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Jews in Chisinau victims of anti-semitism

“Once a thriving Jewish city, Chisinau now has almost no trace of its former Jewish population. Before a wave of ethnic cleansing, the capital of Moldova had a 50% Jewish population. Today, the last remaining Jews are fighting a losing battle against widespread anti-semitism.

Jews in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, are dying out. Victims of a long and continued campaign of anti-semitism, the few remaining survivors hold on to traditions and religious beliefs which are unpopular and frequently persecuted in today's racially intolerant Moldova. Jews in the area now commonly refer to Chisinau the "City of Slaughter", Be-Ir ha-Haregah.

Before the onslaught of Romanian nationalism, Chisinau was a city which was once 50% Jewish. But in Jewish history, Chisinau - which was then called Kishinev - is best remembered as the place of one the first and most violent pogroms…”