| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (92 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences |
| Summary |
"'Yerusalem,' a new feature documentary (based on the Israeli documentary series) brings to life the story of a long, dramatic and tumultuous journey as the Jewish Ethiopian community, also known as 'Beta-Israel,' finally find their way back to the heart of the Jewish people after centuries--Jerusalem. 'Yerusalem' is the story of an isolated Jewish tribe who kept its faith for thousands of years even though they lived in a hostile Christian environment. This is the story of ancient Jewish traditions, of heroic actions and daring covert operations. But mainly, this is the story of a powerful religious yearning that has been passed down from father to son for countless generations. A desire for a 'Yerusalem' tied with gold threads. 'Exodus of the Black Jews,' 'Rescue of the Lost Tribe,' cried out international news headlines in January 1985 when the airlift known as 'Operation Moses' was revealed. In one of several clandestine operations in the Ethiopian Exodus, Israeli Mossad, the US administration and world Jewry collaborated to rescue thousands of Ethiopian Jews from the hellhole refugee camps in Sudan. The London Times wrote: 'The airlift was in its way as inspiring a story as the Biblical Exodus.' 'Yerusalem' is the complex story of the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel bringing the stories of the first and second generation of immigrants, rabbinical cases, Aliyah activists, Mossad personnel, ship commanders and pilots, decision-makers and many others who risked their lives to bring Ethiopian Jews to their ancestral land. Here they were required to prove their Jewishness and fight for their legitimate place in Israeli society"--Films 2Go WWW site (viewed November 5, 2021) |
| Credits |
Film editing, Gilad (Gili) Goldschmidt |
| Performer |
Mehreta Baruch Ron, narrator |
| Notes |
Streaming video file |
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Hebrew and Amharic dialogue; subtitles in English |
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Description based on online resource (viewed November 5, 2021); title from title frames |
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Jews, Ethiopian.
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Jews, Ethiopian -- Civil rights -- Israel
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Jews, Ethiopian -- Israel -- Social conditions
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Operation Moses, 1984-1985.
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Racism -- Israel
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Emigration and immigration
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Jews, Ethiopian
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Jews, Ethiopian -- Social conditions
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Race relations
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Racism
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| SUBJECT |
Israel -- Emigration and immigration
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Israel -- Race relations
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| Subject |
Israel
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Ben Shoshan, Hila, film producer
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Peretz, Avishai, film producer
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Zinni, Levi, film director, screenwriter
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Goldschmidt, Gilad, editor of moving image work
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Ron, Mehreta Baruch, narrator
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Doc.Films (Firm : Israel), production company
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Go2Films (Firm), publisher.
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