The Jews of Ethiopia: The Birth of an Elite

This book offers the results of the most recent research carried out in European and Israeli universities on Ethiopian Jews. With a special focus on Europe and the role played by German, English and Italian Jewish communities in creating a new Jewish Ethiopian identity, the book investigates such issues as the formation of a new Ethiopian Jewish elite and the transformation of the identity from Ethiopian Falashas to the Jews of Ethiopia during the twentieth century.

Emanuela Trevisan Semi is Professor of Modern Jewish and Hebrew Studies at the University of Venice, Italy.