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1 day ago · v. t. e. Jewish history is the history of the Jews, their nation, religion, and culture, as it developed and interacted with other peoples, religions, and cultures. Jews originated from the Israelites and Hebrews of historical Israel and Judah, two related kingdoms that emerged in the Levant during the Iron Age.
1 day ago · This lack of a universalizing religion is combined with the fact that most Jews live as minorities in diaspora countries, and that no central Jewish religious authority has existed since 363 CE. Jews value education, and the value of education is strongly embedded in Jewish culture.
3 days ago · For Boyarin, securing a Jewish future comes from making Jewish meaning through study and practices in diaspora, not through state power based on ethnic identity.
1 day ago · Yemenite Jews, also known as Yemeni Jews or Teimanim (from Hebrew: יהודי תימן, romanized: Yehude Teman; Arabic: اليهود اليمنيون), are Jews who live, or once lived, in Yemen, and their descendants maintaining their customs.
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3 days ago · Jewish Life in America c.1654-1954. A history of Jewish communities in America through essays, interactive maps, the American Jewish Year Book, biographies, and other primary source materials. Sources from the American Jewish Historical Society. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
5 days ago · (Wikipedia) Advertisement. ( JTA) — One of the most prestigious prizes in Jewish book publishing has gone to a nonfiction book that, by suggesting how Arabs and Jews might have learned to...
2 days ago · There was never a time when Jews did not live in Diaspora, even as the term was invented by the Greeks to describe Jewish dispersion after the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE. And yet each phase of the Jewish Diaspora was not the same. Coterminous, and yet still distinct from, the concept of exile, Jews lived in many locales that they called “home” that they remained deeply ...
