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Jacques Faitlovitch and The Jews of Ethiopia

by Emanuela Trevisan Semi

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Published by Vallentine Mitchell .
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    Subjects:
  • Asian / Middle Eastern history,
  • Religious,
  • Biography & Autobiography,
  • Biography/Autobiography,
  • ASIA,
  • Jewish - General

  • Edition Notes

    ContributionsTudor Parfitt (Foreword), Sally Bennet (Translator)
    The Physical Object
    FormatPaperback
    Number of Pages204
    ID Numbers
    Open LibraryOL8283177M
    ISBN 100853036551
    ISBN 109780853036555

    The Faitlovitch collection is named after Dr. Jacques Faitlovitch, a researcher and an Orientalist who lived for many years amongst the Ethiopian Jews. He had studied their history as well as their culture and worked vigorously for them and for enhancing their connections with the Jewish . The arrival in Ethiopia of Jacques Faitlovitch in marks a turning point in the history of the Beta Israel. Faitlovitch, who dedicated his life to the cause of Ethiopian Jewry, was responsible more than any other single person for their entry into Jewish history and consciousness.

    The relationship between the Jews of France and Ethiopia began a century ago, with one man who devoted his life to the latter community. The new sculpture stands opposite Tel Aviv University's central library, where a small, crowded room on the second floor stores the archives of that man, researcher Dr. Jacques Faitlovitch, who died in Author: Ofer Aderet.   texts All Books All Texts latest This Just In Smithsonian Libraries FEDLINK (US) The Falashas by Faïtlovitch, Jacques. Publication date Topics Jews, Ethiopian Publisher Philadelphia, The Jewish publication society of America Collection library_of_congress; americanaPages:

      Jacques Faitlovitch is shown with Ethiopian Jewish students shortly before his death in (photo credit: Tel Aviv University's Sourasky Central Library). Product Information. In the light of the Israeli government's plan to halt Ethiopian immigration, this book provides original research into the transformation of the Falashas to Ethiopian Jews during the twentieth century which made them eligible for immigration into Israel, adding a new dimension to the question of 'Who is a Jew', namely the case of the 'manufactured Jew'.


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Jacques Faitlovitch and The Jews of Ethiopia by Emanuela Trevisan Semi Download PDF EPUB FB2

The architect of the ingathering of the most problematic group of the Jewish diaspora was Jacques Faitlovitch. He was an adventurer, scholar and Zionist, a Polish-born Jew who lived in Paris and Palestine.

His life was marked by his devotion to the cause of the Beta Israel, the black Jews of by: 4. Polish-born Ashkenazi Jew Faithlovitch (), an adventurer, traveler, missionary, and scholar, was the architect of the migration of Ethiopian Jews to Israel, one of the most problematic groups to be ingathered.

He arranged for the first group of the Beta Israel, the Jews of Ethiopia. Stanford Libraries' official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more.

Jacques Faitlovitch and the Jews of Ethiopia in SearchWorks catalog Skip to search Skip to main content. Biography Jacques Faïtlovitch was an Orientalist, devoted to Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews) research and relief work.

He studied Oriental languages at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Paris, particularly Ethiopic and Amharic under Joseph Halévy, who aroused his interest in the Beta Israel. The book deals with the story of Jacques Faitlovitch and his "discovery" of the Falashas, the Jews of Ethiopia.

The book's aim is to explore the context in which Faitlovitch has grown up and to show how he succeded in "inventing the Jews of EthiopiaAuthor: AN SEMI.

This book offers the results of the most recent research carried out in European and Israeli universities on Ethiopian Jews. With a special focus on Europe and the role played by German, English and Italian Jewish communities in creating a new Jewish Ethiopian identity, it investigates such issues as the formation of a new Ethiopian Jewish elite and the transformation of the identity from.

Jacques Faitlovitch and the Jews of Ethiopia by Emanuela Trevisan Semi (Book) L'epistolario di Taamrat Emmanuel: un intellettuale ebreo d'Etiopia nella prima metà del XX secolo by Taamrat Emmanuel (Book). The language of most Jews is Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia.

Jews living in the region of Tigre speak Tigrinya. Their holy books are written in Geez, a language considered holy and used also by Ethiopian Christians.

