The synagogue has often been the site of antisemitic violence and the object of anti-Jewish rhetoric. In early Christian literature, the synagogue was regarded as the foe of the new faith.[1] Violent attacks on synagogues featured prominently in the Nazi German effort to persecute the Jews of Europe.[2] And the destruction of synagogues is also a feature of the activities of various terrorist and Islamist groups.[3][4]
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- ^ Meng, M. (2024). Why Destroy a Synagogue? A Reflection on Hitler’s Metaphysical Antisemitism. German History, 42(2), 214-230.
- ^ Barsky, Y. (2016). Terrorist Incidents and Attacks Against Jews and Israelis in the United States 1969-2016. Community Security Service, 3.
- ^ Isakhan, Benjamin. "How to interpret ISIS’s heritage destruction." Current history 117, no. 803 (2018): 344-349.