The Secret History of Ethiopian Jews
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- Опубликовано: 6 июн 2024
- The story of the Beta Israel’s return to the Land of Israel is one of broken promises, secret agreements, and the tenacity of an ancient community in the face of unimaginable danger. While the origin story of Ethiopian Jews remains unclear, their courage, faith, and love for the Jewish homeland, along with the daring of the Mossad and the activism of North American Jews, resulted in the return of thousands of Jews to Israel.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:48 Origin stories of the Ethiopian Jews
01:34 Ethiopian Jewish beliefs and rituals
01:49 Christian persecution of Beta Israel
03:09 Ethiopian Jewish delegation walks to Israel
04:27 Joseph Halevy visits Ethiopia
06:06 Ben Gurion and diplomacy with Ethiopia
06:17 Ethiopian Jews begin escaping to Israel
07:36 Sephardic Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's declaration
08:04 Persecution of Ethiopian Jews
08:51 Activist Ferede Aklum and Mossad hatch a plan
09:46 The Beta Israel trek to Sudan
10:16 Mossad's abandoned resort operation
11:43 8,000 Ethiopian Jews arrive in Israel by air
12:12 Ethiopian Israelis successfully pressure government
12:42 Beta Israel's contribution to the story
13:36 Reflections on Israeli society
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- Barry Skolnick
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- Shmuel Katz
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I was in Jerusalem when 5,000 Ethiopian Jews made Aliyah also in 1991. Their eyes sparkled! There definitely His People.
Ya my grandma too
Wrong. There is no Ethiopian jew. This is a total fabrication. Black people don't belong to the Abrahamic religions at all. G.D. communicates with them through different channels.
I as a Jewish Ethiopian want to tell you that everything you said is truer
I was already born in Israel but my parents were born in Ethiopia and they always tell me and my brothers only parts of this terrible journey. I remember that at my school I wanted to do my final thesis in history about the journey from Ethiopia to Israel and that when I finally heard the whole story I just couldn't help but cry even now that I'm writing this letter I can't help but cry. What they went through sounds like it was taken from a book. Both of my parents immigrated to Israel at a very young age. My mother was nine years old and my father was twelve years old and they just lost so much. because they simply had nothing to eat or drink by themselves. They almost died there in Sudan.
It's just amazing how you did it so well.
Because you guys challenged god many times and god cursed you that’s why u guys be suffering. 2- Israel ppl will only have 2 times a country now in 2023 it’s ur last time ever to be a country after that u guys will be suffer again all Yahood actually. Do u guys even know how many prophets did the Jews killed?
I remember this quite well. I was about the age of your parents and living at the time in Northridge and going to a Jewish school. Our Rabbi who was a pilot told us that he would leave for Israel to rescue Ethiopian Jews and therefore we would not see him for some time. He told us to be very quiet about this because the press should not be made aware of this because they would wreck everything (which did happen in the end). We did not tell anyone about it and then we heard about it in the news. It was incredible! And then when I went to Israel I saw all these beautiful Beta Yisrael and was happy that they came, even if it was not easy for them.
@@benenivel1478 That’s a fairytale. many Ethiopian and Eritrean crossed the border to Sudan to escape war since 1960’s to present. My late father visited the reception centers at hamdayit, wed helow, um rakuba, wed shirifay : semsem just to mention few. Most of these refugee were Christian and moslem. However, in 1980 things started change . Some of this refugees secretly started to claim they are Falasha so they migrate to Israel for better condition and opportunities - none of them practiced Judaism when they were back in Ethiopia ( majority were Christian).
@@stephanieadams9702 Did you know that some of the Jews had to claim to be Christians and hide their real belief? While what you said might be possible, the reality is that most Jews who had "converted" to Christianity were truly practicing Judaism in secret. When the opportunity arrived, they no longer needed to hide the truth.
@@stephanieadams9702 To state that “none of them practiced Judaism when they were back in Ethiopia” is simply false. There is well documented evidence that shows that Ethiopian Jews had to hide their practices during heights of persecution, just like with European Jews. However, Jewish communities from American to England to Israel all agreed that Judaism was being practiced in Ethiopia at that time.
As an Ethiopian I strongly oppose the fact that you claimed Jew descendants had been persecuted here! That is false! Ethiopia had been under monarchy rule for 2 millennia! And those monarchs strongly believe that they are also descendants of the Jew origin and much respect for Jerusalem and Jew culture. Even the cultures of the Jews are still incorporated all over the country: Sons of Ethiopia are circumcised, Saturday is still holy, no one eats those forbidden things listed on the old testament ... Moreover we feel bad for the way Israeli treat Ethiopian Jews as strangers. And still more we think of them more Ethiopian than Israeli. And we still think they left Ethiopia to Israeli not because they hate Ethiopia but searching for Economic freedom that Ethiopia is poor and everyone of us need to leave the country!
The jews just want to go, Ethiopia was not confortable for them same for any other Ethiopian. Yeah the historical perspective is wrong, but they were separated
That is true
I totally agree with this...and that's obvious
I'm an Ethiopian jew and my family in fact did went through harsh things in Ethiopia and so are my friends parents my godmother from my mom's side used to walk with a cross on her neck so she won't be ridiculed/attacked/disrespected but of course Ethiopians being Ethiopians you literally can't hide from anyone someone knows someone that knows you once they found out the Christian women in church spit on my grandmother one of the Christian women one time blamed my grandmother when the priest got sick (bcs she's Jewish) and that's only the start my dad went through worse then that and he came to israel by foot from Ethiopia with his aunt and others bc Ethiopia didn't allow them to leave my dad saw his aunt getting r@ped by Muslim Sudanese men and he was tortured by them on their journey to israel.
