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Newsletter 2
Dear Members,
I am pleased to inform you of the wide interest in
the first newsletter and developments over the past
couple of months. It is now time to pursue a
membership drive. We have opened an Israeli bank
account, which will be more manageable since we are
posted in Jerusalem, while retaining Vittorio
Morabito as the international treasurer, which may
be important when we come to deal with the Sosteje -
History.
Membership
1. It has been decided to request dues once every
two years, and not annually, as in the past.
2. An effort has been made to keep dues to a
minimum, with special consideration for students.
3. The dues are as follows: $40 for 2 years, if paid
until 30.5.05 ($20 for students),
$50 for 2 years, if paid after 30.5.05 ($30 for
students), or the shekel equivalent.
4. Please send your dues by mail to: Mr. Shimon
Solomon (SOSTEJE-Israel Treasurer), c/o Prof.
Michael Corinaldi, 36 Keren Hayesod St., Jerusalem
92149, Israel.
5. Please make out your cheques to האגודה למדעי
יהדות אתיופיה or transfer money to SOSTEJE c/o
Investec, Bank 26, Branch no. 202, swift code no.
IGBTILIT ATTN. Jerusalem (jerusalem@investec.co.il)
6. We are aware that bank transfers are costly.
However, now that we have decreased the dues, we
hope that you will find it possible to send the
money.
7. Cash is welcome, but is sent at your own risk.
8. Students will only be accepted if they provide a
photocopy of their student card from this year.
9. Please send dues with the filled-out application
form, as below.
10. Membership entitles you to the following:
• Membership in an international organization and
professional affiliation.
• Free bibliographies from the Paris conference
(until 2001) and the Addis conference (until 2004).
For copies (one each per member), please write to me
at msshalva@mscc.huji.ac.il
• Free entry to the inter-congress in Israel
• Reduced participation fees at the international
congress (date and location unknown as yet)
• Forum to exchange professional letters
• Free periodic newsletter
Israel Committee
Unfortunately, the name of our devoted member Dr.
Bat-Zion Klorman-Eraqi was omitted from the Israel
committee in our last newsletter, and we extend her
our apologies.
The Israeli branch of SOSTEJE is now in the process
of becoming a non-profit organization (amuta).
Israel Student Inter-Congress
As promised, SOSTEJE will be organizing an
inter-congress focusing on student research. The
conference committee is under the chairmanship of
our student representative, Ms. Simha Getahon. The
conference will take place in the first week of May
2005 at Bar-Ilan University. Proceedings will be in
Hebrew. All international members are cordially
invited.
Publications
Please find a list of publications since the Addis
conference.
Kindly send all references for the next newsletter
to Lisa Anteby, email - anteby@mmsh.univ-aix.fr
She will send out a periodic list of publications
with the newsletters, but it is up to you to inform
her of any published work or dissertation.
LIST OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS ON ETHIOPIAN JEWS
Books
N’Diaye, Tidiane. 2004. Les Falachas, Nègres errants
du peuple juif, Gallimard, Paris.
Scientific Articles in Journals
Anteby-Yemini, Lisa. 2003. “Being an Oleh in a
Global World: from local-ethnic community to
transnational community” in Hagar (International
Social Science Review), vol. 4 n° 1-2, pp. 141-154.
Ben Eliezer, Uri. 2004. "Becoming a Black Jew:
Cultural Racism and Anti-racism in contemporary
Israel" Social Identities, vol. 10 n° 2 pp. 245-266.
Kaplan, Steve- 2004. “Themes and Methods in the
Study of Conversion in Ethiopia: a review essay”,
Journal of Religion in Africa vol. 34 n° 3 pp.
373-392.
Offer, Shira. 2004. "The Socio-Economic Integration
of the Ethiopian Community in Israel."
International Migration, vol. 42 n° 3 pp. 29-55.
Weil, Shalva. 2004. “Ethiopian Jewish Women: Trends
and Transformations in the Context of Transnational
Change”, Nashim (special issue on Multiculturalism
and Migration) vol. 8 pp. 73-86.
Zegeye, Abebe. 2004. “The Light of Origins: Beta
Israel and the Return to Jerusalem”, Religion and
Theology , vol. 11 n° 2, pp. 50-70.
Zegeye, Abebe. 2004. “The Beta Israel: Return to the
Source”, Africa Insight, vol. 34 n°1 (Africa
Institute of South Africa) pp. 69-75.
Zegeye, Abebe. 2004. “The Construction of Beta
Israel Identity”, Social Identities, vol. 10 n° 5
pp. 589-618.
Scientific Articles in Books
Anteby-Yemini, Lisa. 2004. « Promised Land, Imagined
Homelands: Ethiopian Jews’ Immigration to Israel »
in F. Markowitz and A. Stefansson, eds., Homecomings
: unsettling paths of return, Lexington Books,
Lanham, MD. pp. 146-163.
