Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mainly assembled in the smaller urban areas of central israel”. Today it says “immigrants and descendants of the immigrants from the beta israel communities in ethiopia”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Absorption in Israel; Socio-economic status”.
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Jews who came from Ethiopia to the State of Israel Ethnic group Ethiopian Jews in Israel or Beta Israel are immigrants and descendants of the immigrants from the Beta Israel communities in Ethiopia . To a lesser extent, the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel also includes Falash Mura , a community of Beta Israel who had converted to Christianity over the course of the prior two centuries, but were permitted to immigrate to Israel upon returning to Israelite religion—this time largely to Rabbinic Judaism . Most of the community made aliyah in two waves of mass immigration assisted by the Israeli government: Operation Moses (1984), and Operation Solomon (1991). Today, Israel is home to the largest Beta Israel community in the world, with about 168,800 citizens of Ethiopian descent in 2022, who mainly reside in southern and central Israel. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . "The Ethiopian Jews of Israel - Personal Stories of Life in the Promised Land - by Len Lyons, PHD; - Photographs by Ilan Ossendryver - Foreword by Alan Dershowitz" . Weil, S . 2016b “ The Complexities of Conversion among the ‘Felesmura’ ”. International Relations and Security Network (ISN) . Studies in Contemporary Jewry, an Annual .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Ethnic group Languages Hebrew · Amharic · Tigrinya Religion Judaism ( Haymanot · Rabbinism ) Related ethnic groups Falash Mura · Beta Abraham Ethiopian Jews in Israel refers to the immigrants and descendants of the immigrants of the Beta Israel communities of Ethiopia , who now reside in Israel . Most of the community made aliyah from Ethiopia to Israel in two waves of mass immigration assisted by the Israeli government: Operation Moses (1984) and Operation Solomon (1991). Today Israel is home to the largest Beta Israel community in the world with about 125,500 citizens of Ethiopian descent in 2011, who are mainly assembled in the smaller urban areas of central Israel. Oz Almog , "Residential patterns among olim from Ethiopia , Published in 2008 (Hebrew)
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Jews who came from Ethiopia to the State of Israel Ethnic group Ethiopian Jews in Israel are immigrants and descendants of the immigrants from the Beta Israel communities in Ethiopia who now reside in Israel.To a lesser, but notable, extent, the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel is also composed of Falash Mura , a community of Beta Israel which had converted to Christianity over the course of past two centuries, but were permitted to immigrate to Israel upon returning to Israelite religion - this time largely to Rabbinic Judaism . Most of the community made aliyah from Ethiopia to Israel in two waves of mass immigration assisted by the Israeli government: Operation Moses (1984), and Operation Solomon (1991). Today, Israel is home to the largest Beta Israel community in the world, with about 125,500 citizens of Ethiopian descent in 2011, who are mainly assembled in the smaller urban areas of central Israel. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .International Relations and Security Network (ISN) .Studies in Contemporary Jewry, an Annual .Israel Central Bureau of Statistics ."Residential patterns among olim from Ethiopia" (in Hebrew).
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Jews who came from Ethiopia to the State of Israel Ethnic group Ethiopian Jews in Israel are immigrants and descendants of the immigrants from the Beta Israel communities in Ethiopia who now reside in Israel. To a lesser, but notable, extent, the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel is also composed of Falash Mura , a community of Beta Israel which had converted to Christianity over the course of the past two centuries, but were permitted to immigrate to Israel upon returning to Israelite religion—this time largely to Rabbinic Judaism . Most of the community made aliyah from Ethiopia to Israel in two waves of mass immigration assisted by the Israeli government: Operation Moses (1984), and Operation Solomon (1991). Today, Israel is home to the largest Beta Israel community in the world, with about 164,400 citizens of Ethiopian descent in 2021, who are mainly assembled in the smaller urban areas of central Israel. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . "The Ethiopian Jews of Israel - Personal Stories of Life in the Promised Land - by Len Lyons, PHD; - Photographs by Ilan Ossendryver - Foreword by Alan Dershowitz" . International Relations and Security Network (ISN) . Studies in Contemporary Jewry, an Annual . Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . "Residential patterns among olim from Ethiopia" (in Hebrew).
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mainly assembled in the smaller urban areas of central israel
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immigrants and descendants of the immigrants from the beta israel communities in ethiopia
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Absorption in Israel
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