Jewish diaspora
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The Jewish diaspora, alternatively the dispersion or the exile, consists of Jews who reside outside of the Land of Israel. Historically, it refers to the expansive scattering of the Israelites out of
Scene from Lachish reliefs: Judahites from Lachish in Assyrian captivity, playing the lyre (cf. Psalm 137 from a later period: 'they that carried us away captive required of us a song'.)
European Jewish immigrants arriving in New York
Expulsion of French Jews, 1182
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Aliyah
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Aliyah is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel or the Palestine region, where the State of Israel was established. Traditionally described as "th
Abba Hushi during his Hachshara, circa 1920
Survey of Palestine, showing place of origin of immigrants between 1922 and 1944
Certificate issued by the Jewish Agency in Warsaw, Poland, for immigrant to Mandatory Palestine, September 1935
Buchenwald survivors arrive in Haifa to be arrested by the British, July 15, 1945