I think it's an Ethiopian thing when bad things happen we don't really talk about we just kinda deal with which i saw and still see with our older generation
@@princessmenen9064 I'm sorry for your family struggles its painful 🥺😢❤
The conflict between the Ethiopian Christian monarchs and the Jewish monarchs can be understood as a disagreement rooted in religious beliefs. It is important to note that both groups share a common ancestry, as the first Christians were themselves Jews. Therefore, it is not a matter of racial division, but rather differences in belief systems.
Well said
The way Ethiopians worship Israel and Jewish people is crazy they would do anything their slave master tells them to do they even invaded Somalia in 2006 because their Jewish masters told them to invade the way they worship white people so bad is crazy like they even skin bleaching like its emergency even tho Israel racially discriminates them and mistreats them they are not even seen as real Jews by Israelis but they worship the white man that’s SAD
People with agenda always want to stick to the race card
No hunny they aren’t Jewish or they could test their blood. Christians hate jews that’s the only conflict
Thank you for pointing that out.
Wonderfully told, thank you! We often forget the effort and hard work the Ethio-jews have put on their own. We only dipict how Isreal and their fellow Jewish "brothers" have airlifted them to the promissed land. This is the second time I watch video showing the hardship and ordeal the Ethio-jews went through to get to Israel. Thank you for educating of all the work behind scenes. Amazing people working hard. I used to love the word "felasha" - because of how beautiful it sounds, but I´ll be careful using the word in the future. It doesn't really sound good anymore. I hope our sister- and brother-Ethiopian jews are being treated better today. I know they went through another ordeal once they reached Israel.🙏🙏🙏
THE BLACK AMERICANS AND OTHERS CARIBBEAN BLACKS OF THE SLAVE TRADE FIT THE BIBLE COMPLETELY. THERE ALSO THE HEBREWS ON THE WALLS OF EGYPT.. EVEN EUROPEAN JEWS HAD THEN AS SLAVES ALL OVER. AND THERE HATED FOR NO REASON.
I’m a Jew , I support Israel but like any other countries they have their problems . The way Israel treats the Ethiopian Jews in Israel is disgusting. The government should be ashamed of themselves. As a people who have been persecuted for ages we can be such bully’s. Pathetic
Sir,I'm trying to understand. We're these Ethiopians put throughout all of Isreal or in one part?Do the Ethiopians live amongst the Palestinians or near Gaza..?
@@setfreetm5821 I've seen Ethiopian Jews on camera who live in Israel. The ones I saw, are treated just as any other by their fellow Jewish community. And as we saw in the video, Israel did play a part in their return home. As far as some in the government here and there, not all feel the same just as any government.
One video I saw was with the Ask Project with Cory on RUclips. I can't remember the other sources. I don't know of any who live in Gaza or why they would be there though. I know Egyptians live amongst Palestinians in Gaza though.
'Like other countries they have their problems'. Hmm, there's not many countries engaging in apartheid, ethnic cleansing and extra judicial murder right now. Mostly Isreal, Russia and China. 'Like other countries they have their problems' is what psychologists call minimising.
@davegibson79 There are many countries that do the exact thing you said.
But none of the countries include Israel.
A huge percentage of the world does the exact thing you said, mostly muslim countries, dictatorships like China, and 3rd world countries.
If you think that ethnic clensing is just some words you can say without backing them up, then you are a complete idi&t.
Ethnic clensing is what happened in Muslim countries, west bank area A, Gaza, and Jordan, which currently have 0 jews.
Meanwhile arab Israelis and Ethiopians, christians, and citizens have equal rights and all lot of liberal benefits.
If you know nothing, just because you think riding on the bandwagon every time you hear something on tiktok,then please don't spam.
This is a complete misinformation
@@davegibson79 There is aparthied in very country
The story of Beta Israel is beautiful
Lol even the racism they find from Ashkenazi
@@skp8748 I meant the resilience of even being rejected by their own people yet still surviving
@skp8748 It's not just the Ashkenazi. You need to look into Arab supremacy and how the slave trade of black Africans even started - the Arab Slave Trade. And then look into the Quran scripture that has instructed them to do that to black people. Horrific racism throughout the Quran and Hadiths.
It's not only lighter complected people who engage in racism against black people. Just do a search here on RUclips for "Arab supremacy" then do one for "the Arab Slave Trade." You'll quickly stop engaging in racism and antisemitism against the indigenous Ashkenaz of the Levant who were forced to wander outside their homelands for millenia. (That of course is not to defend anyone who does engage in racism, but you'll be way harder pressed to find a racist Ashkenaz than a racist Arab - those ideals were put onto the Ashkenaz by Europeans and Arabs). Shalom, brother. 💙
@@skp8748 THE BLACK AMERICANS AND OTHERS CARIBBEAN BLACKS OF THE SLAVE TRADE FIT THE BIBLE COMPLETELY. THERE ALSO THE HEBREWS ON THE WALLS OF EGYPT.. EVEN EUROPEAN JEWS HAD THEN AS SLAVES ALL OVER. AND THERE HATED FOR NO REASON.
True it's beautiful. ❤
I’ve got goosebumps man! What a beautiful story! I’m Iranian-American and Christian, and I was in tears by the end of this. It’s inspiring and moving to see people so patriotic and so loving of their fellow Jew that they did all this to bring them home. Prophetic yes, but also very human, very of this world.
You, sir, have done such a wonderful job hosting Unpacked! You’ve brough some refreshing honesty and much-needed humanity to the often-dishonest and cruel discourse surrounding Zionism. Well done! 🫶🏽🇮🇱
They are real Jews with ancient items.
What a heart rendering story .
@@mesisorecha8920 they’re NOT.. please don’t listen to fairytales.
I want to confirm you that they were discriminated for centuries and lived in specific area and insulted as they are evil eyed b/c they are creative and handcrafted this is true history. I am from Ethippia
I do remember when i was grade 3 in 1989 G.C i learnt that the Ethipian Jewish were called felasha which means migrated from thier deep rooted
An amazing story. I bet these poor Ethiopian Jews never in their wildest dreams thought that once in Israel, this same "saviour" was capable of exhibiting such extreme racism and oppression towards them. Today, Ethiopian Jews are living in a squalid and oppressed state in Israel and are not viewed as equal citizens under the law! As an outsider who travels to Israel regularly I am astonished at how Ethiopian Jews are treated by white Jews counterparts. Sometimes we all need to peek into the mirror of our soul and evaluate our true self! Only half a story has been told here!
