Diaspora
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- noun
- /daɪˈæspərə/
- After the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem, many Jews found themselves living in the Diaspora throughout various countries.
- Diaspora Jews
- African Diaspora
- Diaspora community
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Watch on YouTubeThe Jews constitute A diaspora group, meaning they're without a homeland, so to speak.
- The Jews constitute A diaspora group, meaning they're without a homeland, so to speak.
- If you understand the Zionist ideology, its essence was there's no future for Jews in the quote UN quote diaspora.
- But as soon as one side has no power, as the Jewish people have had no power throughout the diaspora forever, right, then it's just a human nature.
- The Jews left in diaspora with a synagogue and book.
- So then you have that for a long time, the Jews all as a diaspora pretty much didn't defect on each other, right.
- But most Jews were in the diaspora by the middle or the sharply towards the end of the first Millennium.
Examples
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Israeli concerns are reinforced by Jews in the Diaspora who display political awareness and care about Israel's image.
Academic text (2013) -
Simply stated, Israel needs the Diaspora a lot more than the Diaspora needs Israel.
Blog text (9) -
But through all the centuries of exile, few Jews of the Diaspora made the Return.
Academic text (1996) -
President, as a member of the Diaspora, we are a conduit between Africa and the Western world.
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The ten lost tribes are of particular significance to Jewish populations living in the diaspora outside of Israel.
Academic text (1997) -
Years ago, I visited the Museum of the Diaspora in Tel Aviv.
Fiction book (1996) -
Joseph's departure, we may say, was the consequence of his being a Jew in the Diaspora.
Academic text (2002) -
The siege helped ensure solidarity within a diverse population, sympathy from without, and support from Diaspora Jewry.
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Many Jewish organizations in the Diaspora and Israel's non-Jewish friends therefore give priority to battling the BDS campaign.
Academic text (2013) -
The conference aimed to address the cultural challenges faced by the Jewish Diaspora in different societies.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Diaspora comes from Greek parts dia- and speirein, meaning 'through' and 'to scatter', and is like the English word disperse. Think of seeds scattered by wind: a Diaspora is a 'scattering' of people, so the word describes Jewish communities living away from their homeland.