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Newsletter 8
Call For Papers: SOSTEJE 2007 Florence
international conference October 7-10, 2007
In 1906, Dr. Jacques Faitlovitch (1881-1955) visited
Florence and persuaded the head of the Jewish
community, Rabbi Shmuel Zvi Margulies (1858-1922),
to establish the Pro-Falasha Committee. In 1907, 43
Rabbis-Sefardi and Ashkenazi alike- wrote a
responsum to a letter written by Beta Israel priests
brought by Dr. Faitlovitch to Florence. Rabbi
Margulies wanted to set up a teacher’s seminar for
the Beta Israel in order to combat missionary
activity; the Florence Jewish community adopted
Taamrat Emmanuel and other pupils brought by Dr.
Faitlovitch.
The SOSTEJE 2007 Florence international conference
to take place October 7-10, 2007 will mark the 100th
anniversary since the publication of the letter to
the Beta Israel priests. The Institute of Semitic
Studies is co-sponsoring the meeting.
The conference organizing committee consists of
Rabbi Joseph Levi (President), Shalva Weil
(Chairperson), Lionella Viterbo (Coordinator),
Michael Corinaldi, Bat-Zion Eraqi-Klorman, Simha
Getahon, Shlomo Akale, Michael Glatzer, Gadi
Ben-Ezer and Anita Nudelman.
Papers are invited for the conference which will
take place in Florence on the following themes :
• Italian-Ethiopian Jewish relations
• Rabbi Margulies and his work for the Beta Israel
• Ethiopian Jews/Beta Israel and religion
• Dr. Faitlovich and the Pro-Falasha Committee
• Taamrat Emmanuel and Dr. Faitlovitch’s other
pupils
• Rabbinic responsa on the Beta Israel
• Carlo Alberto Viterbo's 1936 visit to the Beta
Israel
• The spiritual state of the Beta Israel- then and
now
• Missionary activity among the Beta Israel
• Relations between Ethiopian Jews, Israel and the
Diaspora
• The education of the Ethiopian Jews
With a view to a future publication around a common
theme, it is requested that lecturers relate as far
as possible in their introduction and conclusion to
the 1907 letter or the works of Dr. Faitlovitch and
Rabbi Margulies, even if they are presenting on
contemporary issues.
Guidelines for Abstract Submission
All abstracts should be completed in English.
Individuals should not be the first author (i.e. the
presenter) of more than one paper.
The length of the abstract should be a maximum of
250 words submitted by 15.4.2007 in Times New Roman
font 12 by email to the SOSTEJE office at
yonata05@gmail.com. Tables, figures and
references should not be included in your abstract.
At the top of the paper, please write the title of
your paper in font 14 and in the next line, your
full name and university affiliation (if any).
Student presenters at M.A. and Ph.d level are
encouraged to present.
All authors must be registered for the conference
31.7.2007.The conference organisers reserve the
right to exclude authors from the programme where an
author has not registered by this time.
Please note that a data-projector and laptop will be
made available throughout the conference for those
who have requested this in advance.
Notification of Receipt of Abstract
Once your abstract has been received you will be
sent a standard reply stating that your abstract
submission has been received. If you do not receive
such a confirmation within 2 weeks of submission
please contact the SOSTEJE office by email. If your
abstract does not comply with the guidelines
requested here, it will automatically be rejected.
An author can re-submit. However, there will be no
correspondence with individual authors as to how to
submit an abstract, or help with improving the
English. An abstract may be rejected if the English
is incomprehensible.
Abstracts submitted after 15.4.2007 may be
considered at the discretion of SOSTEJE, but no
individual correspondence will be held on this
issue.
Notification of Acceptance of Abstract
All abstracts which follow the guidelines will be
forwarded to the academic committee by email for
consultation. Student presenters' abstracts will
also be sent to a student committee.
The conference academic committee is composed of
Ephraim Isaac (Chairperson), Emanuela Trevisan Semi,
Michael Corinaldi, Ruby Newman, Bat-Zion
Eraqi-Klorman, Vittorio Morabito and Shalva Weil.
The academic student committee is composed of Simha
Getahon and Anita Nudelman.
All presenters will be sent an e-mail informing them
whether their abstract has been accepted by
15.6.2007 and will be informed by email in September
2007 as to the day and time slot allocated for their
presentation.
If you know in advance that circumstances will
prevent you being at the conference, please let the
SOSTEJE office know as soon as possible if you are
unable to deliver your paper in person.
