How many times have 'the Jews' been expelled/exiled/ejected/etc?

by Whiteprah

From places, countries etc.

The Babylonians removed them, Spain did in the 13th century, a English king in the 16th. Hitler wanted them gone and shipped some out. But how many times in history has it happened. Either from people or power.

Apologies for the crude title, but felt it was the best way to get the message across.

Thanks.

Malchizedek

Important note, the Babylonians did not expel the Jews from their [the Babylonians'] land as the Spanish, French, Portuguese, and English did. The Babylonians conquered Judea (the land of the Jews) and expelled them from there TO Babylonia, although it should be noted that mostly the Judean elite was expelled while the peasantry largely remained.

alfonsoelsabio

Spain didn't expel the Jews until 1492, and Portugal in 1497. They were among the last western European kingdoms to do so, as England had done so in 1290 and France twice--once in the 13th century and once in the 14th.

I certainly don't have a comprehensive answer to your question, apart from confirming that you're right--it has happened many times.

Sinfonietta_

Side question. It at least seems as if pogroms were relatively common occurrence in Eastern Europe, but did any of those nations (e.g. Commonwealth, Russia) at any point actively try expel the Jews?