Editing Persecution of Jews (section)

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The '''persecution of Jews''' has been a major event in [[Jewish history]] prompting shifting [[Expulsions and exoduses of Jews|waves of refugees]] and the formation of [[Jewish diaspora|diaspora]] communities. As early as 605 BC, Jews who lived in the [[Neo-Babylonian Empire]] were persecuted and deported. [[Antisemitism]] was also practiced by the governments of many different empires and the adherents of many different religions, and it was also widespread in many different regions of the world.

Jews were commonly used as [[Scapegoating|scapegoats]], for tragedies and disasters such as in the [[Persecution of Jews during the Black Death|Black Death Persecutions]], the [[1066 Granada massacre]], the [[Massacre of 1391]] in Spain, the many [[Pogroms in the Russian Empire]], and the tenets of [[Nazism]] prior to and during [[World War II]], which led to [[The Holocaust]] and the systematic extermination of six million Jews.