Jewish diaspora

Jewish diaspora refers to the dispersion of the Jewish population throughout the world. Diaspora is commonly accepted to have begun with the destruction of the Second Temple (see: Destruction of Jerusalem) in 70 AD. Even at that time, however, more Jews (then called Judaeans) lived outside of Israel (concentrated in Egypt and Rome). The scattering of Israel's population was probably a long process, beginning with the Babylonian Captivity (586 BC through 538 BC).

1343 Persecuted in the Western Europe Jews invited to Poland by Casimir the Great

1648 Jewish population of Poland reached 450,000 or 4.5% whole population. Bohemia 40,000 and Moravia 25,000. Worldwide population of Jewry is estmated at 750,000.

1750 Jewish population of Poland reaches 750,000 or 8.0% of total. The worldwide Jewish population is estimated at 1,200,000.

1800 Russia creates the Pale of Settlement, that includes area taken over from Poland, with huge Jewish population and Crimea. The Jewish population of the Pale was 750,000. 450,000 Jews lived in the Prussian and Austrian parts of Poland. [1]

1880 World Jewish population around 7,700,000, 90% in Europe, mostly Eastern part. Around 3,5 milions in the former Polish provinces.

1880 - 1920 Two million Russian Jews migrate to the US. Therefore the main pulse of the Jewish live moves from former Poland to USA.

1897 First Russian census: 5,200,000 of Jews, 4,900,000 in the Pale. The Kingdom of Poland has 1,300,000 Jews or 14% of population.

1924 2,989,000 Jews according to religion poll in Poland (10,5% of total). Jewish youth consisted 23% of students of high schools and 26% of students of universities.

1930 World Jewry: 15,000,000. Main countries USA(4,000,000), Poland (3,500,000 11% of total), Soviet Union (2,700,000 2% of total), Romania (1,000,000 6% of total). Palestine 175,000 or 17% of total 1,036,000.