And only the white ones. Mizrahim and Beta Israel are treated like they should be grateful that they are recognised as Jewish (and therefore have the right to Israeli citizenship) at all.
The cultural differences between Mizrahi and Ashkenazi Jews impacted the degree and rate of assimilation into Israeli society, and sometimes the divide between Eastern European and Middle Eastern Jews was quite sharp. Segregation, especially in the area of housing, limited integration possibilities over the years.
From the 1980s onward, Mizrahim began moving out of the socioeconomic periphery and toward the center. By the close of the 20th century, it could be said that the Mizrahim overall had ...
Nearly all of the Ethiopian Beta Israel community, a community of Black Jews, resides in Israel. The Israeli government has mounted rescue operations, most notably during Operation Moses (1984) and Operation Solomon (1991), for their migration when civil war and famine threatened populations within Ethiopia. Today 81,000 Israelis were born in Ethiopia, while 38,500 or 32% of the community are native born Israelis.
According to the sociologist Prof. Uzi Rebhun, it represents an ambitious attempt ...
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