14 Friday, April 29, 1977
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JERUSALEM While gov-
ernment control in Ethiopia
is slowly eroding by way of
coups and counter-coups fol-
lowing the overthrow of Em-
peror Haile Selassie three
years ago, the Moslem
world is already picking
away at the carcass via a
coastal secessionist move-
ment, border incursions by
Somalia and talk of "Arabi-
zation" of the Red Sea. As
usual in history, the local
Jewish population is caught
in the middle and con-
sequently suffering.
The rumblings on the
Horn of Africa are only the
latest in a series of cala-
mities for Ethiopian Jewry.
In the 17th Century there
were 500,000 Jews in Abys-
sinia. Last century there
were only half that many,
and now only 29,000 remain.
Repeated massacres and
forced conversions to Cop-
tic Christianity have taken
their toll on the Jewish com-
munity.
Their tragic tale is best
expressed by the Amharic
word given to them — "Fa-
lashas" — meaning "those
of an inferior status". It is
a derogatory word and Is-
raeli officials are dis-
couraging the use of it.
In 1975, the new Ethio-
pian government banned
emigration from the coun-
try and the trickle of immi-
gration to Israel, which
began in the late 1960's,
came to a halt.
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pian Jews in Israel now,
mostly near Ashdod and
Ashkelon where they are
farmers preferring the
moshav way of life. Those
still in Africa are treated as
second-class citizens, are
poor, live on rented land,
and are engaged in farm-
ing, pottery, weaving, gold
and silversmith work.
Their plight is com-
plicated by the break in for-
mal diplomatic relations be-
tween Israel and Ethiopia,
severed by the latter after
the Yom Kippur War in
1973 due to pressure from
many other African states
who did likewise. But Is-
raeli authorities confirmed
that unofficial ties between
the two nations are very
strong.
The result of those unoffi-
cial ties is that another 300
Jews are soon expected
from Ethiopia. Those that
will be allowed to leave will
be chosen on the basis of
reunification with families
already in Israel.
The ones already in Is-
rael are mostly in their 30's
and 40's. "All of them are
religious, all know Hebrew,
and none have left or re-
quested to leave Israel to
go to any other country.
They are the best olim",
said Prof. Aryeh Tartako-
wer, head of the 20-year old
Relief Committee for Ethio-
pian Jewry.
Since 1960, the committee
has directed various relief
operations in the rural re-
gions of Ethiopia where the
Jews live. Israeli doctors
were sent there to set up
sanitary facilities and estab-
lish a hospital. They were
successful in wiping out eye
diseases and malaria. Also
established were 18 schools
offering general and Jewish
education.
At first, Professor Tar-
takower's work was hin-
dered by the reluctance of
Israel's government and re-
ligious authorities to recog-
nize the "Falashas" as
Jews.
But in February 1973, Is-
rael's Chief Sephardic
Rabbi, Ovadiah Yosef, de-
clared that the "Falashas"
are descendents of the
Tribe of Dan and therefore
authentic Jews.
Israeli officials recently
agreed to set up a moshav
in northern Israel to be pop-
ulated by Ethiopian Jews.
TEL AVIV—When Is-
rael's semi-pro Maccabi Tel
Aviv basketball team beat
the top-rated Soviet army
team recently, it was an
American black, Aulcie
Perry, whose outstanding
rebounding dominated the
Israeli defense.
The 91-79 victory put Is-
rael a step closer to the Eu-
ropean Champions Cup and
was greeted by Israelis as
another victory of David
over Goliath. While the Is-
raelis dashed like ferrets
around the taller, heavier
Russians, Perry used skills
he learned playing pro ball
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And when Perry and his
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How did a New Jersey
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'from home? "I played col-
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At first he. faced a lot of
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Perry lives at the Pal
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