One People, One Blood: Ethiopian-Israelis and the Return to Judaism

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Author: Don Seeman

ISBN-10: 0813545412

ISBN-13: 9780813545417

Category: Israel & the Jews

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The Feres Mura, Ethiopian Jews whose families converted to Christianity during the nineteenth century and then reasserted their Jewish identity in the late twentieth century, still await acceptance by Israel. Since the 1980s, they have sought homecoming through the state's right of return law. Instead of a welcoming embrace, Israel's government and society regard them with reticence and suspicion. Using more over ten years of ethnographical research, One People, One Blood expertly documents this tenuous relationship and the challenges facing the Feres Mura.

1 A Death in Addis Ababa2 The Question of Kinship3 Purity of Heart4 Returning to Judaism5 Absorption6 Blood and Terror7 The "Feres Mura" DilemmaNotesReferencesIndex