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ONE PEOPLE, ONE BLOOD
ETHIOPIAN-ISRAELIS AND THE RETURN TO JUDAISM |
| By: |
Don Seeman |
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Paperback |
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£33.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0813549361 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780813549361 |
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| Publisher: |
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 July, 2010 |
| Pages: |
260 |
| Description: |
Documents the tenuous relationship between the Feres Mura (the descendants of Ethiopian Jews whose families converted to Christianity but have now reasserted their Jewish identity) and the state of Israel, and the challenges they face. It depicts the rich culture of the group, as well as their social and cultural vulnerability, and addresses the problems that arise when officials, religious leaders, or scholars try to determine the legitimacy of Jewish identity or Jewish religious experience. |
| Synopsis: |
""Little by little, an egg will come to walk upon its own leg."" Ethiopian-Israelis fondly quote this bit of Amharic folk wisdom, reflecting upon the slow, difficult history that allowed them to fulfill their destiny far from the Horn of Africa where they were born.But today, along with those Ethiopians who have been recognized as Jews by the State of Israel, many who are called "Feres Mura," the descendants of Ethiopian Jews whose families converted to Christianity but have now reasserted their Jewish identity, still await full acceptance in Israel. Since the 1990s, they have sought homecoming through Israel's "Law of Return," but have been met with reticence and suspicion on a variety of fronts. One People, One Blood expertly documents this tenuous relationship and the challenges facing the Feres Mura.Distilling more than ten years of ethnographic research, Don Seeman depicts the rich culture of the group, as well as their social and cultural vulnerability, and addresses the problems that arise when immigration officials, religious leaders, or academic scholars try to determine the legitimacy of Jewish identity or Jewish religious experience. |
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9 illustrations |
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US |
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Rutgers University Press |
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