HIST 219 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Labour Democratic Party, Hovevei Zion, Class Conflict
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Jews in eastern eur imagining revolutionary change, b/come poli activists. Modern jewish politics is a new kind of politics that advocates new kinds of solutions to problems jews face. Salvation doesn"t come exclusively from god or state--salvation comes from you/jewish acts. In western eur, despite strong antisemetic sentiments, by early 1900s, no movement had been able to translate that to poli success. Not so in eastern eur, antisemitism triggers govt policy/diff jewish responses. Motivated by both old anti-jewish hatreds and modern antisemitism. Start in large cities, spread to villages. Drunk, small groups of rioters armed w canes/crowbars attacked jewish homes/stores. Looters/scavengers followed--way for people to get more wealthy. Not many fatalities, rioters died in as many numbers as jews. Assassinated by socialist, jewish woman--hesia helfman, involved in planning. This created strong antisemetic sentiment, was proof that all jews were socialist revolutionaries seeking to overthrow russian empire. 1905-1907, more than 3,500 jews killed, 10,000 killed.
