SURVIVING SALVATION : The Ethiopian Jewish Family in Transition
by Westheimer, Ruth K.; Kaplan, Steven B
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0814792537
- ISBN 13
- 9780814792537
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About This Item
New York, NY: New York Univ Press, 1993. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/As New. DJ/NF w/trace edge wear. First Edition, First Printing. In 1991, Operation Solomon (Mivtza Shlomo), a covert Israeli military operation, airlifted Ethiopian Jews to Israel. In 35 flights and 36 hours over 14,000 people were transported. On the publication of this book, some 40,000 Ethiopian Jews had immigrated to Israel. This is the story of the sudden transplant from one civilization to another --- for Ethiopian Jewish still held to religious rituals long abandoned by Jewish communities elsewhere, and most had only known life in isolated rural settings. 6, photo illustrated, chapters: 1, From Falasha to Ethiopian Jews; 2, Strangers in the Promised Land; 3, Between Parent & Child: A Generation of the Wilderness?; 4, Changing Gender Roles; 5, Families in Crisis; and 6, People & Programs, followed by Glossary.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015353
- Title
- SURVIVING SALVATION : The Ethiopian Jewish Family in Transition
- Author
- Westheimer, Ruth K.; Kaplan, Steven B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0814792537
- ISBN 13
- 9780814792537
- Publisher
- New York Univ Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Ethiopian Jews/Israel/Immigrants/Falashas/Social Relations/Jewish Families
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