Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: In Europe anti-Semitism intensified , as several authorities promulgated laws requiring Jews to wear identifying yellow badges , Jews were massacred in England , and the Talmud was attacked and censored by the Catholic Church .
Simplified: In Europe anti-Semitism became worse because several authorities made laws which said that Jewish people must wear yellow badges so people knew who they were . Many Jewish people were killed in England and the Talmud was attacked and censored by the Catholic Church .