Observations on the Falash Mura Arriving In Israel Tonight

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29 Shevat 5779

4 February 2019

The News on the Israeli Street

Tomorrow is “Family Day” in Israel . . .

To recognize the fact, Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics released a flurry of interesting information today. Here are some snippets:

*There are 2.06 million “families” in Israel: 1.63 million (79%0 are Jewish; 367,000 (18%) are Arab.

*The most common Jewish family name is “Cohen” (1 in 50 Israelis’ last name; second is “Levi” at 1 in 80) the most common Muslim name is “Agbaria”; the most most common Christian name is “Khouri”; the most common Druze last name is “Halabi.”

*The percentage of children 17 years of age or under who live with two parents is an extremely high 92%. Single parent families only number 122,000.

*The city with the highest percentage of families without children is Tel Aviv–with an astonishingly high 42%. 

*In terms of religion, 46.5% of Israelis identify themselves as “secular” compared to 40% who see themselves as “traditional” or “very religious.” Interestingly, among Israeli-Arabs, 11% call themselves “secular”; 57.1% call themselves “traditional”; and 29.2% identify themselves as “very religious.”

Speaking of families . . .

The logo of Yad L’Achim.

A very interesting event is taking place at the Kotel this week: it is a special Bar and Bat Mitzvah event organized by Yad L’Achim.

As you may not know, Yad L’Achim goes into Arab settlements, villages, and cities to “rescue” Jewish children whose mothers married Arabs and now seek to return to Jewish-Israeli society. 

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These children were all raised as Muslims (in Islam, religion in patrilineal); after being contacted by the mothers, Yad L’Achim has provided “tutors” to provide the youngsters with a basic Jewish education.

This week’s ceremonies at the Western Wall will feature 20 young people. They are just the latest of hundreds of young people that Yad L’Achim have (in its words) “returned to the bosom of the Jewish people.”

Kolakevod to Yad L’Achim! 

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Observations on the Falash Mura Arriving In Israel Tonight

Falash Mura in Gondar, Ethiopia.

As you may not know dear reader, there has been an ongoing controversy in Israel about the fate of parents and other relatives of Jewish-Ethiopian immigrants to Israel. 

For years, about one thousand of these relatives have been stuck in Gondar and Addis Ababa because they are not Jewish–having converted to other religions in past centuries. At present, they have not undergone the requisite orthodox conversion back to Judaism to pass muster in Israel.

Now, however, after a concerted effort by Israeli-Ethiopians which produced a government decision last year to allow 1000 of those still in Ethiopia to immigrate to Israel, 82 parents will be reunited with their children and other relatives in Israel tonight.

On the face of things, family reunification always seems like a good idea; however, one need not look too far (think immigrants from the former Soviet Union*) to see instances in Israel in which those entering the country as “non-Jewish relatives” had major difficulties assimilating into Israeli society.

The problem is that at some point they stopped trying to assimilate and developed non-Jewish enclaves, non-Jewish enclaves complete with non-kosher supermarkets, Christmas trees, and other elements which undermine the Jewish character of Israel.

It is with all the above in mind that we here on israelstreet welcome those arriving from Ethiopia tonight, but at the same time sincerely hope that they will follow their relatives and become Jewish citizens of the country.

*Addendum: This is not even to mention the completely different disastrous circumstance of Israeli-Arabs being “reunited” with family members in Gaza under the Family Reunification Law.