Throughout the war Faitlovitch had tried to remain in touch with Ethiopian affairs. He had formed a good relationship with the emperor who as the Regent, Ras Tafari, had given him as long ago as 1922 a written assurance that any persecution of Falashas would be punished. The Regent had also, in the same letter, expressed his pleasure at hearing that some Falashas were being educated abroad as they 'will bring benefit to the whole country'. (1) In 1944, as a mark of appreciation, the emperor appointed Faitlovitch to be an advisor in his embassy in Cairo. When the war was over Faitlovitch resumed his work on behalf of the Falashas and made his home in Israel. In 1946 he paid his last visit to Ethiopia and then concentrated on enlisting support for his educational schemes and devoting himself to research.

The times could hardly have been less propitious. In the aftermath of the war the attention of world Jewry was concentrated on helping the survivors of the holocaust in Europe and establishing the State of Israel. Few were prepared to concern themselves with the isolated remnant of the black Jews of Africa. With the creation of the Jewish State Faitlovitch considered that it should now assume responsibility for redeeming the exiled tribes and he looked to the new government and the Jewish Agency, which was responsible for the absorption and education of immigrants, to undertake this task. After protracted discussions, and guided by the report of a representative who had been sent to Ethiopia, the Jewish Agency decided to set up a teacher-training boarding-school in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, and to restart some of the village classes in the Gondar region. It was none too soon. The missionaries had been busy in the Falasha villages for some years for one of Haile Selassie's first acts after his return had been to encourage their activities. At last, it seemed, a link was being forged connecting the Ethiopian Jews with their brethren in Israel. The school in Asmara opened in January 1954 with fifty-seven students of both sexes including seven kohanim, or priests. A year later twenty-seven boys and girls were sent to the children's village of Kfar Batya at Ra' anana in Israel, most of whom eventually returned to Ethiopia to teach. One group of students, after spending three years in Israel, was invited by Haile Selassie

(1) Quoted in Preface to Hebrew edition of Quer durch Abessinien.