Ghetto

Ghetto is a term for the land where Jew used to live during the dispora. Frequently Jews were legally compelled to live in Ghettoes or there were legal restrictions on where Jews could live. The term is probably derived from the Ghetto in Venice where Jews were formerly forced to live.

The terms Ghetto and Ghetto culture are also used to describe an area, usually urban where people of a particular ethnic and/or cultural group (not necesarily Jewish) predoninantly live and isolate themselves from other cultural influences.

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