In reviewing Malka Z. Simkovich’s “Letters from Home: The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity” (Eisenbrauns), Lawrence H. Schiffman observes that the explains the origin and early history of the term Diaspora, and his review explains the significance of her finding a dialogue between the Jews of Eretz Yisrael and the Egyptian Jewish community, and how it still resonates in Jewish life today.