What are Jews living outside of Judah called?

Answer 1

In ancient times, Jews living away from Judah were termed the Diaspora. Jews populated, as one example, Alexandria.A more extensive answer would include the following information. Many historians mark the Diaspora to the Babylonian occupation and captivity of the Jewish people and relocating many of them to Babylonia.

Additionally, under the Roman Empire, the First Jewish War in 66 AD CE brought many Jews to Rome as slaves. Others were displaced as this war continued until 73 AD CE when the war ended with the suicide of remaining fighting Jews at Masada. Jewish people had settlements in several parts of the Eastern Mediterranean.

Later there were still problems for the Jewish people and the Roman empire. In 115 AD CE Jewish communities in Cyrenaica, Egypt, Cyprus and Judea again rebelled against the Romans. At the very least, the exasperated Jews of the diaspora, exploited and scorned for years by gentile neighbors, took advantage of Rome's preoccupation with the Parthian War. Within a year Jewish unrest had spread to Mesopotamia. disturbing the new province. Rome's repression in 117, especially in Egypt, was especially brutal. Areas around Alexandria were affected. Jewish rebellions attacked garrisons and Gentile towns. The Emperor Trajan dispatched forces to end the conflicts. The third major conflict took place under the Emperor Hadrian in 132 to 135 AD CE. The end result was Judea being renamed Syria Palestina. Jews were forbidden to enter Jerusalem.

All of the above scattered Jews throughout the Mediterranean Sea area.

In some cases, the rebellions were not against Roman rule, but involved disputes with non Jewish peoples. In any case, the diaspora that started so long ago in Babylonia carried forth within the Roman empire.

Answer 2

In ancient times, Jews living away from Judah were termed the Diaspora.

Jews populated areas outside of Judea in such areas as Alexandria.