The Ethiopian Jewish Exodus Narratives of the Journey
Between 1977 and 1985, some 20,000 Ethiopian Jews left their homes in Ethiopia and - motivated by an ancient dream of returning to the land of their ancestors, 'Yerussalem' - embarked on a secret and highly traumatic exodus to Israel. Due to various political circumstances they had to leav...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Routledge
2002
Taylor and Francis Taylor & Francis Group |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Memory and Narrative |
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| ISBN: | 0415273633, 9780415273633, 9781138870154, 1138870153 |
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Table of Contents:
- BOOK COVER -- HALF-TITILE -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND FORM -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- JOURNEYS IN MIGRATION AND REFUGEE STUDIES -- THE FOCUS OF OUR STUDY: RESEARCH QUESTIONS -- 2 THE CONTEXT OF THE JOURNEY -- ETHNOGRAPHY: BETA ISRAEL IN ETHIOPIA -- The structure of the Jewish village -- Economic structure -- The learning of work skills -- The role of the woman in the Ethiopian home -- Making beer and the coffee ceremony (t'alaandbuna) -- Clothing -- Female appearance and adornment -- Basket-weaving -- Pottery -- The life cycle of Beta Israel -- Circumcision -- Childhood and adolescence -- Marriage -- Death and mourning -- Education -- The school system -- Historical background -- Relations with the Jewish world -- THE JOURNEY: FACTS AND FIGURES -- 3 INTERVIEWING AND INTERPRETING IN CROSSCULTURAL RESEARCH -- The interview -- The cross-cultural context -- The emotional context -- A culturally adapted initial phase of 'defreezing' and formingrapport -- The structure of the interview -- Complementary tools -- Interpretation -- Interviewees/subjects -- Selecting the interviewees -- Locating the interviewees -- The pilot study -- Description of the sample -- 4 THE THEME OF JEWISH IDENTITY -- The phase of decision -- The social context: a sense of non-belonging -- The phase of setting out -- Jewish identity on the journey -- The belief in God -- Observance of Jewish laws and customs -- Relations with non-Jewish populations on the trek -- Jewish identity in Sudan -- Relations with non-Jews -- Maintaining a Jewish way of life -- Contacts with Israel -- 5 THE THEME OF SUFFERING -- The phase of setting out -- Suffering on the journey -- Suffering in Sudan -- Out of Sudan -- 6 THE THEME OF BRAVERY AND INNER STRENGTH -- Bravery and inner strength in the phase of setting out
- Resourcefulness -- Bravery and inner strength on the journey -- Endurance and determination -- Courage and heroism -- Resourcefulness -- Bravery and inner strength in Sudan -- Endurance and determination -- Resourcefulness -- Courage and heroism -- Leadership -- 7 THE IMPACT OF THE JOURNEY -- Meaning and coping -- Trauma -- How are traumatic experiences detected in this study? -- Changes in voice and body language -- Personal development and growth -- The relation of culture to trauma and personal growth -- The journey as a preparation for life in Israel -- ENCOUNTERS AND PORTRIATS IN ISRAEL, 2000 -- 8 ETHIOPIAN JEWS ENCOUNTER ISRAEL -- Myths in Israeli society -- The encounter with Israeli society -- The journey: a myth in the making? -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX