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When a Jew moves to Israel, it is said that he/she is making Aliyah. Aliyah means arising, ascending, going up. It is said that moving to Israel is moving to a higher spiritual plane, thus the usage of the term aliyah. Aliyah is also used to refer to someone coming up to read from the Torah.

However, Aliyah is not the proper opposite to Diaspora. Aliyah is what an individual does. The opposite of Aliyah is Yeridah, when a single person leaves Israel.

The opposite of Diaspora, which is the communal dispersion of the Jewish people, is the communal return of the Jewish people to Israel. This return has not yet happened. There are still more Jews outside of Israel than inside of it. Such a return would likely be called the Geula or Redemption. Another opposite for the Exiling of the Jews (Diaspora) is Kibbutz Galuyot (Ingathering of the Exiles).

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When did the Jewish diaspora end?

The first Jewish Diaspora was the forcible exile to Babylon in 586 BCE. However, the famous second Jewish Diaspora happened under the Romans from 70 CE to 132 CE. Jewish Zealots had fought the Romans on these two occasions and the Romans had enough of it. The Romans realized that the Jews had a fundamental connection to the land, so separating them from it and from each other would make them more docile. As a result, the Romans evicted the majority of Jews from the province of Syria-Palaestina.


What is the religion with Diaspora and Zionism?

The religion you are looking for is Judaism, however Diaspora is not an exclusively Jewish term and Zionism is not an exclusively Jewish phenomenon. Diaspora applies to any ethnic group living outside of its original land. While the Jewish Diaspora is the most famous, there is also the Armenian Diaspora, the Palestinian Diaspora, the Greek Diaspora, the Circassian Diaspora, and numerous other Diasporas. Zionism is the belief that the Jews should have political self-sovereignty and is the patriotic sentiment behind the Establishment of the State of Israel. It is entirely political in nature and a large number of Zionists are Christians, even though the the question is about Jewish sovereignty. Similarly, a person does not have to be Polish to support the right of Poles to have self-determination (as Woodrow Wilson did in 1918) or a person does not have to be Bengali to believe that Bangladesh had the right to be free of India in 1947 and Pakistan in 1971. Additionally, there are some Jews who are either apathetic towards Zionism or are Anti-Zionist.


What was the importance of the Jewish Diaspora in the sixth century CE?

That refers to the Jews who left the region of the Kingdom of Judah and Roman Judea as well as those who later emigrated from wider Eretz Israel. Another group of Jews fled to Egypt, where they settled in the Nile delta. A large number of Jews in Egypt became mercenaries in Upper Egypt on an island called the Elephantine. It was important for preserving the caste.


When was the second Jewish diaspora?

The second diaspora going on right now. It is from 70 CE to the present day, a span of nearly 2000 years.


Does the Jewish diaspora refers to Jerusalem?

Indirectly, Diaspora is related to ( dispersion) and refers to the scattering of Jewish exiles and refugees all over the world since the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in Ad.70 ( related to the Bar Kochba war). The term is also applied to the exodus of White Russians from Revolutionary and Communist Russia that climaxed in l922. (One parod had it- in the year of Diaspora, Stasia borne across the sea, on a big Three Island Steamer, jaunt paid for by you and me ( this is not necessarily true- one doubts US Tax dollars would be spent on something like this- there was no CIA at the time)/

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What does diaspora refer to?

The diaspora refers to any area outside of the land of Israel. In Hebrew diaspora is go-lah.Diaspora refers to people not land. It refers to the dispersion, scattering of the Jewish people. The words origins are Greek or French.


What places did the Jewish Diaspora occur?

The Jewish diaspora occured Babylonia, Eastern Europe, Israel, Poland, Spain, Greece, and Italy


Who lead the Diaspora in israel?

If the question is asking about the Jewish Diaspora, those Jews who are in Israel are not considered to be in the Diaspora.If the question is asking about a different diaspora, such as the Armenian Diaspora, the Circassian Diaspora, etc. the leaders of those ethnic group's religious institutions have become the leaders of those diasporas in Israel.


Why did the Jewish Diaspora begin?

The second Diaspora (70 CE to the present day) began when the Romans destroyed the 2nd Temple and expelled the Jews from Israel.


When did the Jewish diaspora end?

The first Jewish Diaspora was the forcible exile to Babylon in 586 BCE. However, the famous second Jewish Diaspora happened under the Romans from 70 CE to 132 CE. Jewish Zealots had fought the Romans on these two occasions and the Romans had enough of it. The Romans realized that the Jews had a fundamental connection to the land, so separating them from it and from each other would make them more docile. As a result, the Romans evicted the majority of Jews from the province of Syria-Palaestina.


What is the term for the spread of Jewish people around the world?

The term for the spread of Jewish people around the world is known as the Jewish Diaspora. It refers to the dispersion of Jews from their ancestral homeland in ancient Israel to different parts of the world throughout history.


Who Experienced the Diaspora?

If you are referring to the Jewish Diaspora, then it was the Jews that experienced it.


What is a sentence for diaspora?

The romans carried on the Jewish diaspora, begun by the Assyrians and Chaldeans.


Who was the Jewish diaspora led by?

abraham


What is the Jewish population known as?

The dispersal of the Jewish population is known as Diaspora


What is a sentence for Hebrew civilization?

The Hebrew civilization began more than 4000 years ago, and is still flourishing today in the form of Modern Israel and the Jewish diaspora.


What brought about the Jewish diaspora?

Babylon sacked Jerusalem and destroyed the first temple in 586 BC and the Hebrews were expelled from their territory. When finally allowed to return to Israel, many decided to remain in Babylon or Egypt. From then on some of the Hebrew people have remained outside of Israel and are considered part of the diaspora. The Jews were again scattered when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem in 70 AD. Even today the majority of Jewish people live outside Israel.