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diaspora, the Jews living outside Israel; the dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel.
The main diaspora began in the 8th–6th centuries
bc, and even before the sack of Jerusalem in ad 70 the number of Jews dispersed by the diaspora was greater than that living in Israel. Thereafter, Jews were dispersed even more widely throughout the Roman world and beyond (for example, into India). The term embraces concerns about cultural assimilation and loss of Jewish identity which are at the centre of the movement of Zionism.
The word is Greek, and comes from
diaspeirein ‘disperse’, from
dia ‘across’ +
speirein ‘scatter’. The term originated in the Septuagint (Deuteronomy 28:25) in the phrase
esē diaspora en pasais basileias tēs gēs ‘thou shalt be a dispersion in all kingdoms of the earth’.
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Diaspora-Armenia Relations
Newspaper article from: Armenian Reporter, The; 1/8/2000; ; 700+ words
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Diasporas as peacemakers: third party mediation in homeland conflicts.(Report)
Magazine article from: International Journal on World Peace; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...and behavior of diasporas is not an easy task. The concept of "diaspora" itself is a controversial...definition of what a diaspora is. Moreover, there is no doubt that diasporas are not alike and...described by others as diaspora. (5) It does not matter whether the diasporas concept ...
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Diaspora: Jews Amidst Greeks and Romans.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Shofar; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; Diaspora: Jews Amidst Greeks and Romans, by Erich...to the present book's argument that Diaspora Jews in the period before 70 CE usually...sense any conflict between living in the Diaspora and Jewish identity. The book serves...
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Global Diasporas. An Introduction
Magazine article from: The International Migration Review; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...which produce victim diasporas - and/or pursuit...features describe how the diaspora members retain the...basic character of a diaspora, but most of diasporas lack that feature...cause of the Irish diaspora, was mostly a natural...
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Viewing diasporas from the Pacific: what Pacific ethnographies offer Pacific diaspora studies.(Dialogue)
Magazine article from: The Contemporary Pacific; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...ethnographies can offer Pacific diaspora studies. In particular...relationships between families and diasporas, and argue that family networks fashion diasporas' longevity and tangibility...organization encourages Pacific diaspora studies to focus on how...
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Diaspora: moving beyond minority status.
Magazine article from: Women in Action; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...interpretation of "diaspora" refers to a process...ideas are as follows: * Diasporas think globally but live...Imagined as communities, diasporas are transnational in...and elsewhere." * Diasporas are viewed as "cultural...the other hand, sees diaspora as an imagined political...
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ARMENIA-DIASPORA CONFERENCE - ANOTHER POLITICAL SHOW?
Newspaper article from: Armenian Reporter, The; 6/15/2002; 700+ words
; ...Armenians from the Republic of Armenia and the Diaspora attended the second Armenian-Diaspora Conference in Yerevan, Armenia. The conference...purpose of the conference was to convince the Diaspora Armenian contingent that the investment atmosphere...
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The Diaspora: Focus of the Zoryan Institute Mission
Newspaper article from: Armenian Reporter, The; 11/25/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...publication, seeks and publishes multidisciplinary, scholarly articles examining diasporas. Placing the Armenian Diaspora alongside other diasporas worldwide, Diaspora increases understanding of the Armenian Diaspora and frames it in a global context...
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Diaspora: Jews Amongst Greeks and Romans.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...In Jewish history, "diaspora" (golah in Hebrew) is a...Geographically, the term diaspora embraces every single place...indeed with the Bible itself, diasporas--temporary and permanent...Israel and the lands of exile. Diaspora is writing. It is also a...
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Expanded Diaspora affairs ministry may be on tap
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 10/6/2008; ; 699 words
; ...10-06-2008 Headline: Expanded Diaspora affairs ministry may be on tap Byline...consultations between Israeli officials and Diaspora leaders, and the launching of several initiatives to improve Israel-Diaspora relations. But all this attention...
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African Diaspora
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...crowded pantheon of diaspora studies. Studies of African diasporas can be divided into...common features of a diaspora, Robin Cohen distinguishes...between the "victim diasporas" (Africans and...study of different diasporas. Diaspora refers simultaneously...
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Diaspora
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Diaspora Diaspora takes its name from the ancient Greek dispersion , meaning “...8; Cohen 1997). The next significant groups associated with the diaspora concept are those that form the “ African diaspora. ”...
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Jewish Diaspora
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Jewish Diaspora Diasporas in general and the Jewish...groups, nations, and diasporas — consider the Jewish Diaspora as a modern or even a...x2014; the Jewish Diaspora, like other ancient diasporas, has maintained many...
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Palestinian Diaspora
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Palestinian Diaspora There is an increasing literature that...and the dominant culture inherent in diaspora cultures does not detract from legitimate...Thus, the literature on Palestinian diaspora communities and their experiences of...
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diaspora
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
diaspora, diaspora studies A diaspora is a dispersion of people throughout the world. The term was first applied collectively to the Jews scattered after the Babylonian captivity, and in the modern period to Jews living outside of Palestine and...
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