From Early Jewish History Until Today

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Early Jewish History Until Today

	Early Jewish History - From Abraham to the Babylonian Exile Jewish history begins in the first half of the second millennium BCE.


	Second Temple to the Destruction of Jerusalem The Exile When the Kingdom of Judah was conquered in 597 by the forces of King Nebuchadnezzar, many were killed and most of the well-to-do inhabitants of Judah were exiled to Babylon, the capital of


	The Roman Exile to the 18th Century Following the Temple Destruction The destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, the forced dispersion of many Jews as slaves, and the rising numbers of emigrants initially left the remaining community


	The Haskala Movement Concomitant with the growing Jewish emigration from Eastern Europe towards the end of the eighteenth century, blossomed the desire on the part of many Jews to taste the world of Western culture.


	From 1936 to1948 Limits on Immigration and the 1936 Riots During the 1930s, the Yishuv blossomed and diversified.


	Declaration of the State On the afternoon of May 14, 1948, David Ben Gurion read out to the assembled guests. "The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people.


	From 1967 The Six Day War Hopes for another decade of relative tranquility were dashed with the escalation of Arab terrorist raids across the Egyptian and Jordanian borders, persistent Syrian artillery

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