Thank you
True
I am very curious about this matter, they always leave out the ugly bits.
We appreciate that you’re worried about our condition in Israel as Ethiopians but what you said here is false. There is racism in every place in the world it’s true. But we are equal citizens, we got the same rights and opportunities as a white person does. The Ethiopian that you see that feels and act like he is oppressed and unequal lied to you due to his lack of accountability and told you half of the story. I feel bad for that this is your point of view on us.
If only they knew King David was black like you.
I have read and seen documentaries on this amazing journey and escapade.
It is truly wondrous, though tinged with tragedy.
Thank you for this captivating peek into Jewish and Israeli ingenuity.
The more I learn the more iam amazed..inexpressible!Thank you for sharing.
I am a Christian and I truly appreciate you telling the complete story. Thank you!
The way Ethiopians worship Israel and Jewish people is crazy they would do anything their slave master tells them to do they even invaded Somalia in 2006 because their Jewish masters told them to invade the way they worship white people so bad is crazy like they even skin bleaching like its emergency even tho Israel racially discriminates them and mistreats them they are not even seen as real Jews by Israelis but they worship the white man that’s SAD
The refuges arrived from the Black Sea, he is painting the Jews that came to Palestine/Israel as black Ethiopians
The compete story??? Read the history of how the Zionists came in and killed and robbed the Palestinians of their land. And the mistreatment of even Orthodox, Sephardic, Ethiopian. and Mizrahi Jews. The Ashkenazi Jews are supremacist, and even now are committing genocide in Gaza!
And Israel keeps trying to depot black people
Thank you a millon for telling our story simply short and sweet. To watch this after long time, my body practically shake . it gave a mix emotional feeling cause i felt all the pain as a jew back home being called bouda( evil eye) and all the lost of family members in Sudan and 40 years later to see it this free at last, of coures life is not easy but free and happy❤. So It gaves me a shivering feeling.
im sorry sir you dont deserve this i am orthodox leaving in gonder i hv to money jew friends the new generation hv noo discrimination against our beloved ethiopian jews aka amhra jew
@@oscarhabesha4001 don't say any thing that you don't know. I lived and experience it in Gonder city which I went to school ..and always embarrassed being a Jew cause my class mate use to call me በዳ yes I as same time I had friends I loved and still miss after 39 years. Being friends and being rejected who you are totally two different things. Yes we are friends but even friends ዘወር ሲሉ ቡዳ ማለታቸውን አይተውም ነበር ከመናገርህ በፊት ታሪክን ዘወር ብለህ አንብብ ጠይቅ ፣ ቤተ ስራአሎች ለምን አንጠረኛ ብረት ሰሪ እንደሆኑ ፣ለምን ሸክላ ሰሪ እንደሆኑ ከምን ተነስቶ ነው ።
Loved this video and the courage of our Ethiopians Jewish brothers and sisters and that they made it back home to eretz Israel
Its not there home or any Jewish persons home .
@@saqeralthawara2342Even according to Islamic history, Muhammad meet the Jews in Jerusalem
Indeed.
@@saqeralthawara2342 it’s spelled not There. So if you are going to make a dumb comment, use proper grammar 😙. AM YSRAEL CHAI 🇮🇱
@@allo5170 yes there was jews in jerusalem before zionist israel
I am in Germany 🇩🇪 I can’t stop crying because of the them
This is great. Thank you for this information. We are much more of a community than we know.
Oh man that makes your eyes water. To think for so long they were the only ones left, then to fight so hard to return home. They are Jewish and I hope all who wish to can return home one day 🕊️
I never thought the Jews in Ethiopia felt that way. No country is heaven or is always peaceful, specially Ethiopia. I thought we all shared all the peaces, chances, and loves that our country provided us. My best wishes to all of you! Let love and peace dominate the hate and war.
I gotta hand it to this production team and everyone involved, you’re doing some really great work
My cousin was part of the once air lefted 💔 we never saw them again😢 i hapo they found peace and happens in promise land❤
They are not called "invaders" as you said. But they are called "felashas". Felasha means displaced.
Not displaced but migrants
THIS NARRATOR IS A STRIGHT LAIR THRU HIS TEETH...Falasha means Displaced Refuge
@@duliti7133 yes "migrants" but not invaders
Regardless of the meaning they were mistreated.
@@TsegayeZenebe yes, I know but I don't now why. Do you why after long journey they stationed there?
I always enjoy your You Tube presentation. Happy New Year To You.
I knew a lot about the Ethiopian exodus back in the late 1980’s but I learned a lot more from this RUclips. This is another prophetic example of the in gathering of the Jewish exiles from the 4 corners of the earth
I knew them very well in Ethiopia. They have no any technology or communication meanses in the highlands of Ethiopia. But they're identified by David's star 🌟 sign on the top of their rural houses and israeli flags on animal skins. When they hear that Israel is in war state, I remember all of them, including my elementary school classmates wanted to go to war for Israel. They're unfortunately not well studied. They're more patriotic for their dream homeland than some actually living in israel.
"Israelis: Are Ethiopian Jews part of the Jewish people?" certainly presents an intriguing query that forces us to reflect on the multifaceted nature of Jewish identity. While the title is engaging, it might unintentionally bring the 'Jewishness' of Ethiopian Jews into question, as though it's a matter open for debate.
This is an important subject that deserves a thorough, evidence-based dialogue-one that not only explores the diversity within the Jewish community but also acknowledges the unique dimensions that Ethiopian Jews bring to this diversity.
