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… said. Now, the absorption centers provide housing facilities and residential, social and cultural facilities. After their period of absorption, the Ethiopian Jews are sent to towns where they can be…
… between the Ethiopian Jews and the local inhabitants. But this is a problem because Israel suffers from a housing shor- tage, making it difficult at times "Saying yes to one group means saying no to…
…," he said. "Again, saying yes to one need means saying no to another." Absorption, he observed, is only one side of the process. The other side is acceptance. Tensions be- tween the Ethiopian Jews and…
… de- mand by the Chief Rabbinate Council that they undergo sym- bolic "conversion" rites, intimat- ing that their authenticity as Jews is the question. In some towns, they have been told that they are…
… challenge to their Jewishness is part of the controversial Who is a Jew issue. But there are welcome mats out for the Beta Yisrael, and this is the norm rather than the excep- tion. One prominent example is…
… spiritual leadership of the Ethio- pian Jews. Begun said at the same time, the institute would respect the tradition of the Ethiopians. In spite of some transitory diffi- culties, Rosen is certain that the…
… Ethiopian Jews will make it. "Their commitment to Judaism is unbelievable," he said. "They have been persecuted for hun- dreds of years for being Jews but they have stuck it out. Ethiopian Jews rejoice when…