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Jewish diaspora: Encyclopedia II - Jewish diaspora - Pre-Roman Diaspora

After the overthrow in 588 BC of the kingdom of Judah by the Chaldeans (see Babylonian captivity), and the deportation of a considerable portion of its inhabitants to the valley of the Euphrates, the Jews had two principal rallying-points: Babylonia and Land of Israel. Although a majority of the Jewish people, especially the wealthy families, were to be found in Babylonia, the existence it led there, under the successive rules of the Achaemenids, the Seleucids, the Parthians, and the Neo-Persians, or Sassanians, was obscure and devoid ...

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Babylonian captivity - Historical account

Babylonian captivity - Impact upon the Jewish philosophy of the time

Babylonian captivity - Impact upon Jewish history

Babylonian captivity - Other usages of the term

Babylonian captivity - Other Resources

Jewish diaspora: Encyclopedia - Cultural region

Cultural region is a term used mainly in the study of geography. Distinct cultures often do not limit their geographic coverage inside the borders of a nation state, or to smaller subdivisions of a state. To 'map' a culture, we often have to identify an actual 'cultural region', and when we do this we find that it bears little relationship to the legal borders drawn up by custom, treaties, charters or wars. There are different kinds of cultural regions that can be delineated. A map of culture that maps 'religion & folklore' may have slightly different shape to one whi ...

Jewish diaspora: Encyclopedia - Human migration

Human migration denotes any movement by humans from one locality to another, often over long distances or in large groups. Humans are known to have extensively migrated throughout history. This can be compared with the periodic migratory behaviour of groups of animals such as some birds and fishes (see migration). This article concentrates on the historical human migrations. Migration and population isolation is one of the four evolutionary forces (along with natural selection, genetic drift, and mutation). The study of the distribution of and change in allele (gene variations) frequencies under suc ...

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Human migration - Overview of historical migrations

Human migration - Earliest migrations

Human migration - Spread of Agriculture

Human migration - Indo-European migrations

Human migration - The Great Migrations

Human migration - Other Old World migrations

Human migration - Polynesian migration

Human migration - Migrations to the New World

Human migration - World War II and post-World War II Migrations

Human migration - Migrations and climate cycles

Human migration - Literature

Jewish diaspora: Encyclopedia - Synagogue

A synagogue (בית כנסת Beit knesset in Hebrew meaning a "house of assembly" or Shull in Yiddish) is a Jewish place of religious worship. The word "synagogue" is derived from the Greek συναγωγή, transliterated sunagoge, "place of assembly" literally "meeting, assembly". It is where Judaism's Jewish services are held and conducted . The Hebrew term for synagogue is Beit Knesset - בית כנסת ("House of Assembly", not to be confused with the Knesset which is the modern name for the par ...

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Synagogue - History

Synagogue - Function

Synagogue - Design

Synagogue - Traditional and Orthodox synagogues

Synagogue - Reform synagogues and temples

Synagogue - Conservative synagogues

Synagogue - Reconstructionist synagogues

Synagogue - Famous synagogues

Synagogue - Synagogue offshoots

Jewish diaspora: Encyclopedia - Judaism

Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. It is one of the first recorded monotheistic faiths and one of the oldest religious traditions still practiced today. The tenets and history of Judaism are the major part of the foundation of other Abrahamic religions, including Samaritanism, Christianity, and Islam. Over at least the last two thousand years, Judaism has not been monolithic in practice, and has not had any centralized authority or binding dogma. Despite this, Judaism in all its variations has remained tightly bound ...

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Judaism - Introduction

Judaism - Monotheism

Judaism - Practical worship and the laws

Judaism - Traditional view of the development of Judaism

Judaism - Critical historical view of the development of Judaism

Judaism - Religious doctrine and Principles of Faith

Judaism - The traditional Jewish bookshelf

Judaism - Jewish Law and interpretation

Judaism - What makes a person Jewish?

Judaism - Jewish philosophy

Judaism - Jewish denominations

Judaism - Jewish denominations in Israel

Judaism - Karaism

Judaism - Jewish prayer and practice

Judaism - Prayers

Judaism - Jewish holidays

Judaism - Torah readings

Judaism - Synagogues and Jewish buildings

Judaism - Dietary laws: Kashrut

Judaism - Family purity

Judaism - Life-cycle events

Judaism - Community leadership

Judaism - Classical priesthood

Judaism - Prayer leaders

Judaism - Specialized religious roles

Judaism - Jewish religious history

Judaism - Ancient Jewish religious history

Judaism - Historical Jewish groupings to 1700

Judaism - Persecutions

Judaism - Hasidism

Judaism - The Enlightenment and Reform Judaism

Judaism - The Holocaust

Judaism - The present situation

Judaism - Judaism and other religions

Judaism - Christianity and Judaism

Judaism - Islam and Judaism

Judaism - Jews and Judaism

Judaism - Jewish law and religion

Judaism - Comparative

Read more here: » Judaism: Encyclopedia - Judaism

Jewish diaspora: Encyclopedia - Hebrew language

1United States Census 2000 PHC-T-37. Ability to Speak English by Language Spoken at Home: 2000. Table 1a. Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than 6 million people, mainly in Israel, the West Bank, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. The core of the Tanakh (sometimes referred to as the Hebrew Bible), the Torah (which Christianity and Judaism traditionally hold to have been first recorded in the time of Moses 3,300 years ago), ...

