The Beta Israel in Ethiopia and Israel: Studies on the Ethiopian Jews
For decade the Falashas - the Black Jews of Ethiopia - have fascinated scholars. Are they really Jews and in what sense? How can their origins be explained? Since the Falashas' transfer to Israel in the much publicised Israeli air lifts the fascination has continued and and new factors are now being discussed.\ Written by the leading scholars in the field the essays in this collection examine the history, music, art, anthropology and current situations of the Ethopian Jews. Issues examined...
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For decade the Falashas - the Black Jews of Ethiopia - have fascinated scholars. Are they really Jews and in what sense? How can their origins be explained? Since the Falashas' transfer to Israel in the much publicised Israeli air lifts the fascination has continued and and new factors are now being discussed.Written by the leading scholars in the field the essays in this collection examine the history, music, art, anthropology and current situations of the Ethopian Jews. Issues examined include their integration into Middle Eastern society, contacts between the Falasha and the State of Israel how the Falasha became Jews in the first place.
AcknowledgementsIntroductionNote on Editors1Rabbi Nahoum's Anthropological Mission to Ethiopia12From Wolleqa to Florence: The Tragic Story of Faitlovitch's Pupil Hizkiahu Finkas153The Life and Death of Solomon Isaac404The Impact of the Italian Occupation of Ethiopia on the Beta Israel505Some Unpublished Documents Relating to the Twentieth Century History of the Beta Israel in Ethiopia616The Case of the Falas Mura707Ethiopian Dynastic Marriage and the Beta Israel818All in the Family: 'Kinship' as a Paradigm for the Ethnography of Beta Israel949Everyday Resistance and the Study of Ethiopian Jews11310Israeli Women of Ethiopian Descent: The Strengths, Conflicts and Successes12811Fertility Decline and Changes in the Life Course among Ethiopian Jewish Women13712Women in History and Historiography: Research on Women of the Beta Israel16013Identity Reformulation among Ethiopian Immigrant Soldiers: Processes of Interpretation and Struggle16914The Beta Israel Band of Porachat Ha Tikva: War in Songs and Songs in War18115Dance at the Ethiopian Disco: Tradition or Change19116Of Names, Amulets and Movies: Some Patterns of Oral, Written and Non-Verbal Negotiation among the Ethiopian Jews in Israel20117Beta Israel prayers: Oral and Written Traditions - Analysis of a service for the New Moon20918The Formal Organisation of the Beta Israel Liturgy - Substance and Performance: Literary Structure23519The Formal Organisation of the Beta Israel Liturgy - Substance and Performance: Musical Structure25220Differences Between the Amharic Dialects of Gondar and Addis Ababa25721Divination as Prevention of Illness and other Life Problems26422Sickness and Medicine: Perceptions of Ethiopian Immigrants and their Doctors in Israel27523Idioms and Narratives of Mental Health Problems among Ethiopian Jewish Patients in Israel28524The Long Journey of the Young Beta Israel from Lasta29625The Epistle of Elias301
