Falashas
- plural of Falasha.
Example Sentences
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Nimeiri quickly came under intense pressure from Western governments to find a way to help the Falashas on humanitarian grounds.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prior to the present airlift, the typical method of escape was for couriers, financed mainly by private American Jewish organizations, to smuggle Falashas into Israel in small groups.
From Time Magazine Archive
That left hundreds of Ethiopian Jews, known as Falashas, stranded in Sudan after making the long trek to refugee camps there.
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
Filled with the hope of redemption, large numbers of the Falashas, at their head venerable old men holding aloft banners and singing pious songs, at that time left their homes.
From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Karpeles, Gustav
