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April 08, 2004
Jews in odd places: Uganda
The Observer asks why the Jews of Ethiopia are being accepted into Israel, but the Jews of Uganda are not:Israel is now planning to fetch home some of the most scattered Jews, the Falasha tribesmen of Ethiopia, but for this Ugandan community there is no answer to Sizumo's prayer.The Abayudaya, or People of Judah, are in many ways like the Falasha. Both are devoutly orthodox, isolated and sometimes persecuted. Both black African Jewish communities practise slightly different rituals to the wider Jewish world's. There is one key difference - unlike the Falasha, the Abayudaya do not lay claim to a lineage dating back to David. They were converted to Judaism less than a century ago, after a row with the British.
William | 04/08/04 at 08:33 AM | Categories: - Jews in odd places
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