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Hebrew language - History

Hebrew language - Early history

Hebrew language - Later history

Hebrew language - Revival

Hebrew language - Modern Hebrew

Hebrew language - Hebrew language in the USSR

Hebrew language - Dialects

Hebrew language - Languages strongly influenced by Hebrew

Hebrew language - Sounds

Hebrew language - Vowels

Hebrew language - Consonants

Hebrew language - Historical sound changes

Hebrew language - Grammar

Hebrew language - Writing system

Hebrew language - Romanization

Hebrew language - Notes

Jewish diaspora: Encyclopedia - Zionism and racism

Zionism maintains that the Jewish people constitute a nation and are entitled to a national homeland. Its focus is on governing the Land of Israel or Zion (a synecdoche for the Land of Israel). Jewish people have historically understood themselves to be part of a nation distinct from the non-Jewish nations. Like most nations, offspring of members are likewise considered members. However, common ancestry is not required and new members are admitted based upon prescribed criteria. None of the criteria incl ...

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Zionism and racism - History

Zionism and racism - The demographic change

Zionism and racism - Zionism and Israel

Zionism and racism - Discrimination

Zionism and racism - Viewed as anti-Semitism

Zionism and racism - Soviet influence

Zionism and racism - UN Resolution 3379

Jewish diaspora: Encyclopedia - Jew

Jew - Usage note. Some uses of the term "Jew" are tainted by historic anti-Jewish bigotry. The correct adjectival form is "Jewish"; the use of "Jew" as an adjective (as in "Jew lawyer" rather than "Jewish lawyer") is associated with bigotry. The use of "Jew" or "jew" as a verb (as in "to jew someone down": to bargain for a lower price) is generally seen as an extremely offensive expression based on stereotypes. Even when used in a grammatically correct manner as a noun, the term "Jew" can objectify a ...

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Jew - Ethnic divisions

Jew - Population

Jew - Significant geographic populations

Jew - State of Israel

Jew - Diaspora outside Israel

Jew - Population changes: Assimilation

Jew - Population changes: Wars against the Jews

Jew - Population changes: Growth

Jew - Jewish languages

Jew - History of the Jews

Jew - Jews and migrations

Jew - Kingdoms of Israel and Judah

Jew - Persian Greek and Roman rule

Jew - Beginning of the Diaspora

Jew - Middle Ages: Europe

Jew - Middle Ages: Islamic Europe and North Africa

Jew - Enlightenment and emancipation

Jew - Zionism and immigration

Jew - The Holocaust

Jew - Israel

Jew - Persecution

Jew - Jewish leadership

Jew - Famous Jews

Jew - Notes

Read more here: » Jew: Encyclopedia - Jew

Jewish diaspora: Encyclopedia - Hebrew calendar

The Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: הלוח העברי) or Jewish calendar is the annual calendar used in Judaism. It determines the dates of the Jewish holidays, the appropriate Torah portions for public reading, Yahrzeits (the date to commemorate the death of a relative), and the specific daily Psalms which some customarily read. Two major forms of the calendar have been used: an observational form used prior to the destruction of the Second Temple in 70, and based on witnesses observing ...

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Hebrew calendar - History

Hebrew calendar - Biblical period

Hebrew calendar - Babylonian exile

Hebrew calendar - Second Temple era

Hebrew calendar - Roman Era

Hebrew calendar - Alexandrian Jewish calendar

Hebrew calendar - Transition period

Hebrew calendar - When does the year begin?

Hebrew calendar - Modern calendar

Hebrew calendar - Epoch

Hebrew calendar - Measurement of the month

Hebrew calendar - Pattern of calendar years

Hebrew calendar - Measurement of hours

Hebrew calendar - Measurement of lunar conjunctions/molads

Hebrew calendar - Metonic cycle

Hebrew calendar - Special holiday rules

Hebrew calendar - Karaite interpretation

Hebrew calendar - Accuracy

Jewish diaspora: Encyclopedia - Wandering Jew

The Wandering Jew is a figure from Christian folklore. The legend relates that a Jewish shoemaker, taunting Jesus on the way to crucifixion, was told by Him "thou shalt go on forever till I return". The shoemaker was thus punished for his indiscretion by being forced to wander the earth until the second coming of Jesus. Others trace it to the Matthew 16:28: Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. Whe ...

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Wandering Jew - Origin of the legend

Wandering Jew - Claims of sightings

Wandering Jew - The Wandering Jew in literature

Wandering Jew - The Wandering Jew in film

Wandering Jew - Related legends

Jewish diaspora: Encyclopedia II - Shtetl - History

History of the oldest Eastern European shtetls began about a millennium ago and saw periods of relative tolerance and prosperity as well as times of extreme poverty, hardships and pogroms. The May Laws introduced by Tsar Alexander III of Russia in 1882 banned Jews from rural areas and towns of less than ten thousand people. In the 20th century revolutions, civil wars, industrialization and the Holocaust destr ...

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Diaspora - List of notable diasporas

Read more here: » Diaspora: Encyclopedia - Diaspora

Jewish diaspora: Encyclopedia II - Law of Return - Applicability

See also Who is a Jew Amongst those who are in favor of retaining the Law, controversy exists over its wording. The Law's definition of a "Jew" and "Jewish people" are subject to debate. Israeli and Diaspora Jews differ with each other as groups and among themselves as to what this definition should be for the purposes of the Law of Return. Additionally, there is a lively debate over the meaning of th ...