Klal Yisrael
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Klal Yisrael is an expression developed since the 1880s among Orthodox Jews of the Hibbat Zion
movement to describe and promote a sense of shared community and destiny among all Jews, in Palestine
, in the diaspora
, and later in Israel
and the USA. It was defined and used differently by other movements, streams, and ethnic backgrounds, as well as by those religious, non-religious, Zionist and non-Zionist. Differences over specific definitions of klal Israel have determined the limits of tolerance and cooperation, since that time, and issues that emerged then are still of consequence today.
Hibbat Zion
Hibbat Zion may refer to:*Hibat Tzion, a moshav in central Israel.*An alternative name for Hovevei Zion....
movement to describe and promote a sense of shared community and destiny among all Jews, in Palestine
Palestine
Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
, in the diaspora
Jewish diaspora
The Jewish diaspora is the English term used to describe the Galut גלות , or 'exile', of the Jews from the region of the Kingdom of Judah and Roman Iudaea and later emigration from wider Eretz Israel....
, and later in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
and the USA. It was defined and used differently by other movements, streams, and ethnic backgrounds, as well as by those religious, non-religious, Zionist and non-Zionist. Differences over specific definitions of klal Israel have determined the limits of tolerance and cooperation, since that time, and issues that emerged then are still of consequence today.