One People, One Blood Ethiopian-Israelis and the Return to Judaism

Informationen zum Autor Seeman, Don Klappentext The Feres Mura, Ethiopian Jews whose families converted to Christianity during the nineteenth century and then reasserted their Jewish identity in the late twentieth century, still await acceptance by Israel. Since the 1980s, they have sought homecoming through the state's right of return law. Instead of a welcoming embrace, Israel's government and society regard them with reticence and suspicion. Using more over ten years of ethnographical research, One People, One Blood expertly documents this tenuous relationship and the challenges facing the Feres Mura. Zusammenfassung Distilling more than ten years of ethnographic research! Don Seeman depicts the rich culture of the group! as well as their social and cultural vulnerability! and addresses the problems that arise when immigration officials! religious leaders! or academic scholars try to determine the legitimacy of Jewish identity or Jewish religious experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction A Death in Addis Ababa The Question of Kinship Purity of Heart Returning to Judaism Absorption Blood and Terror The 'Feres Mura' Dilemma Notes References Index

Product details

• Authors: Don Seeman, SEEMAN DON
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 23.06.2010
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories
• EAN: 9780813549361
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-4936-1
• Pages: 260
• Series: Jewish Cultures of the World; Jewish Cultures of the World
• Subjects: Sociology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies