Word: ethiopian
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...them, in similarly glossy, yet much more dignified and multicolored photographs, were the pictures of smiling children walking upright in the streets of Jerusalem, or Tel Aviv, or Haifa, or countless other Israeli cities? Why were there no pictures of the diversity of modern Israeli cities--of the Ethiopian and Russian and thousands of other different immigrants--a demonstration for the world that the Jews now have a safe haven and are being protected by their own? Why were there no pictures of squadrons of Israeli Air Force jets--the guardians of liberty who defend the right of a people...
Narcisse concluded his remarks by citing an Ethiopian proverb: "He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured...
Shelemay specializes in ethnomusicology, which is the study of music in its broadest cultural and historical context. She has investigated the musical traditions of Ethiopian religious music--both Christian and Jewish--and is currently investigating the ritual music of Brooklyn's community of Syrian Jews...
...This was before most people had heard of the people now known as the Ethiopian Jews or Beta Israel," she says...
Shelemay says it was in part these ethical issues that prompted her to write A Song of Longing: An Ethiopian Journey, detailing her experiences as an academic during a revolution...