WIKIPEDIA: According to the Bible, Galilee was named by the Israelites and was the tribal region of Naphthali and Dan, at times overlapping the Tribe of Asher's land.
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MFA Situation Room + @IsraelinSpain monitoring #Barcelona events, in contact w/ local authorities to ensure wellbeing of Israelis in area. pic.twitter.com/ymSi1ZAft3— Yuval Rotem 🇮🇱 (@Yuval_Rotem) August 17, 2017
#TelAviv, first city in the world to pay tribute to the victims of the attack in #Barcelona 🇪🇸🇮🇱 pic.twitter.com/Rcd6vGFSEJ— Happy in Tel Aviv (@happyintlv) August 17, 2017
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Blah blah blah @EAT24 blah blah. Whatever. I’ll form sentences after I've had something to eat.— Ginger B (@jewlipina) August 16, 2017
re: white libs & "punch nazis" pic.twitter.com/wJrJfhpXib— Gloria🇨🇩 (@hereweGLOagain) August 15, 2017
Unfortunately Pres. Lincoln did say if he could bring the country back together and keep slavery he would do it.— Grumpy Rick (@therickmanolo) August 16, 2017
In 1939, roughly 22,000 people gathered in #MadisonSquareGarden for a pro-Nazi rally. It drew scores of protestors. https://t.co/nqXhb34I1v— Longreads (@Longreads) August 16, 2017
Keep finding this tiny green frog 🐸 on my porch. Unusual but adorable! #wildlifeWednesday #wildlife #frog pic.twitter.com/UwoT67mhct— Joy Lim Nakrin (@JoyNBCBoston) August 16, 2017
Tikkun Meroz
— Farsi Out of Bounds (@AsherLeaks) August 2, 2017
From Hayim Nahman Bialik's poem Birkat 'am (People's blessing, Adar II 5654/March 1894):
?וְלָמָּה, הַמְפַגְּרִים, פַּעֲמֵיכֶם כֹּה בוֹשְׁשׁוּ?הַעֶבֶד יִשְׂרָאֵל, הַאִם בְּנֵי מֵרוֹז
Why did your steps hesitate so much, you stragglers?Are Jews slaves, are they Meroz' sons?
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Wil Gafney: Mother Bilhah, womb-slave of Israel, we call your name. Ashé!
Nightmare in Dreamland pt1 DUBAI Ethiopian / Filipino Maids Slavery PART 1 https://t.co/mdtYQoeIv0 via @YouTube— Rita (@MissOginy) June 26, 2017
"$5,000 for Filipino maid & $1,500 for Ethiopian maid for 2 years contract. No day off." This is a fucking slavery/human trafficking system! https://t.co/48NtICaQD7— 月 (@faroofash) July 22, 2017
זלפה מכה פניה, בלהה מקוננת בשתי ידיה.— (((Elli Fischer))) (@Adderabbi) August 1, 2017
I can't think of another place in all of our liturgy where Zilpah and... https://t.co/FXaPglPt8H
Wil Gafney: No comfort is offered to Bilhah in the text. Was she supported by other slave women, by Zilpah who shared her lot in life?Wil Gafney: when I pray the Amidah, I add Hagar, Bilhah and ZilpahWil Gafney: Given the absence of Lavan’s wife from the narrative it is entirely possible that Lavan used Bilhah sexuallyWil Gafney: Bilhah’s body is used again in Gen 35:22. Re’uven ben Leah, Ya‘aqov’s firstborn son, rapes Bilhah. That Bilhah does not consent is indicated by the Hebrew, vayishcav et-bilhah, "he lay Bilhah." There is no "with" indicating consent.Wil Gafney: Bilhah’s sexual subordination to Rachel (with or without the possibility that Lavan used her sexually previously) evokes for me the sexual abuse of enslaved Africans in the United States, Caribbean and other places.Aaron Finestone: It could be argued that Bilhah and Zilpah were omitted as Imahot because of race and class.betsy teutsch: Some of the rejection of Bilhah and Zilpah is due to class and race issues.Judy Bolton-Fasman: Bilhah and Zilpah understand women who feel marginalized.
