Jewish diaspora
The Jewish diaspora (Hebrew: תְּפוּצָה, romanized: təfūṣā) or exile (Hebrew: גָּלוּת gālūṯ; Yiddish: golus) was a time formally described as "the scattering of the Jews". A time after the Babylonian captivity when Jews settled in different places, eventually settling together.
Different groups of Jews had different names. These varied based on where they lived. For example:
- Ashkenazi Jews lived in central and eastern Europe
- Mizrahi Jews lived in the Middle East and north Africa
- Sephardi Jews lived in Spain and Portugal
Jewish Diaspora Media
Map of the Jewish people around the world. (The map includes people with Jewish ancestry)* Israel*
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'.)
Routes of Jewish expulsion and deportation
Copy of relief panel from the Arch of Titus in the Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish People, depicting the triumphal parade of Roman soldiers celebrating Judaea Capta ("Judaea is enslaved/conquered") and leading newly enslaved Jews, while displaying spoils of the siege of Jerusalem.
European Jewish immigrants arriving in New York
Expulsion of French Jews, 1182
