Historical Timelines

Benjamin William Korach

1830’s: First large wave of Jewish migration to America (mostly German)

1839: First Synagogue built in Hungary in Budapest

1861: Founding of the Zion Society in Frankfurt, Germany

1867: The Jews are emancipated in Hungary

1881: Start of mass migration of Eastern European Jews to America

1881: Rise of violent Antisemitic protests or pogroms begin to arise in Europe

1894: Alfred Dreyfus found guilty in the Dreyfus Affair and is sentenced to death

1897: In response to the Dreyfus Affair, Theodore Herzl writes The Jewish State

SHMUEL YANKEL GOLDSTEIN

1860: Jews take part in Polish National Movement and January Uprising

1861: Czar Alexander II abolishes serfdom in Russia, stops Jewish isolation

1862: Jews given equal rights in Poland (while under Russian control)

1881: Waves of pogroms rise in Russia

1882: Jews begin mass migration from Russian Empire

1882: Enactment of the May Laws in Russia

1897: The Bund is formed in Russia

1905: The 1905 Russian Revolution occurs and is followed by Pogroms (specifically Bialystok)