ABSTRACT
Digital diasporas have given a new momentum to the diaspora paradigm characterized by at least three transforming processes. The processes include a permanent actualization of the diasporic imaginary enabling criticism and renewing feelings of belonging to the homeland; and the emergence of a new virtual territory that materializes the 'non-lieu' of the diasporas and becomes a public space for diasporas' memory and mobilization. They also include an increased capacity of agency that allows digital diasporas to act as legitimate transnational actors in the processes of globalization of domestic policies. The chapter discusses to what extent a concept conceived to describe a particular dispersion – that of the Jewish people – might prove useful in analysing the emergence of new social dynamics spanning borders, embedded within new digital technologies and virtual spaces. The information and communication technologies (ICTs) contribute to re-imagining homeland through new deterritorialized moorings and a day-to-day actualization process that enables a renewed capacity of agency of diasporic groups.