Historical Roots: Ethiopian Jews, known as Beta Israel, have a claimed lineage that dates back over 2000 years. The Bible itself contains multiple references to Ethiopia, further substantiating their claims of ancient Jewish heritage.
Unique Religious Practices: Distinct religious texts and traditions exist within the Ethiopian Jewish community, some of which may even be considered older or more 'original' forms of Judaism. These practices not only validate their Jewish identity internally but also contribute a unique richness to the broader spectrum of Jewish religious life.
Cultural Tradition: The Ethiopian Jewish community has preserved a robust oral history, which asserts a direct lineage from ancient Israelites. This tradition has been maintained even in the face of geographical and political isolation from other Jewish communities.
Genetic Factors: While not the definitive factor for establishing 'Jewishness,' certain genetic markers shared between Ethiopian Jews and other Jewish communities serve as additional supporting evidence of their ancient Israelite heritage.
Contrast with Ashkenazi Jews: To deepen this discussion, consider the Ashkenazi Jews, who comprise the majority in Israel and around the world. Unlike Ethiopian Jews, the Ashkenazi community has historical instances of conversion and primarily descends from converts in Central and Eastern Europe.
Given all these aspects, the pressing question isn't so much whether Ethiopian Jews are part of the Jewish people. Instead, the question might be: How do the unique traditions and experiences of Ethiopian Jews broaden and enrich our collective understanding of what it means to be Jewish? Their story speaks to the resilience and lasting legacy of the Jewish people, which crosses boundaries of culture, geography, and time.
Well said 👏🏾
white/European jews are simply converts.
And a big thank you to the Creator for His blessing that made this beautiful story (with tears of joy) possible. Baruch HaShem.
The way Ethiopians worship Israel and Jewish people is crazy they would do anything their slave master tells them to do they even invaded Somalia in 2006 because their Jewish masters told them to invade the way they worship white people so bad is crazy like they even skin bleaching like its emergency even tho Israel racially discriminates them and mistreats them they are not even seen as real Jews by Israelis but they worship the white man that’s SAD
I think we are on our way!! May we emphasize these kind of stories more often and de-emphasize the news..for we manifest that which we focus upon!
archaeologists have uncovered numerous synagogues up the Nile River that have been there for thousands of years. the Jewish diaspora has been going on for a long, long time.
My Grandmother innoculated me against anti-semitism at a very young age. I'm grateful to her forever.
Keep in mind that Ashkenazi community didn't view Beta Israel’s as Jews. They demanded that all males go through circumcision again. Beta Israel held to the patrilineal descent as being Jewish not matrilineal. The practise of recognizing Jewishness was always through the father not the mother. The matrilineal concept was adopted during the first century of the CE.
Very true! The Beta Israel practiced the purest form of Hebrewism.
The funny part is that Moses , Solomon, David all looked more like the Ethiopian Jews then the European azkenazi khazar converts. In Islam Solomon, Moses are all described as having dark skin. We don't know these whites, there is a reason that the Muslims after the establishment of Israel in the 1940's said " the Jews left black and came back white ". 😂😂
@@yawos9024Exactly they got with ashkenazi Jews and started following them when they were already following biblical teachings.
You're completely WRONG!! It were only the ultra-orthodoxes, that indeed have their say in civilian religious things. But you cannot generalized to all Ashkenazim!!! They're a minority of them, a powerful one, but a minority!
@@PsssttstttSstt-qw1my Pure propaganda. Africanism. Some even say the Caesar was black, against all odd.
As an Ethiopian who isn’t Jewish. This broke my heart but rest assured we love Israel and we will always wish the best for Israel
Thank you brother
ጨፍጫፊ ነበሩኩ ብዙ ቤተ ክርስቲያን አፍርሰዋል አቃጥለዋል እስኪጠፉበት ድረስ በሄዱበት ሁሉ እንደ እባብ እስኪጠመጠሙ ድምፅ ያጠፋሉ ከዛ ጨምቀው ነፍስህን ያወጡታል
ኢትዮጲያ ተጨፍጭፈው ስርአት ተማሩ ጀርመን ተጨፍጭፈው ስርአት ተማሩ ቱርክ ተጨፍጭፈው ስርአት ተማሩ ደደብ ፍሊስጤማውያን ተቀብለው ይሀው አሳራቸውን ያበሎቸዋል የረገጡበት ሁሉ ደም ሽብር አለ
We love you back. All the best!
🤦🏽♀️
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Maybe I don’t understand but the term “authentic Jews” seems to me to say that “we didn’t know much about you. We know we are authentic Jews and now that we know about you we know you are authentic Jews too”. Seems like a nice thing to say to me. Perhaps there is something I am missing though.
Ashkenazi Jews didn’t believe Ethiopian Jews were really Jews that’s why they mad them get circumcised again even though they were already circumcised.
Great video...
Thenk you for the video 👍🏾
That was good of Israel💖 The Ethiopians are real Jews, none should fight against them. They are humble God fearing ppl.
😂 Ready your history and check the %..Or I'll 📝 it down for you.
.001 Are Refugees yahud, who came, and under us. The KINKS of you. Th kings 😂.
The land is not yahud land.
Who is Yahud.
What does real Jew means? Please do educate me more about that.
😂😂 they’re convert kushitic not Jews are shame not ham
The Habesha people of Ethiopia are the ancient ethnic Israelites who practice the earliest form of Judaic culture going back to the first temple. Unlike the Ashkenazi Jews who converted to Judaic culture in the 8th century under the Khazarian King Bulan & are not Semitic but rather European with Yiddish as there indigenous language which is Germanic.@@stephanieadams9702
Are you even Ethiopian
Great job.
Great narrating. Im not a Jew but becuase of our love for the same God, I follow Jews history.
@joshhbi how you know your not jew
If Adam and Eve are Jewish then I'd be a Jew but spiritual Jew, yes.
Same god??? Go and ask them if they believe what you believe.
Very interesting and well done video
Thank ypu for an awe inspiring story. Love from South Afrika.
