After discussing some big questions in the universe we finished watching the film. Szpilman lives through his ordeal and continues his musical career - he died at age 88 in Warsaw in 2000. Some of his children now live in Canada.
Diaspora - a term with several meanings. Around 600 BC the Kingdom of Judea was destroyed along with the first temple. Thus the Jews were dispersed and had no real homeland. Jews were enslaved and after a long period of dispersal Jews began to settle in different areas. Again, around 2000 years ago they were dispersed again, and again they had no homeland.
Diaspora - modern - the term used for any Jews not living in Israel, post 1948. This means that Jews not living in Israel have accepted that there is a chosen land but for various reasons they choose not to live there.
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