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| Di·as·po·ra |
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1. exile of Jews from Israel: the dispersion of the Jews from Palestine following the Babylonians' conquest of the Judean Kingdom in the 6th century bc and again following the Romans' destruction of the Second Temple in ad 70
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2. Jews living outside Israel: the Jewish communities living outside either the present-day state of Israel or the ancient biblical kingdom of Israel
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