As my father used to say, " we weren't lost. We knew where we were."
During the time of the (mostly Ashkenazi) destruction after Shabtai Ze'vi, they sent letters to Jewish communities asking for prayers for redemption, some of those letters arrived in Gondar, Ethiopia!
Impossible not to get teary-eyed by this great video!
I am lmao.
The way Ethiopians worship Israel and Jewish people is crazy they would do anything their slave master tells them to do they even invaded Somalia in 2006 because their Jewish masters told them to invade the way they worship white people so bad is crazy like they even skin bleaching like its emergency even tho Israel racially discriminates them and mistreats them they are not even seen as real Jews by Israelis but they worship the white man that’s SAD
I like that this video gives a lot of the Ethiopian perspective.
Thaks for all people who worked so hard to bring a dream of years become real.
They said "we have dream today ..." and that dream became real today.
God is with you Siempr'e Nancy
@@nancypaves863 indeed, god is with us = עמנואל
I almost cried listening to you talking about Israeli society.
I am Jewish convert.
I can’t wait to settle there on the hills of Judea 😢😢😢😢.
i feel the pains and the sprite of the Ethiopian Jews....well done bro and thanks for your inform
So the Beta Israel are officially from Shevet Dan according to Rav Ovadia? Is official then. Unbelievable.
There is so much i didn't know about the Ethiopian community. This is truly amazing.
The Ethiopian Jews are not Israelites, and never were! They have no Levantine DNA, no Cohen DNA, the Levites were spread through all the tribes. The Ethiopian Jews are now full Jews, through conversion, they were never Israelites!!
As an Ethiopian Jew,I’m happy more people start realizing we didn’t come out of no where and said that we are Jews.
@@YeEt-wl7wyyou are non sense..... Israel government once have taken felasha's blood and pouring into trash because Israeli government hates them deeply😂😂😂 and always want to take youngest to make them soldier and put in wars😂😂😂
@@YeEt-wl7wy my friend you’re kush thorough and thorough. My grandfather lived and worked with NGO in Ethiopia and Sudan specifically Hamdayit -Gedarif in 80’s.
@@stephanieadams9702are you trying to say that Ethiopian Jews are not actually Jewish?
Modern large-scale DNA studies have shown that the average Ethiopian Jew is about 20% Levant in origin.
Modern Ashkenazi are only marginally more Jewish at an average of 30%.
Both communities have a very long history of keeping their Jewish custom and community despite mixing with the non-jewish population in which they lived for thousands of years.
They follow Jew law, they are Jewish
If I'm not mistaken Moses was a Jew and he married a woman from Ethiopia who also believed so wouldn't there have always been jews in Ethiopia
Yes, Tzipporah is described as being a Cushite in numbers 12.
Moses was not a Jew. He was from the tribe of Levi. We are mixing stuff up.
The entirety of Africa was known as Ethiopia in those times. Moses married a woman who looked just like him. If she didn’t, why were Jews always running into Egypt, who originally were black and later became known as the Sudanese, to hide if they looked like a different people?
Again, thank you so much!!
Ýou know im on the side of Palestinians but this story of great faith made me to cry❤
It is largely a made up fantacy!
While I am far from impressed with how the Israeli government handled it's response to the October 7th incident, I have nothing against Israel or Jewish people.
So you want to take away Ethiopian Israeli’s country?
In addition, a Ayïsyen ( Haitian 🇭🇹 ) man named Benito Sylvain, one of the founders of Pan African conference and first pan African to travel back to Africa. He went to Ethiopia to warn Emperor Menelik the second about the threat of colonial powers to Ethiopia. Benito Sylvain became a spokesman for Ethiopia and was also place in the Ethiopian army by Menelik the second. Kingdom of Ayïti financed Ethiopia, which helped them avoid enslavement And helped them to win the war against Italy
Wow, I didn't know this story. Can you suggest a book if there is one? I know that Russia helped Emperor Minilik. Thank you🎉
Man this was a riveting historic story!!❤❤❤
There are some jews in Israel that are afraid of the truth concerning the Ethiopian jews,but remember the truth is just and will set you free.
What a fantastic & informative video. I have Ethiopian relatives who have made aliyah, yet there was so much that was new to me. Thank you.
I hope you don’t mind me asking because I’m very curious. How do you have Ethiopian Jewish relatives?
The Ethiopian Jew looked just like Jesus Christ being described in the Holy Bible!
Rev. Dr. Turner Ray Roberts III, Ph.D.
so Jesus was black - Ethiopian are definitely black.
Black and white is an American racial categorization. The rest of the world doesn't follow this nonsensical identity of skin color.@@stephanieadams9702
@@stephanieadams9702original Jews were black,Ashkenazi are of Nordic origin
If your Ethiopian and african at large *Beware of false knowledge,,....never let oppressors teach you your history ...best example being this video
This narrator speaks so well. Never have to look at the subtitles.
Sad and but awesome out come. BH!
እናመሰግናለን ድንቅ እና እውነተኛ ታሪክ ስላቀረብክልን 🙏🙏🙏
የትኛው ነው እውነተኛው ታሪክ የትኛው ቤተ እስራኤል ነው ከኢትዮጵያን ትለይተው ሲጨቆኑ የነበሩት በደርግ ጊዜ ውሉም ተጨቁኖ ነበር ካገር ለመውጣት ፈልጋችው ነበር በዚ አመካኝታችሁ ወጣችው እውነት ኢትዮጵያውያን እንዲ ካሰቃያችው ለምን አውንም ኢትዮጵያን ጅሁሽ ትባላላችው
@@eduyaabby566አንጥረኛ ብዳ ሸክላ ሰሪ የሰዉ ጅብ ሰላቢ ሲባሉ የኖሩት እነሱ ናቸዉ እኮ ቤተሰብ አሁን ነዉ እንጂ እኩል የሆኑት በጣም ተበድለዋል መካድ አያዋጣም
@@eduyaabby566 አሁዳ አይሁዳ ነው
@@eduyaabby566 They are called Ethiopian Jews because they lived there for centuries. Also, did you know that one of Emperor Zara Yaqob's name was "exterminator of the Jews"? His own son rebelled against him and established a Jewish Kingdom where they could be protected:
"Abba Saga was the son of the Ethiopian emperor Zara Yaqob,[1] and a monk of Ethiopian Christianity. His teacher was Abba Sabra, a monk of Ethiopian Christianity. He rebelled against his father after his conversion to Judaism and took refuge in Hoharwa mountains with a Jewish monk named Abba Sabra. Later Abba Sabra and Abba Saga, established a separate kingdom in modern-day Ethiopia in which Jews were not persecuted, unlike the kingdom, of his father, who was known as "the exterminator of the Jews" in which Jews were severely persecuted. The two formed the Falasha form of monasticism on lines similar to those of the Christians".
