Surviving Salvation: Ethiopian Jewish Family in Transition - Tapa dura

"All in all, this is an impressive deconstruction of the populist historical view of colonial militias as a group of citizen soldiers and willing volunteers; it ably demonstrates how far the personal interests of elite groups could be placed above genuine military needs of a conflict with often devastatingly damaging outcomes."-H-Net Reviews, "Rock-solid research, cleanly presented, answers for one corner of early New England the timeless question: Who serves, fights, and dies? For all the scholarly attention lavished on that part of American history, Zelner is the first to discover the truth." -John Shy, author of "A People Numerous and Armed" "Zelner has done meticulous research on the social composition of the Essex men who went to war in 1675-76. He has done a model job of mining sources to show the complexity of social and economic forces at work in raising military expeditions in Essex County." -"The Journal of Military History", "A carefully researched account of how and why certain men from Essex County, MA, were chosen to fight in King Philip's War." -"Choice", "Zelner provides a valuable corrective to longstanding assumptions and misunderstandings about the English soldiery in King Philip's War while shedding new light on the powers and values of the elites of the town militia committees .[He] has fundamentally altered the discussion." -"New England Quarterly",

On May 25, 1991, a Boeing 747 packed with over 1000 Ethiopians left the besieged capital of Addis Ababa for Tel Aviv. In the next 36 hours, 13,000 more Ethiopians were to depart for Israel in what became known as "Operation Solomon". Rarely in human history has an entire community been transplanted in such as short period from one civilisation to another. After generations of praying and years of diplomatic wrangling, Ethiopia's Jews were at last going to the Promised Land. This book focuses on the crucial issue of family life, examining how the personal relationships of the Ethiopian Jews are being radically transformed as they become assimilated into Israeli society. Thrust from isolated villages without electricity or running water into the urban bustle of modern, post-industrial society, they have seen their marriages challenged by the ongoing redefinition of gender and roles, their children increasingly Westernised and their specific practice of Judaism closely scrutinised. This illustrated volume is the tale of their struggle and the emotional saga of their experiences in the Promised Land.