Jews in Ethiopia, how did they get there?
Theories abound as to the origin of Ethiopian Jews. One is that they were descended from Menelik, the son of King Solomon. Another traces it roots to the tribe of Dan – one of the lost tribes of Israel and yet another espouses that they were the unfortunate ones who could didn’t make it across the parting of the Red Sea in time and took off south in order to escape Egypt and wound up in what is present day Ethiopia. What did they believe in? In a religious sense, these members of Beta Israel have always considered themselves as exiles from Israel. For the better part of two thousand years, they had no contact with the rest of the Jewish community. They never learned of the Talmud nor did they celebrate the feast of Hanukkah. Many of them thought that they were the only Jews left in the world and were shocked to discover that the majority of Jews were white. Their religious life revolved around their interpretation of the Torah. Similar to other Jews, they worshipped at synagogues, kept