Stern, Henry Aaron (2013). Wanderings Among the Falashas in Abyssinia: Together with Descriptions of the Country and its Various Inhabitants. p. 14.
Kessler, David F (2012). The Falashas: A Short History of the Ethiopian Jews.
@@eduyaabby566 አሀቶቻችን ቡዳ ፈላሻ አንጥረኛ ቀጥቃጭ እየተባሉ ነው የኖሩት ::
ድሮ አሀቶቻችን ባለርስት መሆን ማረስ አይፈቀድላቸውም ነበር ስለዚህ በጥበብ ይተዳደሩ ነበር ለምሳሌ ብረታ ብረት በመስራት ፣ሸክላ ፣ ሽመና ወ.ዘ .ተ ለዚህም ነው እስከሁንም ቤተ እስራኤሎች በዚህ የምንታወቀው በዙ ጊዜም ሰዎች እኛን ሊያሽ ማቅቁን ሲፈልጉ በእነዚህ ሙያዎች ነው የሚሰድቡን።
ኢትዮጵያ ክርስትናን ስትቀበል እናንተም ተቀበሉ እየተባሉ ጫና ይደርስባቸው ነበር ከዚህም አልፎ ይገድሉ ነበር ለዚህ ነው እራሳቸውን ለመከላከል ሲሉ ተራራማ ቦታዎች ይኖሩ የነበር ለምሳሌ ሰሜን ጐንደር (እኔም ከዛ ነው ተወልጄ ያደኩት)።
አሁን በእኛ ጊዜ ግን ካለአንዳንድ ስድቦች በቀር ሌላው ቀርቷል።
እንዲህም ሆኖ ኢትዮጱያን ሁልጊዜም እንወዳታለን❤
Amazing video, one of the Hero in the video who saved the community is my father Yosef Zevadia.
I thought was rav ovadiah Yossef
I’m an Ashkenazi Hebrew living in America whose a Christian. I don’t find offense in the idea of Christian persecution towards Jews because I know Rome and Catholics were linked to this. Unfortunately when we think Christian people often make that synonymous with Catholicism yet this derived at a later time from the original Christians who weren’t Roman at al. It all began via followers of Yehsua who were almost exclusively Jews. Gentile converts eventually produced Catholics. A sect of these then considered themselves a replacement to the chosen people and that’s where we got the inquisition. That persecution didn’t derive from the ordinal Christians, but unfortunately many people hear that word and immediately think all Christian’s are Catholic. At the end of it all we can all agree humanity has always been a messy business!
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Israel grew as a nation in Africa (Egypt) so Israel has had an intimate connection with Africa for an extremely long time. It has been proposed by various scholars that Africa was named after one of Abraham’s descendants which reinforces Israel’s connection with Africa. It is a hard historical fact that numerous Israelite communities have existed amongst the northern regions of Africa for more than 2,000 years. It is a hard historical fact that Tacitus equated the Jews of being of Egyptian or Ethiopian descent which means ethnically and culturally the Jews aligned with “Hamitic” peoples
Yes and no. Jews do have a very strong historical connection to Africa, with many communities living their for thousands of years, but Jews are Semitic.....like Arabs, and East Africans.
@@donaldseigel4101 and what does it mean to be Semitic?
Not from Africa, or the land of Ham, they are of Shem. Semetic! 😊
@@secondexodus9105 Semitic is a language family, but also Semitic peoples are very close in culture, it does not matter if their skin color is Tan, Black, Brown, Olive, or White, or if they are from Africa, Asia, North America etc.
@@donaldseigel4101 thanks for sharing your thoughts and opinions
Oh man, half way listening to you narrating this story my eyes welled up.
This increases my appreciation for the people of Israel 🙏🏼
After it became clear that the immigrants who remained in the Sudanese camps were in danger, it was decided to pursue an operation of intense immigration, nicknamed "Operation Moses", during which about 8,000 immigrants were brought to Israel from Ethiopia using Israeli aircraft not boat!
The attitude of the Ashkenazi and Sephardim towards Beta Israel reminded me of the relationship between the St.Thomas Christians of Malabar and the Portuguese Padroado from 1500
Christians in Ethiopia treated the so-called jews with respect. No one attacked them that is a lie. Ethiopia accepted them and allowed them to stay when Israeli's disobeyed God and they dispersed all over the world. Felasha means an immigrant, they are not "invaders" as you claimed so no one refered to them as such.
But they were there before Christianity tho
I'm from somalia we have a jew community too called yibir I think them and the beta Israel are somehow related
You're the one who is lying they have always been mistreated. They were tagged with many names. Because the bible says 'አይሁድ ይክዱታል'. Most people see them as evil eyed 'ቡዳ' since their eye color was a little different.
I know how this feel! My Grandfather 100% jew had to disowned my father because he born out of weeding from a Haitian women. All while they been living in Haiti. We are mixed but all we know is the Haitian culture. The racism is really deep in the jewish community. I’m 33 yr old, never heard or saw or talked to him. All i got is a old family picture of my dad and them people when he was a kid.
That's sad to hear.
