No, the diaspora is the exile of the Jews; their scattering among other nations for close to two thousand years.
The Jewish Diaspora means the entirety of the Jewish exile: the Jews in all the places of their dispersion.The Diaspora means the scattering of the Jewish people. It 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 the greatest Roman, Christian and Muslim historians spewed diatribes of hate against the Jews.
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The act of a Jew moving to live in Israel is called aliyah (Hebrew עלייה), literally "going up".
The answer depends on how the question is read:Reading 1: At what time did only Jews and no other people live in Israel?Never. Jewish people have lived in Israel for thousands of years, but there has never been a time when ONLY Jewish people lived within it's borders.Reading 2: At what time did all Jews live exclusively in Israel?The Jewish People lived exclusively in Israel from their early development as a nation (in what is now Israel and the West Bank) up to 586 BCE when the Babylonians conquered the Kingdom of Judah and exiled the Jewish aristocracy to Babylon (and therefore made part of the Jewish community live outside of Israel). Never again did the Jews exclusively live in Israel.
The Jewish people are living very nicely in Israel, and will continue to do so. They have made their nation into a beautiful country. Their only problem is the surrounding Arab countries that are jealous of what Israel has become and want to destroy them.
They attacked and invaded Israel. Concurrently, they made the situation so harsh for Jews domestically, that 850,000 Jews fled the Arab countries as well.
No Jews the pyramids were built long before Israel
World war 2
Approximately 25% of the Israeli population is not Jewish being made up of Muslims, Christians, Druze, and many other religions.
Egypt and other countries declared war against Israel, which was made mostly of Jews, so, YES, but Israel did not declare war on them.
jews are made to live in heaven.
African Diaspora was important because they made off them in auctions
The holocaust in Europe, which not only scared all the Jews that survived out of Europe, but also made all Jews realize that their on their own.
Israel is made up of mostly jews so they don't have santa clause