We Are Black Jews’: The courageous journey of Ethiopian Jews to Israel – review
Scattered across northern and northwestern Ethiopia in small villages, the Beta Israel lived alongside Christian and Muslim neighbors for over 2,000 years, resisting conversion.
FEBRUARY 16, 2025 04:10
Among the most inspiring episodes in Israel’s history are the three successful efforts to gather in the exiled Jews of Ethiopia, the Beta Israel. They were Operation Brothers, Operation Moses, and Operation Solomon. All together, they brought about the aliyah of well over 100,000 Ethiopian Jews.
In the book We Are Black Jews, Roni Fantanesh Malkai tells the remarkable story of what is widely believed to be one of the lost tribes of Israel. She tells the story from within, not only as a participant in one of the daring rescue operations but also as someone on the receiving end of a less than whole-hearted welcome from the nation she came to join.
Scattered across northern and northwestern Ethiopia in small villages, the Beta Israel lived alongside Christian and Muslim neighbors for over 2,000 years, resisting conversion.