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Jewish diaspora

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Jewish history concept diaspora historical phenomenon

The Jewish diaspora refers to the global dispersion of Jewish communities outside their ancestral homeland, shaped by centuries of migration, exile, and cultural adaptation.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish history concept → diaspora → historical phenomenon →
alsoKnownAs	Diaspora Jewry → Galut → Golus →
hasCenter	Alexandria in the Hellenistic period → Babylonia in late antiquity → Latin America in the 19th and 20th centuries → Middle East outside Palestine in late antiquity → North Africa in the medieval and early modern periods → Ottoman Empire after the Spanish expulsion → Poland-Lithuania in the early modern period → Russia and Eastern Europe in the 19th century → Spain before the 1492 expulsion → United States in the 20th century → Western Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries →
hasCommunityType	Ashkenazi Jews → Bukharan Jews → Chinese Jews of Kaifeng → Ethiopian Jews → Indian Jews → Iraqi Jews → Italian Jews → Maghrebi Jews → Mizrahi Jews → Mountain Jews → Persian Jews → Romaniote Jews → Sephardi Jews → Syrian Jews → Yemenite Jews →
hasConceptualDebate	assimilation versus cultural preservation → multicultural integration in host societies → relationship between diaspora and homeland → role of Israel in diaspora Jewish identity → whether diaspora is a permanent condition →
hasCulturalFeature	Jewish communal organizations → Jewish educational institutions → Jewish philanthropic networks → Jewish political organizations → Jewish press and publishing → Zionist movements → commemoration of the Holocaust → debates over diaspora-Israel relations → development of distinct local Jewish customs (minhagim) → diaspora nationalism theories → maintenance of Jewish religious law (Halakha) → rabbinic leadership structures → support for the State of Israel in many communities → transnational Jewish identity → use of synagogues as communal centers →
hasDemographicFeature	major population in Europe → major population in North America → significant communities in Argentina → significant communities in Australia → significant communities in Brazil → significant communities in Canada → significant communities in Ethiopia (historically larger) → significant communities in France → significant communities in Germany → significant communities in India (historically larger) → significant communities in Iran (historically larger) → significant communities in Latin America → significant communities in Mexico → significant communities in Morocco (historically larger) → significant communities in Russia → significant communities in South Africa → significant communities in Tunisia (historically larger) → significant communities in Turkey → significant communities in Ukraine → significant communities in Western Europe → significant communities in the Middle East and North Africa (historically larger) → significant communities in the United Kingdom → significant communities in the former Soviet Union →
hasHistoricalPhase	Ashkenazi diaspora in Eastern Europe → Hellenistic period Jewish diaspora → Sephardi diaspora after the 1492 Alhambra Decree → medieval European Jewish diaspora → modern Jewish diaspora after the Holocaust → post-1948 Jewish diaspora →
hasLanguage	Aramaic (liturgical and scholarly language) → Hebrew (liturgical and revived national language) → Judeo-Arabic → Judeo-Greek → Judeo-Italian → Judeo-Malayalam → Judeo-Persian → Judeo-Tat → Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) → Yiddish → local vernacular languages of host countries →
hasMajorEarlyCause	Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel → Babylonian conquest of the Kingdom of Judah → Roman destruction of the Second Temple → Roman suppression of the Bar Kokhba revolt →
hasOrigin	ancient Israelite exiles →
hasReligiousExpression	Conservative Judaism → Haredi Judaism → Hasidic Judaism → Liberal Judaism → Masorti Judaism → Orthodox Judaism → Reconstructionist Judaism → Reform Judaism → Secular Jewish identity →
hasTheologicalConcept	centrality of Jerusalem in prayer → exile (galut) → hope for redemption and return → ingathering of the exiles → messianic expectations →
isRelatedTo	Holocaust → Jewish communities → Jewish culture → Jewish emancipation in Europe → Jewish identity → Jewish languages → Jewish law → Jewish migration → Jewish people → Land of Israel → State of Israel → Zionism → antisemitism →
refersTo	dispersion of Jews outside the Land of Israel → global distribution of Jewish communities →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Georgian Jews → Gorskie Yevrei → Iraqi Jews →	partOf
Contemporary Judaism → Golus →	relatedConcept
Jewish diaspora ("Diaspora Jewry") →	alsoKnownAs
Jews →	hasDiaspora
Jews →	hasHistoricalEvent
Baghdad Geonim ("Jewish communities in Europe") →	influenced
If Not Now, When? ("Jewish diaspora after World War II") →	portrays
David ben Zakkai →	sphereOfInfluence
Hazit HaAm →	targetCommunity
Sivan →	usedIn