Registration dues for the Conference are as follows:
Until 31.7.2007 (early registration):
75 Euros for SOSTEJE members
100 Euros for non-members
60 Euros for SOSTEJE student members
After 31.7.2007:
85 Euros for SOSTEJE members
110 Euros for non-members
70 Euros for SOSTEJE student members
N.B. The dues include a reception on Sunday evening
with the Jewish community, kosher lunches on Mon,
Tues and Wed, an abstract book, and more.
Please note that the dues and lunches are
subsidized.
Website
We are pleased to announce that SOSTEJE now has a
website www.sosteje.org
All information about the international conference,
deadlines and accomodation details are available on
the website, and will be updated continuously.
OBITUARY (by Daniel Friedmann)
Joseph Tubiana, ethnologist and linguistic, passed
away December 15th 2006, at the age of 87. Born in
1919, he was an internationally recognized scholar
of Ethiopia and oriental Africa. Author of several
books, he taught during 25 years at the Institut des
Langues Orientales (INALCO) in Paris.
Ethiopian Jewish Ph.d.
We are pleased to announce that Yarden
Fanta-Vangenstein has completed her doctoral
dissertation in education at Tel-Aviv University
(see list of publications). Yarden has served as a
member of SOSTEJE's Israel audits committee, and
attended the SOSTEJE Addis Abeba conference. She may
be the first Ethiopian Jewish woman in Israel who
has became a Dr. in Education, or the first female
graduate altogether.
Membership Dues
Membership dues are paid every two years, and not
annually, as in the past. Dues are now due for
2007-8. They entitle members to participate in the
Israeli AGM, as well as to receive the bibliography
on Ethiopian Jewry published at the Addis Abeba
conference. The dues are $50 for 2 years, and $30
for students, or the shekel equivalent. Please send
your money by mail to: Dr. Shalva Weil, Research
Institute for Innovation in Education, Hebrew
University, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel.
Please make out your cheques in Hebrew to העמותה
למדעי יהדות אתיופיה or in English transfer money to
SOSTEJE (Society for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry)
c/o Investec, Bank 26, Branch no. 202, swift code
no. IGBTILIT ATTN. Jerusalem
(jerusalem@investec.co.il)- stating clearly your
address (for receipt), tel. no., interest in
Ethiopian Jewry, last degree, and institutional
affiliation. Members who have paid up their dues by
30.5. 2007 for 2007-8 will receive a reduction on
conference registration, as indicated above.
LIST OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS ON ETHIOPIAN JEWS
Book
Lenhoff, Howard. 2007. Black Jews, Jews and Other
Heroes, Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House.
Scientific Articles in Journals
Berhanu, Girma. 2005. “Indigenous Conception of
Intelligence, Ideal Child, and Ideal Parenting among
Ethiopian Jew in Israel”, Journal of Cognitive
Education and Psychology, vol. 5, n° 1, pp. 47-71.
Berhanu, Girma. 2006. “Intercultural mediation, the
institution of learning and the process of
educational integration and assimilation: the case
of Ethiopian Jews in Israel”, Education Research and
Review, vol. 1 n° 3, pp. 62-79.
Berhanu, Girma. 2006. “Mediated Learning Activities
between Caregivers and Children among New Immigrants
and Veterans in Israel: An Experiment on Two "Home-
Based" Tasks”, Journal of Cognitive Education and
Psychology, vol. 6, n° 1,.pp.72-99.
Berhanu, Girma. 2006. “Parenting (Parental
Attitude), Child Development and Modalities of
Parent- Child Interaction: Saying, Proverbs, and
Maxims of Ethiopian Jews in Israel”, Journal of
Cognitive Education and Psychology, vol. 5, n° 3,
pp.266-287.
Scientific Article in Collected Works
Sohn, Sigrid. 2005. "A 'Yiddish Journey' to
Ethiopia: Chaim Shoshkes's Book Durkh Umbakante
Lender," in Materia Giudaica, Fascicolo II, Bologna,
a Cura di: Mauro Perani pp. 365-373.
Encyclopedia Entry
Weil, Shalva, 2006 "Ethiopian Jewish Women", Jewish
Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia, M.
Shalvi, (ed). Jerusalem: Shalvi Publishing Ltd.
(CD-ROM).
Dissertation
Fanta-Vangenstein, Yarden. 2007. The Effect of
Transition from an Agrarian Society to a
Knowledge-based Society on Technological Literacy
among Ethiopian Immigrants in Israel, Ph.D. Thesis,
School of Education, Tel-Aviv University (in
Hebrew).
Kindly send all references and a copy of published
articles for the next newsletter to Lisa Anteby -
anteby@mmsh.univ-aix.fr
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