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

by Don Seeman

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813548432
Publisher:	Rutgers University Press
Publication date:	08/11/2009
Series:	Jewish Cultures of the World
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	260
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

DON SEEMAN is an associate professor in the department of religion and the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies at Emory University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1 A Death in Addis Ababa 12

2 The Question of Kinship 41

3 Purity of Heart 62

4 Returning to Judaism 84

5 Absorption 109

6 Blood and Terror 150

7 The "Feres Mura" Dilemma 180

Notes 213

References 215

Index 233

Editorial Reviews

"Written with grace and thoroughly researched, One People, One Blood is an ethnography with a lot of heart that also sheds new light on a fascinating and fraught chapter in recent Jewish history."

author of An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba - Ruth Behar

"Seeman has an eye for multifaceted complexity, and a gift for sensitive exploration of the many tough issues that the existence of the 'Feres Mura' has raised. The book also offers great insight into the concerns and thought processes of morally serious ethnographers."

Jewish Book World

"Seeman has done an outstanding job."

Shofar

"Seeman has done an outstanding job."

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