Sunday, August 31, 2008

Ethiopian Jews

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falash_Mura

The Beta Israel (Hebrew: ביתא ישראל‎: Beta Israel, "House of Israel"; Ge'ez: ቤተ እስራኤል Bēta 'Isrā'ēl, modern Bēte 'Isrā'ēl) is a community originating in Ethiopia, but now most of which lives in Israel, that practices Judaism. They are sometimes called the Jews of Ethiopia. They are also known as Falasha (Amharic for "Exiles" or "Strangers") by non-Jewish Ethiopians, but this term is considered pejorative. Other terms by which the community have been known include the Tigrinya Kayla and the Hebrew Habashim, associated with the non-Jewish Habesha people.

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