galut
- noun
- /ɡɑˈlut/
- Specialized
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diáspora
- Many Jewish communities have thrived in galut, maintaining their traditions despite being far from their homeland.
Examples
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I realize that American Jews grew up feeling as part of the Galut and tied to Israel, but I didn't.
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Its seductions differ from forms of galut that Jews have known since the first exile to Babylonia.
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In these areas, it trespasses on a critical mode of accommodation that Jews made with the world to enable them to survive as Jews in galut.
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That regular beatings until the Untermenschen get the message policy is neat, but it is a very hard sell in Galut when there is no Palestinian state as a carrot to contrast with the current stick.
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The concept of galut reflects the experience of living in exile and the longing for one's native land.
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Throughout history, the Jewish people have faced challenges while living in galut, yet they have preserved their identity.
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A group of people from the same country who live in many other countries
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Etymology
Galut also names the condition or community of living in 'exile'; it comes from the same Hebrew verb גלה ('to send away'). That's why galut is used for the long periods when many Jewish people lived away from their homeland and kept their culture together.