Thank God for those who rescued these people. And blessing for those Isreali who consider them brothers and sisters!
What an amazing story! These brave people deserve the freedom to live in their own land a happy and prosperous life. May God Almighty bless them abundantly!
Wel done we new it verey well thanks for your history
I wonder how you portray Ethiopia as a hostile country to FELASHA?? They still believe that Ethiopia is their mother land.
They have always been mistreated here remember
Because "facts don't care about feelings" and truth is truth
Because that is their home they look like every Ethiopian so of course it's their motherland whether you like it or not their differences with a lot of Ethiopians may be religious nothing else. No one will be fooled by this video, it's incomplete and carries a lot of misinformation. This video is for propaganda
Outstanding and arty. But weak about many historical points, which don't controvert their beliefs and goals; any more that other large segments of Jewry ignore or obfuscate their actual origin. Glad to see this superb presentation.
I love it thank you ❤
Thank you for sharing ❤the story of brethren who fulfill the mission, thank you Lord for your faithfulness hallelu Yah amen 🙏 ❤❤❤
What gets me is that it's obvious that successive Ethiopian governments do not want the Beta Israelis in their country but they don't want them to leave either. It's this conundrum that should be easily solved by letting them go. "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest, er, people?"
Here is more for you, bete isreal were treated horribly but the kings who ruled Ethiopia for about a thousand years claimed to be solomon decent lol
Ethiopia used to be a Christian kingdom. The jews were sent by king Ezana to western periphries of the kingdom as they resfused to accept christianity. King Ezana and his successors never failed to protect the jews community against any aggression from the nighbouring chieftans and mahidist for centuries. they are our people and Ethiopia is their home.
@@misginaberheabreha1137 Emperor Zara Yaqob surely didn't get the memo that they were supposed to be protected because one of his famous names was "exterminator of the Jews"
I am lost of words it seem there a lot history that has not been told and it seem a light is beginning to shine I pray that the lord will give them strength
im ethiopian and this is just comedy cause im a history student as well. please site where you got these information?
If you think this is incorrect. Why not present this incredible different information???
😂😂😂😂 ur right am also consern
Israel known for making a lie
Who told the story of the history before us
We are created equally by one GOD THE FATHER OF ALL PEOPLE AND I READ IN THE SCRIPTURES I WILL POUR OUT OF MY SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH
This is my hero father ❤
Ethiopia was a strongly Jewish place but also extremely diverse. The entirely missed point in this video is that Jews and Zionists are not the same thing and the idea of Zionists deciding who is an authentic Jew is quite laughable, and Israel as a state discriminates against Africans, even force sterilizing them, and that there is a larger nation of Israel that is comprised of the people who keep the Torah and keep the commandments in earnest and do not participate in the secular ideas of Zionist ideology and are very much against the NEO-Bolshevist system of Israel.
Are you talking about messianic Jews in the latter part of your comment?
@@AmethystEyes
Perhaps, but the whole concept of messianism is quite ranging, many keep the commandments without a concept that a messiah is coming, in a person, moreso in a human heart shift where empathy is engaged and the healing of the nations takes places through a remembrance.
Thanks man big respect for Ethiopian Jewish 🙌
The thing is even the ethiopian Kings starting from 2800 years ago were all jews. They couldn't stay on power unless they trace back their ancestry to King Solomon of the Bible and Queen sheba. So we can clearly say that the Kings and clergies were Ethnically Jewish but religiously Christians. This fact is well known among Ethiopians and Eritreans. Ethiopia continues to be the home of the jewish community because the only difference us religion and thay have huge role in our shared history. Proud to be 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹. Home of the Ark of the Covenant.
We Christian Ethiopians always stand along with Israel, Jerusalem. We condemn all hated and bad actions done towards 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱israel, because israel is home of our brother Ethiopians, Bete-Israels.
Are you serious? Don't dare say you're Ethiopian with pride and support Israel. Be ashamed not because they have been horribly threatened in the past and not because your Ethiopian Jewish brothers are there you must support their actions in the year of 2023. This video is to boost their propaganda agenda that contains misinformation, as there are many things left unsaid and you think they care about the Ethiopian Jewish community? who knows what will happen tomorrow? As Ethiopians Christians or Muslims or others idk should never stand with Zionists.
My grandfather by my dad's side was from bugna area Jewish background i always felt ckose to my Jewish heritage though i my mother is Eritrean, i love Israel 🇮🇱 ❤
Brother you are doing a wonderful research .God be with you in jesus christ name
And then what happened once they arrived? I was surpised your video ended so abruptly.
Right!
Hold on, hold on. How could they not know the first temple had been destroyed, isn't that when the diaspora began? Secondly, how do you get ahold of the Mossad because I have questions. Why did Peres out the mission?! Irresponsible and deadly. Why would he do that? Lastly, this video made me cry - I'm so so very glad you're shedding light on the plight of Beta Israel, their story, and their extraordinariness. Leave no Jew behind.
Peres was always a snake. Whatever reason he had was probably evil. Although they are ours (our people) not all Jews had the same level of education. They became cut off. The same is true with the Yeminite Jews and the Rambam brought them back into normative Judaism. The same is true with groups of Indian Jews (Bnei Yisrael) who had to re-establish ties with the Jewish people. The most important thing is that we love them and are glad to have them as part of our community. To this day when I see a member of the Ethiopian community (now born here!) I feel such pride for them. They are a great people.
Read the Ethiopians' version. There are a number of books written by Ethiopians about their exodus experience.
