Israel
Israel is important to Jews because it is their homeland where Avraham (Abraham) was commanded to move by G-D. It was in those days called "Canaan" and that is also where the 12 Tribes of Israel were, and Israel was commanded to live there by G-D.
Th modern state of Israel which at the time was a country called Palestine.
Th modern state of Israel which at the time was a country called Palestine.
When the Assyrian king expelled the Hebrews from Canaan (the older name for Israel) after he conquered it from them, it was 25ad, as said in the Book of Yekhezkel (Ezekiel) in the Jewish Bible. Jews have continued to be on the move throughout the various centuries, settling where invited and fleeing where persecuted.
Certainly. The Non-Jew need only Israeli Consulate or Embassy and ask what forms are requisite to make the move, which may differ if it is based on work, studies, or personal reasons. Since the person is non-Jewish it would be significantly harder to gain citizenship once he moved to Israel, but there is nothing preventing foreign non-Jews from becoming Israeli Residents and contributing to Israeli society.
The Jewish diaspora was when the Jews were forced to immigrate out of their home country. It was a forced move, and it caused illness and death.
Their view derived from the historic Jewish principle that Jews should not establish a government in the Land of Israel until the Messiah returns (see Talmud, Ketubot 111a). Most Orthodox communities have relaxed this principle and generally support Israel, not necessarily as a Jewish State but as a State with a lot of Jews.
Many Christians believe that the Jews must be "gathered together" before the Messiah comes.Answer:Christian anti-Semitism often caused Jews to move, as they sought safer places to live or were forcibly expelled from Christian countries such as Spain, Portugal, France and England.
if you are talking about the time relevant to the Holocaust, then you might count the Jews coming from Russia about fifty years beforehand, but the ones that caused the problems were the ones that came from Poland (to escape persecution) in the inter-war period.
They had to move them with trains and most Jews ran away. Either with boats or snuck away on foot!
No taxes.