THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, January 11, 1985 23
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men with the antique rifles —
began congregating, pressing
against each other and starting
a rhythmic chant. They would
chant something, then all at
once jump together in tandem,
hoisting their rifles or staffs in
the air.
I tried to make out the words,
which sounded like "Addis
Ababa!" then the jump. "Addis
Ababa!" then the jump.
One of my companions asked
me to try to get closer with her
tape recorder and catch the
chanting. I found myself near a
government man wearing a neat
green leisure suit. We had chat-
ted before — he spoke fluent
English.
"What are they singing?" I
asked him. "What does it
mean?"
"They're saying 'Ethiopia is
for the Jews and the Jews are
for Ethiopia!" he told me. It was
indeed "Addis Ababa," he said,
and he interprdted the Jews'
demonstration as a gesture of
solidarity with the revolution.
He was pleased with it, happy to
share his information with me.
Later that day — after the
Seggid was over and our group
had ceremoniously distributed a
half ton of medicine and
vitamins at both the Ambover
health center (no doctor) and the
big regional clinic in the city of
Gondar (to show our general
good will towards all Ethio-
pians) — the members of our
group shared information.
There were smiles as I
repeated the words of my
government informant. Others
had acquired different inter-
pretations of the chanting — dif-
ferent, yet perfectly compatible.
"Addis Ababa" in Amharic —
a most poetic language — does
mean "new flower" or "renewal
of the flower." Certainly the
chanting might be interpreted
as a reference to the Marxist
revolution. All the better. A
kind of code.
But the Seggid is a holiday
marking the renewal of the cove-
nant. And Zionism is at the
heart of Ethiopian Judaism. No
overt plan for aliyah was heard
from the Jews at the Seggid.
How could there be?
But Addis Ababa, the renewal
of the flower, might — and was
— also interpreted as an implicit
reference for renewal of the
flower of the Ethiopian Jewish
people, a longing for reunion
with family, for reunion with
Zion.
The future for the Jews of
Ethiopia seems bleak. Our visit
came at a time of both sorrow
and joy. Hope for renewal of
Ethiopian Jewry's covenant
with Zion seemed to be dawning
in the promise of Operation
Moses. •
All we can hope for now is
that their dream has not been
snuffed out permanently; that
they will indeed experience the
renewal of their people, of their
flower, in the promised land of
Israel.
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