Anteby-Yemini, Lisa. 2005. « From Ethiopian Villager
to Global Villager: Ethiopian Jews in Israel », in
A. Levy and A. Weingrod, eds., Homelands and
Diasporas: holy lands and other places, Stanford
University Press, Stanford pp. 220-244.
Encyclopaedia entries
Trevisan-Semi, Emanuela. 2004. "Ethiopian Jews"
entry in the Encyclopaedia of the Modern Middle East
and North Africa, Second Edition, New York,
Macmillan.
Doctoral Dissertations
Lifshitz, Chen. 2004. Aspects of the Integration of
Ethiopian Immigrant Youth and their Parents into
Israel. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Sussex.
Schleifer, Michal. 2003. Development of written text
production of native Israeli and Ethiopian immigrant
schoolchildren and adolescents: linguistic and
socio-cultural perspectives, Ph.D. Thesis Tel-Aviv
University (Hebrew).
Letters from Members
Members are invited to air issues, or address
enquiries or comments to SOSTEJE:
Letter NO. 1
Dear President,
I would like to assist members at least in my area
of specialization and that has to do with personal
and geographical names and Amharic terms. As a
scientific and research organization, I think
SOSTEJE should work according to some strict
guidelines. When Ethiopian academics who have
completed their high school and also higher
education write their names, place names,
geographical areas, etc. mostly it is correct
(although some names should still be corrected).
However, when Ethiopian Jews living in Israel or the
Ferenjs write names mistakes sometimes start to show
up..
One good solution will be to make a list of all
names and refer to it when the need arises. I would
gladly assist you in compilation of personal names,
geograpical areas, Amharicterms,etc.
Yourssincerely,
Dr. Anbessa Teferi
Letter NO. 2
Dear SOSTEJE participants,
I must apologize deeply for the taxi problem in
Addis & of hotel accommodation in Gondar. The
inconvenience arose out of a mis-understanding
between myself &
clerical staff at Ghion Hotel. Accept my heartfelt
apologies.
Cordially
DANIEL WORKNEH
SOSTEJE 5th conference representative in Addis
Letter NO. 3. Reply to Mr. Ronald Lipman (query in
Newsletter No. 1)
The Jewish Agency for Israel www.jafi.org.il and the
American Joint Jewish Distribution Committee
www.jdc.org.il were responsible for Aliyah and
preparation for Aliyah; the IDF provided the
Committee www.jdc.org.il were responsible for Aliyah
and preparation for Aliyah; the IDF provided the
planes and operational manpower www.idf.il ; the
Jewish Agency manned the airport with the Ministry
of Immigrant Absorption www.moia.gov.il .
There were absorption centres around Israel at the
time which were readied for the arrival of Operation
Solomon, I do not know all of them, but examples
would be: in Mevasseret Tzion (or Mevasseret
Yerushalayim), Ofakim, and other cities across the
country, quite widely distributed... Caravan sites
were also built in outlying locations, such as
Hatzrot Yossef (W. Galilee) and Givat Hamatos (S.
Jerusalem, before Gilo) and many of the groups were
moved there after a year, although some absorption
centres remained operative
http://www.jafi.org.il/arts/2001/june/3.htm .
The very operation of bringing so many Ethiopian
olim to Israel in this space of time and providing
temporary housing was stupendous. Emergency funds
were contributed, immigrant allowances were
enlarged...
No-one has lived in tents since the early maabarot
replaced the tents in the 1960s, but the pre-fab
homes were crowded, hot in summer, cold in winter,
became unsanitary, and are often too far away for
olim to travel for work and education, in terms of
time and transport fees. Hebrew classes were also
not provided on the outlying sites.
http://www.orlandojewishfed.org/content_display.html?articleID=45563
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Misrad Hachutz)
MFA: Facts about Israel- Society - The Long Road
Home
http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts%20About%20Israel/People/SOCIETY-%20Jewish%20Society
Absorption
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Archive/Communiques/1996/The%20Absorption%20of%20Ethiopian%20Immigrants%20in%20Israel%20-
Sincerely,Gila Ansell Brauner,The
Pedagogic Center,
The Department for Jewish Zionist Education, Jewish
Agency
Obituary
On the 30th day of his death, SOSTEJE grieves the
passing of Ato Tadesse Yacob of Addis Abebe. He was
Dr. Faitlovitch's youngest pupil, who was educated
in Cairo, and was the subject of my lecture at the
Addis Abeba conference. May his soul be blessed!
Next Newsletter
The next newsletter will bring you details of the
Israeli student inter-congress.
Yours sincerely,
Shalva Weil (President-SOSTEJE)
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