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Sun, April 27 2025 29 Nisan 5785

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 • 5 Adar 5785

7:30 PM

On April 8, 1903, on the southwestern border of Tsarist Russia in the town of Kishinev, there was a mild disturbance against local Jews. But the next day, and for half the next, violence escalated. Gangs of 10 or 20 armed with hatchets and knives stormed through the town’s narrow streets and into its courtyards, where Jewish families defended themselves with garden implements and other meager weapons. In the end, 49 Jews were killed, an untold number of Jewish women were raped, and 1,500 Jewish homes were damaged. The Kishinev Pogrom of 1903 became synonymous with the worst horrors of Diaspora persecution.

Given the events of October 7, 2023, The Sobeloff Jewish Law Society thought it would be worthwhile to revisit and learn about this historical event. We will be presenting an in-person lecture by Rabbi Dovid Katz, Ph.D. of Beth Abraham Congregation in Baltimore and a professor of Jewish History at Johns Hopkins University and University of Maryland.

There will also be a Zoom presentation by Scott D. Seligman, who will discuss his article published in Forward Magazine entitled The Night New York’s Chinese Went Out for the Jews. The article tells the amazing story of a benefit performance at the Chinese Theater for the victims of the Kishinev Pogrom organized by Chinese businessman who found common ground with oppressed Jews based on the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. In addition, the Ambassador of Moldova, the country where Kishinev was located, will be joining us for the evening.

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