The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, September 09, 1966, Image 15

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In Addis Ababa, one synagogue at tracts some 250 Jews, many of whom are refugees from Aden, Yemen and other Arab lands, and temporary residents from Israel and other parts of the Middle East. There is a larger Jewish community in Asmara, another in Gondar. The Falashas are mainly farm ers, growing crops and raising cattle for which Ethiopia, known as the "Bread Basket of Africa," is famous. Although their women are accorded rights and retain their own name even in marri age, Rabbi Paris observes, they tend to be subservient to their husbands, feeding the "Lord and Master of the House” first with the traditional “center bowl." so prevalent among Eastern peoples and the angera (bread) dipped in spicey sauces, meats mixed with oil, peppers and other veg etables. In rural areas, where the Fal ashas live, the barter system is still in effect, with those who have produce and meat, bartering it for cloth, utensils and other manufactured and imp orteA items. The standard of living is low; servants are a symbol of status even with the deprived groups; the average worker who is unskilled, earns as little as the equivalent of twenty American dollars monthly. The Falashas resent sugges tions by Jewish religious author ities that they be symbolically “converted” in order to be ac cepted into the mainstream of world Jewry. All have a devo tion to Israel and dream of “re turning" there some day. Many of the citified Falashas have taken quickly to modern Jewish life and readily learn to speak Hebrew, similar in origin to Ain- haric, their everyday language. Their Bible is written not in He brew, but in the ancient Ethio pian dialect of Gheez. A Plea For Recognition How does Rabbi Paris react to changing prospects for Negroes and the Black Jews in particu lar? He told this correspondent that the Black Jewish commun ity wants above all to become independent economically. Its small business men. as well as its potential professionals, need op portunities for loans, chances to attend Jewish schools and sem inaries. to acquire scholarships and subsidies in order to be able to train as rabbis, doctors, teach ers, lawyers, etc. Above all,” Rabbi Paris im plores: "Don’t Forsake Js, don’t ignore us, don't push our re quests and problems under the rug. We are amenable to com promise. Like you, we have a rich Jewish heritage to uphold. Some of our people have gone to Israel to settle; all of us re maining, with your help, can maintain the historic tradition of Moses and Israel.” In reply to another question, Rabbi Paris said there is a lot of nonsense being circulated re "Black Power.” “The Rev. Mar tin Luther King’s concept of non violence is our goal,” he contend ed, “but the experience of James Meredith and others shows we must defend ourselves when at tacked. Non-violence is not enough. We must mobilize as a Black community politically for change and an end to horrible slums and inequalities in housing, jobs and in many ways.” Is Negro anti-Semitism really to be reckoned with? Rabbi Paris, who has never visited the deep South, explains that what is oft en confused with anti-Semitism comes from Negro resentment of the white power structure which closes off segments of American life to Black Men. “It often hap pens,” he observed sadly, “that Jewish business men become tar gets of propinquity as symbols of whites who are hated and resented. There is no religious, ethnic or historical factor in volved in this resentment which too often spills over.” Rabbi Paris, who is active in various groups advocating stronger links between the white and Black Jewish community, says philosophically: “People have been in conflict for years against minorities or strangers. 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