The Ethiopian Jews of Israel : personal stories of life in the Promised Land / Len Lyons ; with photographs by Ilan Ossendryver ; forword by Alan M. Dershowitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lyons, Leonard.

Contributor:

Ossendryver, Ilan.

Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews, Ethiopian--Israel.

Jews, Ethiopian.

Israel.

Israel--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

240 pages : cheifly color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Woodstock, Vt. : Jewish Lights Pub., [2007]

Summary:

In 1977 there were about one hundred Ethiopian Jews in Israel; by 2007, there will be more than one hundred thousand. Their exodus from their native land and their mass immigration to Israel is a unique historical event. No other cultural or ethnic population has relocated as fast from a rural, non-literate culture surviving on subsistence farming and crafts, to an urban, high-tech society where they were welcomed to fulfill their religious destiny. This beautiful and touching book recounts the profound challenges and inspiring accomplishments of Ethiopian Israelis in captivating photographs and candid interviews. Featuring more than fifty men and women, this fascinating book reveals their personal stories?how they got to Israel and how they experience Israel as a member of its most impoverished and culturally different minority. In their own words, they reveal their dreams, goals, and struggles to become accepted and integrated without losing their own character, identity, and values

Contents:

Sanbat Salam

From King Solomon to Operation Solomon

Reliving the Exodus

First home away from home

The new people of the book

Defending Israel with our blood

In God we trust

Singing a new song in a new land

Getting organized

Professionally speaking.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 239).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781580233231

1580233236

OCLC:

73993659