Books by Gadi BenEzer

Between 1977 and 1985, some 20,000 Ethiopian Jews left their homes in Ethiopia and embarked on a secret and highly traumatic exodus to Israel.

Focusing on the experience of Ethiopian Jews who left their homes in Ethiopia and embarked on a secret and highly traumatic exodus to Israel, this book covers the journey, its meaning for the people who made it, and its relation to the initial encounter with Israeli society. It examines the relations between coping and meaning, trauma and culture.

Between 1977 and 1985, some 20,000 Ethiopian Jews left their homes in Ethiopia to embark on a secret and highly traumatic exodus to Israel. This volume focuses on the experience of this journey, its meaning for the people who made it, and its relation to the initial encounter with Israeli society.