Thx God for the brave and God fearing Ethiopians and the Jews who saved them
May God continue to bless both Israel and America. Thx for this amazing story
still ethiopian jews get discriminized by other white jews in israel
Great video! Beautiful story. The only thing I do not like is the notion of calling the enemy of the Jews in Ethiopia "Christian" rather than Roman, since the Romans stole that "Christian" term in a similar was as what they did to the Jews in Ethiopia, by trying first to persecute and even exterminate Christians. Remember it is not just the Ethiopian Jews Romans called "Falasha" to, they defined every enemy they had as "Barbarians" whether it was the Vikings, Celts, Phoenicians, Persian or Mongols, though it was the Romans who stole the Phoenician alphabet from the Phoenicians and then virtually wiped them of the face of the earth. The enemy of the Ethiopian Jews was Roman not Christian, the Romans in truth cares nothing for the values of Jesus Christ a Jew, for it they did they would not be a enemy of Jews in Ethiopia.
The true Barbarians and the true Falasha invader or stranger is the ROMANS, not the Christians, Jews or the enemies who fought against Roman invasion.
To say they were rescued because they were at a greater risk than their fellow Ethiopians is an exaggeration at best. they'd lived in Ethiopia for ever like all Ethiopian farmers do .
Beautiful story, It made me cry this information is very enlightening. Thanks
I am very proud of my Ethiopian Jewish ancestors✡🕎
Can you provide your blood sample ? What make you different - helleselasie was not Jew nor his wife Fatima (Itegemenen).
Good story. Now, the Ethiopian Jews are still between a rock and a hard place in Israel, facing structural and systemic racial discrimination. Hope to see the vigor and resources Israel deployed to bring them out of their mother land are replicated in ensuring their human rights, dignity and worth.
Being a grandson of a fijian chief, our legend state we traveled down the river Rufiji in Africa south of Tanzania , Apparently we were warrior who also worked as gold mines Egypt
Thank You
As an Ethiopian, most of the things mentioned in the story didn’t exclusively happen to Jewish only. Everyone suffered. In addition, it looks like there are some historical misinterpretations, the story of Yodit.
But, thank you for letting us know the situation overall.
Remember they were not only unfairly treated because of their being a different tribe they're spirituality demonized too as an evil eye and they're hated for not accepting Jesus as their messiah. They've always seen as traitors among uneducated christians.
As a Christian, I love Jews as well as Israel. However, I can't understand a claim by people who exactly look like Ethiopians to be "Ethiopian Jews" than Ethiopians. If even if one would say they are inter-married then that doesn't take away their Ethiopian identity.
Nothing complicated here. You can understand Jews who look like Europeans. But not like Africans
@@CollenMsiza if you are with me, I am talking about the so called "Ethiopian Jews". Can anyone differentiate them from ordinary Ethiopians except for their caps?
@CollenMsiza my thoughts as well. It's funny how the European jews go all out for those that look like them but then question someone that doesn't. It really makes one think when they freely use the term "authentic jews" as if all others are non authentic which denotes fake.
As a teenager : i gave my babysitting money to help these people. I recall when they were wisked off to Israel on airplanes.
Tears. Speechless 😎
Ethiopian Jews are the TRUE JEWS (Rev 2:9 and Rev 3:9 kjv)
U real one man
I have my doubts that Ethiopian Christians attacked or were aggressive to Ethiopian Jews. And how do we know for certain that those so called Ethiopian Jews are really descendants of exiled Jews?
Lool y’all have the cheek. They are real Jews not the fake European converts
Do you think those European imposters are the real Jews?
@@Dominique03
A lot of them are. Let’s remember that because of Israel’s sins as a nation, they were scattered throughout the world. Naturally, some of them mixed with the locals if were they were and adapted part of the culture. The Tanakh mentions an Ethiopian in the story of king David, & during Solomon’s reign, there was a relationship between both kingdoms. Maybe a few mixed with each other, & those who went to Ethiopia probably brought judaism to Ethiopia. How would you tell which Ethiopians we’re mixed with Jews? In my opinion, the majority are strictly Ethiopia, & maybe a few mixed with Jewish blood. If I’m wrong, prove it.
@@Dominique03
By the way, the stereotype of the ancient Jews were those who came from countries in the Middle East, like Yemen, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, etc. They preserved the original Hebrew & it’s pronunciation, rituals, etc. But it doesn’t mean that most European Jews aren’t really Jewish. The B’rit Chadashah mentions an Ethiopian who was evangelized by Philip, a Jew who believed in Yeshua as HaMashiach, by which The Way (gentiles call it Christianity) was spread in Ethiopia.
"Abba Saga was the son of the Ethiopian emperor Zara Yaqob,[1] and a monk of Ethiopian Christianity. His teacher was Abba Sabra, a monk of Ethiopian Christianity. He rebelled against his father after his conversion to Judaism and took refuge in Hoharwa mountains with a Jewish monk named Abba Sabra. Later Abba Sabra and Abba Saga, established a separate kingdom in modern-day Ethiopia in which Jews were not persecuted, unlike the kingdom, of his father, who was known as "the exterminator of the Jews" in which Jews were severely persecuted. The two formed the Falasha form of monasticism on lines similar to those of the Christians[2]"
1Stern, Henry Aaron (2013). Wanderings Among the Falashas in Abyssinia: Together with Descriptions of the Country and its Various Inhabitants. Routledge. p. 14.
2Kessler, David F (2012). The Falashas: A Short History of the Ethiopian Jews.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
Love your content.I am a Russian Jewish woman I love all my beautiful people. Long live ISREAL forever
Mazel Tov!
Another aspect of the Ethiopian Jewish story is what happened to them during the years of the Holocaust. Italy had colonized Ethiopia but the natives united and resisted Italian rule. These groups included Jews, Christians and Muslims. Mussolini wrote to Hitler asking if he had any ideas about how to overcome the resistance and Hitler advised him to generate anti-Jewish sentiment among the Christians and Muslims and flood the area with all kinds of vile ant-Jewish leaflets and articles touting the worst conspiracy theories. This succeeded in getting the Muslims and Christians to turn on the Jews and spend their energies against their Jewish neighbors and fellow countrymen rather than on the Italians. Unfortunately, it worked all too well, and the Ethiopian Jews were the second group of Jews (after the German Jews) to experience the affects of Nazi Jew-hatred.