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"FALASHA MASADA"
“Falashas: The Forgotten Jews,” Baltimore Jewish Times, 9 November 1979: Once they were kings. A half million strong, they matched their faith with fervor and out-matched the Moslem and Christian tribesmen around them to rule the mountain highlands around Lake Tana. They called themselves Beta Israel—the house of Israel—and used the Torah to guide their prayers and memories of the heights of Jerusalem as they lived in their thatched huts in Ethiopia.
But their neighbors called them Falashas—the alien ones, the invaders. And even three hundred years of rule, even the black features that matched those of all the people around them did not make the Jews of Ethiopia secure governors of their destiny in Africa.
Righteous Jews Honored by Falasha Supporters, AAEJ Press Release, 1981: Falasha men and women fought to the death from the steep heights of their fortress… they threw themselves over the precipice or cut each other’s throats rather than be taken prisoner—it was a Falasha Masada. [The rebel leaders] burned all of the Falasha’s written history and all of their religious books, it was an attempt to eradicate forever the Judaic memory of Ethiopia.
Jewish Virtual Library: Others, however, argued for a more quiet diplomacy, void of the public demonstrations and arrests that marked the struggle for Soviet Jewry.
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anna aero: Ethiopian Airlines becomes the only carrier to provide a direct air link to Manila from the African continent.
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Jerick Aguilar: I arrived at the Bole International Airport, I noticed how more modern and much bigger it was than our Ninoy Aquino. In the capital of Addis Ababa, I was surprised to see a lot of buildings – important ones
Little did I know that Addis Ababa is 2,400 meters above sea level so I was surprised to see how the weather there was much like the one in our Baguio City with the occasional showers. I ended up wearing the pair of jeans I arrived at the airport with everyday for the whole duration of my stay, had to put on socks whenever I wore my sandals, and crossed my shoulders all the time to feel warm.
I was surprised not to see a lot of hungry, or make that starving, people as I had expected. Yet we do have a lot more homeless people and shanty towns than those in Addis Ababa.
I was also surprised not to see "kababayans" there. I assumed, or make that knew, that there were. But, for some reason, I just couldn’t come across them and it somehow made my trip quite incomplete. I stayed in the capital for a couple of days and did the usual tourist thing, but still no sight of Filipinos. Until I went to the town of Lalibela (where there are 13th to early 14th century rock-hewn churches) and heard of two other Filipinos – one responsible for administration and the other for logistics, and both are based in Ethiopia.
In Gondar (where there are medieval-like castles and palaces that date back hundreds of years ago), my taxi driver, after figuring out that I am Filipino, told me of an English teacher in the town’s university who is also Filipino. (As a side note, I make it a point to tell everyone, or sometimes let them guess, that I am from the Philippines).
And speaking of tour guides, in my final destination of Axum (where there are huge monolithic granite obelisks that date back even before Christ), my guide instantly knew that I am Filipino because he knows one from an international NGO who is assigned in the vicinity, and he said we both shared the same physical features. He also stated that he (or she) did capacity-building work in several villages in and around the area. Unfortunately, he didn’t know where this Filipino was currently at so we couldn’t give this "kababayan" a surprise visit.
Back in the capital, I was kinda sad that I didn’t meet any Filipino as I usually do wherever I go. It just wasn’t enough that I heard of them. But on my last night in a popular restaurant, after having dinner and before heading out the main door, my "Pinoy-dar" registered someone with an Ethiopian at another table. Without hesitation, I approached him and asked if he is Filipino to which he answered, "I knew you are Filipino too!" We exchanged pleasantries and were excited at each other’s company that he didn’t finish his dinner because we were too busy talking. He amiably invited me to the university grounds where I met two of his colleagues, one of whom is the priest leading the management team. Both, of course, are Filipino.
Alas, this chance encounter made my first (and surely not the last) trip to this part of East Africa complete. Next I am off to Somaliland and I might be surprised to see that the place is notas dangerous as everybody thinks. But I won’t be surprised to hear and hopefully meet Filipinos working there and making a big difference in the country and for its people as they are presently doing in Ethiopia.
