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Jews, Ethiopian (Topical Term)

Number of records used in: 2

Preferred form: Jews, Ethiopian

Used for/see from:

Beta Israel
Ethiopian Jews
Earlier heading: Falashas
Felashas
Fenjas
Foggara
House of Israel
Israel, Beta
Israel, House of
Kaila

Notes

Work cat.: Wagaw, T.G. For our soul : Ethiopian Jews in Israel, c1993: p. 4 (To most outsiders, they are known as the Falasha ... in recent years, educated members of the group have rejected it, preferring to be called either Beta Israel or simply Ethiopian Jews)

LC data base, 3/10/93.

Am. heritage dict. (Falasha. Offensive. Used as a disparaging term for an Ethiopian Jew)