. He was one of those who appealed against the Damascus affair, and was founder of Christ Church, Jerusalem, and Mount Zion Cemetery...
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    (1834) Hebron pogrom (1834) Safed massacre (1838) Allahdad (1839) Damascus affair (1840) Second Odessa pogrom (1859) Third Odessa pogrom (1871) Corfu...
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