Jewish homeland
Zion, historically speaking
A Jewish homeland refers to a territory where Jewish people can live as a sovereign nation.
The term is most associated with Zionism, the movement advocating for Jewish self-determination in the historic Land of Israel.
Since 1948, Israel has served as the Jewish homeland, though the concept predates the modern state by millennia, rooted in biblical narrative and centuries of diaspora longing: The Balfour Declaration supported establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
- AliyahJewish return to Israel
- Balfour DeclarationLetter backing Jewish state
- founding fathersMale originators of institutions
- ZionismAdvocacy for Hebrew homeland
- Six-Day WarWeek-minus-one combat, 1967
Iron Dome · Jerusalem · Ashkenazi Jews · Middle East conflict · Western Wall · Star of David · Gaza Strip · Knesset · Torah · Temple Mount · Israel · refuge · kibbutz · Tel Aviv · covenant · West Bank · Holocaust · never again
Jewish homelandexile
Banishment from homeland
diaspora · dispersion · wandering · statelessness · displacement