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Beita Israel: A photographic journey from Ethiopia to Israel

By Uriel Sinai, Ayanawo Farada Sanbetu and Haaretz Staff

Tags: aliyah, Ethiopian Jews

Haaretz.com TV special feature on Ethiopian immigrants to Israel.

Over 75,000 people immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia since 1948. More than half of them arrived in Israel in the past 15 years.

Following a long journey that took them from their home villages to a waiting camp in Gondar, an emigration facility in Addis Ababa, and an immigration absorption camp in Israel, they arrived in their new homes in Israel.

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aaretz photographer Uriel Sinai traveled to Ethiopia and back, in order to document the different steps of the journey, offering a visual glance into both the excitement and the difficulties facing Ethiopian immigrants.

Accompanying Sinai's photographs is music by Ras Deshen Ensemble, an Israeli-Ethiopian musical duo featuring Yitzhak Yedid on piano and Abatte Berihun on vocals and saxophone.

For more video news and features, visit Haaretz.com TV.

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1.	film	21:42	\|	Shimon	23/11/07

2.	pictures	22:17	\|	israel	23/11/07

3.	To ignorant Shimon	08:20	\|	Micha	24/11/07

4.	Mind boggling !!!	13:33	\|	Boris	24/11/07

5.	Mind boggling !!!	13:34	\|	Boris	24/11/07

6.	The film does not work on my PC. The Ethiopians are neglected	13:36	\|	L A	24/11/07

7.	My guess is they are more Jewish than Shimon will ever be	15:24	\|	Stephen	24/11/07

8.	re My guess is they are more Jewish than Shimon will ever be	18:14	\|	Simon Peret	24/11/07

9.	Poor judgment at this TV "documentary".	19:03	\|	Fortuna Benmayor	24/11/07

10.	liberty of mind	23:30	\|	Mauro Gerli	24/11/07

11.	This is one biased journey!!!!!	23:46	\|	AK	24/11/07

12.	wtf????????	00:27	\|	d	25/11/07

13.	ignorant more Jewish/	19:29	\|	Shimon	25/11/07

14.	# 12 wtf? THANKS FOR SOME REAL CLARITY	15:45	\|	Petra	04/02/08

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