The Old New Yishuv refers to all the Jews living in the Land of Israel before the first Zionist immigration wave of 1882, and to their descendants who kept the old, non-Zionist way of life until 1948.
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Term New Yishuv refers to those who adopted a new approach, based on economic independence and various national ideologies, rather than strictly religious reasons for settling in the "Holy Land".
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The Old Yishuv had continuously resided in or had come to Eretz Yisrael in the earlier centuries and were largely ultra-Orthodox Jews dependent on external donations for living, as opposed to the later Zionist aliyah and the New Yishuv, who was more socialist-leaning and secular, emphasizing labor and self-sufficiency.
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Old New Yishuv developed after a period of severe decline in Jewish communities of the Southern Levant during the early Middle Ages, and was composed of three clusters.
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The Old New Yishuv was thus generally divided into two independent communities – the Sephardi Jews, mainly constituting the remains of Jewish communities of Galilee and the Four Holy Cities of Judaism, which had flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries; and the Ashkenazi Jews, whose immigration from Europe was primarily since the 18th century.
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Petah Tikva, although established in 1878 by the Old New Yishuv, nevertheless was supported by the arriving Zionists.
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The New Yishuv relied on money from abroad to support their settlements.
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In 1919 the first nationwide women's party in the New Yishuv was created, and Rosa Welt-Straus, who had immigrated there that year, was appointed its leader, as which she continued until her death.
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The New Yishuv attacked anyway, resulting in 91 deaths, 28 of who were British and 17 who were Palestinian Jews.
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