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What did the jews do after cyrus premitted them to return home?

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they were to rebuild the temple...

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What did the Jews do after Cyrus permitted them to return home?
Many Jews returned to Israel while a large percentage chose to remain in Persia.
What did the Jews do after Cyrus permitted to return home?
They went, and built the Second Temple.
Why did the Jews have no homes to return to after the Holocaust?
In some cases their actual homes had been destroyed in the war, and/or in some countries in Eastern Europe there were anti-Jewish pogroms (violent riots) after the end of the Holocaust.
What was the name of the movement for Jews to return home?
The movement is generally called Zionism.
Why did Cyrus allow the Jews to return to Jerusalem?
The Babylonians had adopted a policy of separating troublesome people from their lands, in the belief that the long-term stability of the empire would thereby be served. After the Persian king Cyrus...