The Black Jews of Ethiopia: The Last Exodus (ATLA Monographs Series #45) by Durrenda Nash Onolemhemhen, Kebede Gessesse

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Over a 15-year period beginning in the mid-1970s, more than 40,000 Ethiopian Jews migrated from Africa and resettled in Israel. The return of the "Black Jews" to Israel is one of the most unique phenomena of modern day Black history for two reasons: first, the Ethiopian Jews are the only group of Africans practicing Judaism and secondly, they are the only group of Africans to immigrate to a predominantly white society for religious reasons. "The Black Jews of Ethiopia" examines the past of the Ethiopian Jews, or Beta Israelites, in order to understand their present life in Israel. A must for any library supporting African or Judaic studies.

Author Biography: Durrenda Nash Onolemhemhen is Associate Professor at Wayne State University. Kebede Gessesse, a native of Ethiopia, is Associate Professor and Head of Public Services at the Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering at the University of Alabama.

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Explores the history and preconditions of the exodus of the over 40,000 Ethiopian Jews, or Beta Israelites, to Israel in the 1970s and examines their current conditions and obstacles that stand in the way of integration to Israeli society. The cultural and social conditions of their existence in Africa is discussed, as are the political, social, psychological, and economic factors that led to the exodus. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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