Ethiopian Jewry: Identity and Tradition, by Michael Corinaldi

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part Four - The Right of Return and the Personal Status
of Ethiopian Jews in Halakhah and in the law
of the State of Israel

 177
Chapter Thirteen: Recognition of the Right of Return to Israel
of Ethiopian Jews 		179
1. Introduction
2. The Attitude of State Institutions regarding the Return
of Ethiopian Jews (1948-1974)
3. Responsum by the Rishon le-Zion, Chief Rabbi Ovadiah
Yossef, regarding the Falashas (1973)
4.
Chapter Fourteen: The Personal Status of Ethiopian Jews
in Israel 		193
1. Rabbi Israel Isaac Herzog - Letters to the Jewish
Agency (1954-1955)
2. Directives of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel regarding
the marriage of Benei Israel" (1962)
3. Ruling of the Supreme Court of Israel concerning
the Gitie Affair (1966)
4. Stringent Rabbinical Opinions
5. Lenient Rabbinical Opinions - Responsum by the
Rishon le-Zion, Rabbi Ovadiah Yossef (1985)
6. The Position of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate after
Operation Moses (1985)
Chapter Fifteen: Summary and Conclusions 230
1. General Summary
2. The Jewish Identity of Ethiopian Immigrants according
to Rabbinic Halakhah
3. The Jewish Identity of Ethiopian Immigrants according
to Israel law

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