... Tsar Alexander II. There were pogroms (organised murders) organised against them and many Jews were killed. The long term cause was when Christianity came about. The Jews were blamed for the crucifiction of Jesus. Judah was believed to be a double crosser because he helped the death to occur. Since then Judaism has been looked down upon by Europe. Also Jews were persecuted because of their wealth, faith and ethnicity. From 1818-1914 two million Jews left Eastern Europe and there were already about 60,000 Jews already born in Britain which was important because the Jews came to Britain because there were already Anglo Jews and it made them feel more at home. In their home land, the Jewish had a separate set of laws just for them. They stated that the Jews weren't allowed to train to become lawyers, or hold government jobs and they weren't allowed to live in ...

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