Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
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The siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire. Roman forces led by Titus besieged the Jewish capital, the revolt's main stronghold. After m
The Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem (Francesco Hayez, 1867)
A scale model reconstruction of Jerusalem during the first century CE, part of the Holyland Model of Jerusalem at the Israel Museum
In the winter of 69/70, Titus, the son of Vespasian, returned to Judaea with an army of nearly 50,000 soldiers.
A scale model reconstruction of the Temple Mount in the Holyland Model of Jerusalem, featuring the Second Temple at the center and the Antonia Fortress in the upper right. The stoas, or porticoes, linking the fortress to the temple are visible at the top and on the right side of the platform.
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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