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Falasha

Member of a small community of black Jews originating in Ethiopia. They suffered discrimination there and, after being accorded Jewish status by Israel in 1975, began a gradual process of resettlement in Israel. By the early 1980s only about 30,000 Falashim remained in Ethiopia, and the final emigration to Israel took place during the collapse of the Mengistu regime in 1991.

The Falashim refer to themselves as Beta Israel (‘House of Israel’).



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Other Ethiopians call the Beta Israel Falashas, strangers, although they buy tools made by Menelik's father, a blacksmith.
Why I Left My Village by Salvadore, Maria B. / The Horn Book Magazine
Called Falashas, or strangers, by other Ethiopians, they call themselves Beta Israel, "Those of the House of Israel.
Day of Delight: A Jewish Sabbath in Ethiopia by Zeiger, Hanna B. / The Horn Book Magazine
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