- 2000- 537 B.C.
- 587 B.C.- 70 A.D.
- 66 - 500
- 501 - 1699
- 1700 - 2023
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Biblical Times
The story of the Jewish people begins with Abraham and continues through the period of the First Temple.
Second Temple Period
A miraculous redemption ends in the loss of Jewish soveriegnty and exile from the Land of Israel.
Talmudic Period
The Talmud is codified and religious life without a Temple begins to take shape.
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Life in medieval Europe and Islamic countries is characterized by antisemitism and great Jewish scholarship.
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Jewish settlement in America, the Holocaust and the birth of the State of Israel have shaped modern Jewry.
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