Jacques Faitlovitch and The Jews of Ethiopia
by Trevisan-Semi, EmanuelaFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-06-12
Publisher(s): Vallentine Mitchell
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Summary
The architect of the ingathering of the most problematic group of the Jewish diaspora was Jacques Faitlovitch. He was an adventurer, scholar and Zionist, a Polish-born Jew who lived in Paris and Palestine. His life was marked by his devotion to the cause of the Beta Israel, the black Jews of Ethiopia. Faitlovitch was an Ashkenazi Jew of the neo-Orthodox school and took up the task, already initiated by Joseph Halévi, of assisting the Beta Israel, particularly in their struggle against the Protestant missionaries. He had close links with the chief Jewish institutions and with leading scholars and Ethiopian leaders, notably Emperor Haile Selasse.
Author Biography
Emanuela Trevisan Semi is Professor of Modern Jewish and Hebrew Studies at the University of Venice, Italy.
Table of Contents
| Jacques Faitlovitch, the 'discoverer of the Falashas', and the fulfilment of the prophets' dream | p. 1 |
| Faitlovitch's first mission among the Falashas in Ethiopia (1904-05) : from 'regeneration' to 'tradition', from alliance to Hilfsverein | p. 14 |
| The Alliance Israelite Universelle and the dispute with Faitlovitch : towards the second mission to Ethiopia | p. 26 |
| Early dreams of education under Italian colonialism | p. 38 |
| Faitlovitch's second mission (1908-09) and Faitlovitch the Scholar : Quer Durch Abessinien | p. 47 |
| Faitlovitch's third mission (1913) and his struggle against the Protestant missionaries : a Goel (redeemer) in Ethiopia | p. 57 |
| Faitlovitch's fourth (1920-21) and fifth mission (1923-24) to Ethiopia : a Schnorrer in America | p. 71 |
| Faitlovitch's sixth (1926) and seventh mission (1928-29) : Jacques and his sister Leah | p. 84 |
| Faitlovitch's and his 'students': a troubled chapter | p. 97 |
| Faitlovitch versus Taamrat Emmanuel : a western colonialist versus a disappointed native | p. 109 |
| Faitlovitch work among the San Nicandro converts in Italy : lost tribes enthusiasm | p. 121 |
| Faitlovitch's work among the blacks of Harlem : the invention of a new identity | p. 133 |
| From diaspora to Zion : Faitlovitch's homecoming and the committees for the lost tribes | p. 152 |
| The last missions to Ethiopia and America : Faitlovitch at the court of the negus and conseiller at the Ethiopian Embassy in Egypt | p. 167 |
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