Diaspora
Israelites' ancient dispersal
The Diaspora refers specifically to the dispersion of Jews outside Israel, beginning with the Babylonian exile and continuing through centuries of migration and persecution.
It also denotes the Jewish communities living outside Israel collectively: Jews of the Diaspora.
The term carries historical weight tied to exile, survival, and cultural continuity. (Lowercase diaspora applies to any scattered population.)
Ocean bordering Europe
- slaveryOwnership of people
- Middle PassageTransatlantic slave trade crossing
- ancestorPredecessor in lineage
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
repatriation · Pan-Africanism · Rastafari · motherland · heritage · Afro-Caribbean · Black · displacement
Atlantic
Ocean bordering Europe
- slaveryOwnership of people
- Middle PassageTransatlantic slave trade crossing
- ancestorPredecessor in lineage
roots · repatriation · Pan-Africanism · Rastafari · motherland · heritage · Afro-Caribbean · Black · displacement · survival
Diasporaconcentration
Sustained single-minded attention
congregation · clustering · consolidation · centralization · aggregation
Diasporahomeland
One's native land
motherland · fatherland · native land · home country · ancestral homeland
Diasporaingathering
Act of assembling together
return · repatriation · aliyah · homecoming · gathering
- African diasporaGlobal spread from one continent
- Jewish diasporaScattered population from Israel
- Irish diasporaIrish population outside Ireland
- Asian diasporaMigration from Eastern continent
- Cuban diasporaEmigrants from the island nation