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Oct 18, 2026
Jason HarrisHOST
the repression profoundly affected the Jews.
Jason HarrisHOST
The so-called May Laws restricted Jewish housing, property, and business rights, and measures over the following decade established quotas on Jewish students and doctors, curtailed Jewish political participation, and expelled around 20,000 Jews from Moscow.
Jason HarrisHOST
The laws were so harsh that they drew the attention of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison, who criticized Russia's anti-Semitism in his 1891 State of the Union message.
Jason HarrisHOST
Most shocking to Jews were the pogroms.