It depends on the country in question, but there are two ways that Jews commonly left the countries they were living in: forced exile, or persecution fierce enough to compel flight. Jews changing countries of residence and citizenship by choice is relatively recent phenomenon.
The Diaspora (scattering of the Jewish people) began because we were unable to live in the Holy Land. The prophets had constantly warned the Israelites that ignoring the Torah would result in exile.
1) Around 2600 years ago, the Assyrians forcibly exiled the Ten Israelite tribes to points unknown. A small percentage of each of these tribes is still among us, but most of them were exiled and didn't return.
3) In 68 CE, the Romans destroyed the Second Temple. The Romans did not force the Jews out of Judea in a single expulsion. Rather, the Romans expelled them from Jerusalem only; and the rest of Judea lost its Jews slowly, over a period of centuries, as living there became too harsh. Even then, we have records of Jewish communities who lived in Judea (Palestine) during the entire period of the last two millenia.
Those Jews who left Judea went to southern Europe, North Africa, Arabia, the Near East, and (slowly) further afield (especially throughout Europe).
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The diaspora (scattering) was difficult for us:
1) Because certain mitzvot (such as those related to agriculture in the Holy Land) now became suspended for the duration of the exile.
2) Because of the impediment to communication between the various communities. This could lead to the development of rivaling groups, each claiming to be authentic.
3) Because the Jews were now a minority among other nations, who were sometimes quite hostile.
4) Along with the Torah, the Land of Israel (Judea) and the Holy Temple had been central to Judaism. It now was to be seen whether Torah-observance could be maintained on the high level that those ideal factors had been conducive to.
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How did the diaspora affect the Jews?
To a certain extent, the diaspora caused the various Jewish communities to take on minor aspects of their host countries.
The religion itself was affected little, if at all, since all Jews share the same Torah and Talmud, and differences within halakhah (Jewish laws) are relatively small. In addition, the Jews were dissuaded from assimilating because the Romans were the polar opposite of Judaism; plus the fact that some of their greatest historians spewed diatribes of hate against the Jews.
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Link: Maintaining Judaism during the exile
Link: Where do Jews live today?
they wanted the Jewish people to have a country of there own
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Yes but only if these people were peasants in the middle ages, they had to ask the lord who, if they could marry or can the leave the country. Peasants had no rights!! They were also very poor.
The key decision was taken by the United Nation.
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they wanted the Jewish people to have a country of there own
People leave there homeland for many reasons. Some leave for a job, better job others leave because there country is instable dangerous or is in a time of warfare. During WWII USA closed there immigration doors because we were getting a extreme amount of immigrants from many different countries many of which where Jewish.
The Jewish people originated in Israel, but today there are also Jews in almost every country on the planet.
The homeland of Jewish Faith is Israel.
A country could have a referendum to ask its people if they want to leave. If the people voted for this, the country could then leave.
Emigrants
Asylum seekers are people who leave their own country to avoid imprisonment or death. Hope this helped.
the Israelites did not leave during passover. When they did leave it was Moses who lead them.
Israel was created for the Jews.The country of Israel was created for the Jewish people.
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Israel, the Jewish people.