ABSTRACT
This chapter surveys Jewish theology vis-à-vis immigration, which, while beginning with the Bible, takes us through millennial debates on how a Jewish society should address foreigners seeking residence in an imaginary Jewish kingdom. It also offers discussions of rabbis and scholars over hundreds of years that address the realities of living in the diaspora, learning how a wounded minority, after over 2,000 years living in the orbit of Christianity and Islam, imagines immigration policies in both a Jewish nation and life in the American diaspora.
