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Jewish Diaspora: History
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Tel Aviv's Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, which opened in 1978, is a treasure trove of information about the Jewish people and their history, offering various tours focusing on different aspects of the collection. It is organised thematically rather than chronologically, and special temporary exhibitions shed light on the Jewish experience in specific countries or regions (Siberia, Hungary etc).
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This account of "the Jewish Diaspora in twelve portraits" is far greater than the sum of its parts. Through small personal tales of Jews in Europe and Russia, it evokes a broad landscape of history -- history of oppression, violence, and faith.
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The first issue of the journal "Diaspora" appeared in 1999 and was fully devoted to the Jewish Diaspora. Some of the most important contributions were those by the faculty members of the Jewish University in Moscow and the Center of Jewish Studies and Jewish Civilization. The combined issue 2 and 3, 1999, deals with different problems of sociology, history, ethnology, cultural anthropology, demography and intercultural relations as regards the Russian diasporas.
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One determining element in the history of the Jewish people is life in the Diaspora, the dispersal or the exile. "How much Diaspora can a human being bear?" is the question asked by the sociologists Daniel Levy and Natan Sznaider, in one of the articles in this issue. They understand Diaspora as an identity-building, positive term, nowadays corresponding to the experiences of the broadest variety of ethnic or religious minorities. Diaspora as a counter-concept to an exclusive, ethnic nationalism. – Paradiso Diaspora?
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Articles examine the city of Jerusalem and other Jewish communities of the Mediterranean diaspora, as reflected in the writings of Luke, Josephus and Philo. Topics covered include social identity, everyday life and religious practice.This will be of interest to students of Roman history, biblical studies, ancient Judaism and Hellenistic history.
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