SS Exodus in the context of "Homeland for the Jewish people"

⭐ In the context of the aspiration for a homeland for the Jewish people, the desire to return to Zion emerged as a significant element of Jewish religious thought following which historical event?

After the destruction of the First Temple and the ensuing Babylonian exile, Jewish religious thought increasingly focused on the return to Zion as a sign of divine redemption and a restoration of their national identity.

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⭐ Core Definition: SS Exodus

Exodus 1947 was a packet steamship that was built in the United States in 1928 as President Warfield for the Baltimore Steam Packet Company. From her completion in 1928 until 1942 she carried passengers and freight across Chesapeake Bay between Norfolk, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland.

From 1942 President Warfield served in the Second World War as a barracks and training ship for the British Armed Forces. In 1944 she was commissioned into the United States Navy as USS President Warfield (IX-169), a station and accommodation ship for the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach.

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👉 SS Exodus in the context of Homeland for the Jewish people

The Jewish aspiration to return to Zion, generally associated with divine redemption, has suffused Jewish religious thought since the destruction of the First Temple and the Babylonian exile.

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