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Arson attack on the Or Aviv synagogue, completely destroyed

2 avril 2002·Marseille

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Marseille is home to one of the largest Jewish communities in France, largely descended from repatriated populations from North Africa, scattered across the city's neighborhoods.

The Or Aviv synagogue, in the Caillols neighborhood, is burned down during the night. The fire completely destroys the building, its Torah scrolls, and its library; only the walls remain. The attack occurs at the height of the wave of violence accompanying the Israeli offensive in the West Bank in France.

The burning of an entire synagogue — rather than mere vandalism — marks a crossing of a threshold. It hastens the establishment of permanent protection for Jewish places of worship across the entire French territory.

Period :
Attacks (since 1970)
Type :
Attack
Region :
Western Europe
Country :
France
Sources

Encyclopaedia Judaica ; chroniques de presse contemporaines.

At the same place5

  1. 576-591Forced conversions and expulsions ordered by bishops Théodore, Ferréol and Sulpice; Grégoire the Great protests against forced baptismsinconnu
  2. 1348Massacres of the Black Death in Provenceinconnu
  3. janv. 1943Roundups in the Opera Quarterbilan non établi
  4. 22-24 janv. 1943Marseille roundup and destruction of the Old Port782 Juifs déportés
  5. 18 nov. 2015Knife attack on a Jewish teacher in the street1 blessé

In the same country181

  1. 576Bishop Avitus has the synagogue destroyed; Jews must choose between baptism and exile to Marseille (Gregory of Tours)>500 baptisés de force
  2. 582Chilperic I imposes baptism on the Jews of the kingdom; the merchant Priscus, who refuses, is murderedtoll not established
  3. 1007Persecution under Robert the Piousinconnu
  4. 1010Bishop Alduin orders the community to convert or leave the town; violence in the wake of rumors about the destruction of the Holy Sepulchreinconnu
  5. Mai-juin 1096Massacre by crusaders en route to the Orient22
  6. Mai 1096First massacre of the First Crusadeinconnu
  7. 1146The crusaders of the Second Crusade attack the community, which defends itself and perishes in its houseinconnu
  8. 1147Rabbenou Tam wounded by five blows from crusaders on the second day of Shavuot, saved by a passing lordtoll not established

And 173 more in the catalogue.

Event 2385 of 2483, in chronological order · Attacks (since 1970): 174 events in the catalogue

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