1st Edition
Ethiopian Jewish Immigrants in Israel The Homeland Postponed
By Tanya Schwarz
Copyright 2001
298 Pages
by
Routledge
298 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is an ethnographic study of Ethiopian Jews, or Beta Israel, a few years after their migration from rural Ethiopia to urban Israel. For the Beta Israel, the most significant issue is not, as is commonly assumed, adaptation to modern society, but rather 'belonging' in their new homeland, and the loss of control they are experiencing over their lives and those of their children. Ethiopian Jewish... Read more
1 Introduction 2 From Ethiopia to Israel Part One Living Well a11d Becoming Deaf in tire Homeland 3 An Ethiopian Village in Urban Israel 4 Israel the Homeland 5 Young Ethiopian Israelis 6 Rejected 7 On Becoming Deaf 8 Losing Control Part Two Overcoming Difficulties 9 Being Together as Ethiopians 10 Proud Ethiopians 11 The Purest of Jews 12 Subverting Negative Ascriptions 13 The Homeland Postponed
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Schwarz, Tanya
