Falasha
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Falashas,
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Falasha
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The derogatory name Falasha refers to a community of Ethiopian Jews or to a member of this community, most of whom now live in Israel. The Amharic word falasha means "outsider, exile," and this name was given to the Ethiopian Jews by other Ethiopians. The community refers to itself as Beta Israel.
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Origin of Falasha
First recorded in 1710–15; from Amharic fälasha “immigrant, exile, stranger,” from fälash, active participle of fälläsä “to migrate”
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A major setback to the program is the fact that Falasha refugees in Sudan have blended into the anonymity of the camps and are sharing in the tragic fate of their other occupants.
From Time Magazine Archive
That obviously opened the door to Falasha rescue operations organized by Western governments, perhaps with the eventual goal of quietly resettling the Falashas in Israel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Foreign Minister Hashem Osman called in Arab, African and Asian diplomats to charge that Ethiopia had been "closing its eyes" to the Falasha exodus in return for weapons and money from Israel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nimeiri's offer to allow the evacuation of Falasha refugees to nations other than Israel did not draw any immediate criticism from fellow members of the Arab League.
From Time Magazine Archive
I visited, in company with Mr. Flad, the Bishop of Jerusalem's Scripture Reader, upwards of thirty Falasha settlements, and saw the priests, and all those that could read, from more than fifty-five other places.
From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.
That left several thousand Falashas still in Sudan, many with relatives already in Israel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Using giant C-130 transport planes and 747 jumbo jets, the Israeli military removed the Jews, known as Falashas, in just 33 hours.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nimeiri quickly came under intense pressure from Western governments to find a way to help the Falashas on humanitarian grounds.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the debate raged, about 7,000 Falashas remained stranded in refugee camps in Sudan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other races are the black Gallas from the south; the Falashas, who claim descent from Abraham and retain many Jewish characteristics; the Agows, Gongas, &c.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
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