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Jews, Ethiopian

LC control no.sh 85046946
Topical headingJews, Ethiopian
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Variant(s)Beta Israel
Ethiopian Jews
Falashas
Felashas
Fenjas
Foggara
House of Israel
Israel, Beta
Israel, House of
Kaila
Found inWork cat.: Wagaw, T.G. For our soul : Ethiopian Jews in Israel, c1993: p. 4 (To most outsiders, they are known as the Falasha ... in recent years, educated members of the group have rejected it, preferring to be called either Beta Israel or simply Ethiopian Jews)
LC data base, 3/10/93.
Am. heritage dict. (Falasha. Offensive. Used as a disparaging term for an Ethiopian Jew)