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Again in Zion - Ethiopian Jews in Israel

Again in Zion - Ethiopian Jews in Israel
By Bambi Shleg  |  18/02/2010
The encounter between the deep longings of the individual and of a society, and the reality that is the supposed vessel for their actualization, is almost always traumatic. This holds true with far greater intensity in the case of ancient hopes, whose tremendous spiritual intensity can spur societies and individuals to...

Look not upon me, that I am black
By Yaakov Gonchel  |  18/02/2010
The exile of the Jews of Ethiopia has not yet ended, the feeling that the earth moves uneasily at the footfall of the Jew still darkens the Ethiopian’s sky. Upon returning home, the Ethiopian discovers that the other residents of his home, his brothers and sisters, who were away from home just as he was, look at him wi...

“I had to go through the usual route of immigration and being humble before I could stand on my two feet again”
By Einat Yakir  |  18/02/2010
The holiday of Sigad celebrated by Ethiopian Jews, the longing for Zion, the “hard landing” in Israel, the religious ulpana school for girls, the struggle to build an independent identity, university studies, serving as Director-General of the Israel Association for Ethiopian Jews, the Jerusalem-based Mandel Leadership...

A Letter from London - The thin and the thick of European Jewish cultural renewal
By Antony Lerman  |  18/02/2010
Thinness in Western culture is highly prized, but not when it comes to culture itself. The physical lightness of being is an aspiration of practical worthiness—obesity kills. But it is also freighted with moral significance. Thin implies inner goodness. The toned body is an ethical reproach to the fat. This kind of jud...

Conversion on the dance floor - A weekly report by an Israeli in Berlin
By Amit Epstein  |  18/02/2010
The "Berlinale" film festival in Berlin is one of the world's famous festivals. It has various programs that allow a vast selection of feature films and documentaries from all around the world. For as long as I remember it and know it as a visitor it had courageous and eye opening screenings of films who...

Irena Sendler’s children - Blog
By Agata Peleszuk  |  18/02/2010
During the Second World War around 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto got a chance to survive. Smuggled and hidden they were transferred to the Other Side. All this was possible thanks to a Polish Catholic social worker who served in the Polish Underground and Żegota. Her name was Irena Sendler. This week the...

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