Mabuhay ang Pilipino nasaan man kayo!
Tewolde Gebremariam: Philippines is an important market because there are huge investments in Africa by this country, and quite a significant number of people travel to Africa from Philippines including countries such as Ethiopia, Nigeria, Angola, and Gabon.
Hadassah bat Benyamin formally known as Malkat Esther also known as Madonna Louise Ciccone
Louis: Some of you might think, "where in the hell is Addis Ababa?" Hmmmmm… for a start I only heard Ethiopia during the time of the 1986, "We Are the World" national anthem for the famine, drought that devastated Ethiopia which was a news item around the world. That was it. But if some of you are geeks, you would know that "LUCY", the first human fossil excavated, was found here in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
New Flower is the literal English translation of the Amharic word, Addis Ababa.July to September are very chilly months here in Addis Ababa. In addition, this is high altitude place which is about 2,500 meters above sea level
I arrived on a Friday chilly noon. When I arrived at my pad which they call condominium which by our term is just a tenement, I just unpacked my things, took a shower and rested the rest of the day.
Sunday I was asked to meet Filipinos for lunch—a Filipina working in Sheraton Addis for 15 years, like an institution here in Addis Ababa, and another Filipina married to an American who is executive chef at Sheraton Addis. They don’t have the fast food chains that you can always have when you needed them. They have their own imitation of each fast food – the famous pizza, the famous coffee, to name a few. But in saying that as, what they are famous for is their buna (coffee). I am not fond of drinking coffee but as what other people say, they have one of the best coffees in the world. Another trivia: one of the famous coffee chains that created multibillion bucks gets its coffee here, but they don’t have a chain here – only an imitation.
The people are definitely different. They have their own way of being hospitable once they know you. This is a place where you need to pace on their time. And in saying so, they have their time zone – as in literally a different time from the usual GMT time. Even their calendar is different. As for their time, I still don’t get it but all I know is that their midnight starts at 12noon in usual time and they call it European Time. The local time which they use is called Habesha Time: if the time in European (GMT +3) is 12:00 noon, theirs is 12:00 midnight. Regarding the date, I don’t know what they are following: for us it’s Gregorian, the Muslim has lunar and for them I don’t have any idea. Their days in a month are also different. I have to learn about it. If in our date is 10 October 2011 theirs is 01 (month) 2004, which they have at least 7 years behind the Gregorian. Funny thing is I am seven years younger here. If you want to be 7 years younger then you may come and experience it here. Filipinos here in Ethiopia, I am happy to say, are being looked up to. Until then to my next journey in the NEW FLOWER.
Making this song with @reynosojess has really proven to me she can make the world groove: https://t.co/nnvnqOh93l #pinoypride
— apl.de.ap (@apldeap) September 19, 2015
Irene Orleansky: The first historical account of Jewish presence in Ethiopia came from a 10th-century Jewish merchant and traveler Eldad Ha-Dani. He recounts that when the Northern Kingdom tribes of Israel went to war against the Southern Kingdom tribe of Judah, the Danites, who were renowned as skilled warriors, refused to fight against their kinsmen and left Israel for Egypt.
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www.ireneorleansky.com/cd-music-of-israelites-and-jews-of-africa-and-asia.html
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Irene Orleansky: I contacted a group of Jews in the Kechene neighborhood of the northern part of Addis Ababa, who claim to be descendants of Beta Israel who migrated from Gondar to North Shewa.
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习近平: Our long-standing traditional friendship and close interests relations are not the only reasons which bind China and Africa together. So do the Chinese dream and African dream. The Chinese people are working hard to realize the Chinese dream of great national renewal, while the African people are committed to the African dream of gaining strength through unity and achieving development and rejuvenation. The Chinese and African people should further unite, cooperate and support each other to make our dreams come true.
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RIP Police Officer Thomas LaValley, Shreveport (LA) Police Department. http://t.co/YX1VpzkaHa pic.twitter.com/KY43hPp5m1
— NLEOMF (@NLEOMF) August 6, 2015
