Hazkarah: A Symbolic Day for the Reconstituting of the Jewish-Ethiopian Community
Author(s)
Emanuela Trevisan Semi
Publication Name
Jewish Political Studies Review
Publication Date
Spring 2005
Publisher
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA)
Abstract
The author analyzes the invention of Hazkarah ("memory"), a new holiday of Ethiopian Jews in Israel that commemorates those who perished while trying to reach Israel from Ethiopia before and during Operation Moses (1984-5). The author explains that Hazkarah expresses the Ethiopian Jews' process of Israelization in contrast to their traditional holiday of Segd, celebrated in Ethiopia to celebrate the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai and reintroduced in Israel to express the community's re-Ethiopianization.
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Hazkarah: A Symbolic Day for the Reconstituting of the Jewish-Ethiopian Community. Spring 2005: https://archive.jpr.org.uk/object-bjpa2318
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