Their Torah is handwritten on parchment as a book, rather than as a scroll. Genre/Form: History: Additional Physical Format: Online version: Trevisan Semi, Emanuela. Jacques Faitlovitch and the Jews of Ethiopia.

London ; Portland, OR. Buy Jacques Faitlovitch and the Jews of Ethiopia by EmanuelaTrevisanSemi (ISBN:) from Amazon's Book Store.

Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible : EmanuelaTrevisanSemi. --Emanuela Trevisan Semi, Associate Professor, Ca' Foscari University, Italy, and author of Jacques Faitlovitch and the Jews of Ethiopia "Going far beyond the familiar literature on the Falasha, Bruder's book makes a real contribution to understanding the nature of African Judaism and, much more important, how this phenomenon has been regarded in the by:   Emanuela Trevisan Semi Jacques Faitlovitch and the Jews of Ethiopia, London and Portland, OR: Vallen October Bulletin of the School of.

1 To mark the centennial, day for day, of Jacques Faitlovitch’s first trip to discover the Falashas1 (Jews of Ethiopia) the Centre de recherche français de Jérusalem in collaboration with Ben-Zvi Institute and Tel-Aviv University (Department of Middle Eastern and African History) organized a conference titled Jacques Faitlovitch and the Jews of Ethiopia: a century.

In fact, it is a young masters’ student from Tel-Aviv Author: Lisa Anteby-Yemini. The arrival in Ethiopia of the French Jew, Jacques Faitlovitch, at the beginning of the twentieth century has been considered a significant point in the history DOI link for From Falashas to Ethiopian Jews.

From Falashas to Ethiopian Jews book. From Falashas to Ethiopian Jews. The Arrival of Jacques Faitlovitch. With Daniel P. The secret Jews of Ethiopia. It took Faitlovitch some time to win the trust of these Falashas, to get any information from them.

Finally, they revealed to Author: IRENE ORLEANSKY. The myth of the lost tribes in Ethiopia intrigued Jacques Faitlovitch, a former student of Joseph Halévy at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Paris. InFaitlovitch decided to lead a new mission in northern Ethiopia.

Faitlovitch obtained funding from the Jewish philanthropist Edmond de Rothschild, traveled. —Emanuela Trevisan Semi, Associate Professor, Ca' Foscari University, Italy, and author of Jacques Faitlovitch and the Jews of Ethiopia "Going far beyond the familiar literature on the Falasha, Bruder's book makes a real contribution to understanding the nature of African Judaism and, much more important, how this phenomenon has been regarded in the : Oxford University Press.

THE LIFE OF THE BETA ISRAEL IN ETHIOPIA. By Gail Forman "The Jews of Ethiopia, A People in Transition." and then of Jacques Faitlovitch at the beginning of this century, the rest of the. Studies on the Ethiopian Jews. The Beta Israel in Ethiopia and Israel book. Studies on the Ethiopian Jews.

By Tudor Parfitt, Emanuela Trevisan Semi. Edition 1st Edition. First Published eBook Published 19 November 25 Pages. From Wolleqa to Florence: The Tragic Story of Faitlovitch 's Pupil Hizkiahu Finkas. In the light of the Israeli government's plan to halt Ethiopian immigration, this book provides original research into the transformation of the Falashas to Ethiopian Jews during the twentieth century which made them eligible for immigration into Israel, adding a new dimension to the question of 'Who is a Jew', namely the case of the 'manufactured Jew'.

In The Tel-Aviv University was given, by The Tel-Aviv Municipality, Dr. Jacques Faitlovitch's scientific collection. Dr. Faitlovitch, a researcher and an Orientalist, lived among the Ethiopian Jews, studied their history and their culture and worked vigorously for them and for strengthening their bonds with the Jewish communities throughout the World and with the State of Israel.The architect of the ingathering of the most problematic group of the Jewish diaspora was Jacques Faitlovitch.

He was an adventurer, scholar and Zionist, a Polish-born Jew who lived in Paris and Palestine. His life was marked by his devotion to the cause.The last several decades have seen the emergence of a remarkable phenomenon: a Jewish rebirth that is occurring throughout Africa.

A variety of different ethnic groups proclaim that they are returning to long-forgotten Jewish roots, and African clans trace their lineage to the Lost Tribes of Israel.

Africans have encountered Jewish myths and traditions in multiple forms and various ways.