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Here is an email that I sent ... They put so much emphasis on the Ethiopian Jews but could care less about the Israeli descendants that reside in America & Europe. But here's what I said:
When the descendants of Israel, that currently reside in North America, Europe, and Austrailia, start getting help to make aliyah...then I will give money to beta Israel in Ethiopia.
Hallel
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Brit-Am
Reply:
Who are these people raising money for Jews in Russia and/or Ethiopia?
Are they really Jewish bodies concerned for them or are they Christian groups
trying to influence
them to dilute their Jewishness?
If by
"the descendants of Israel, that currently reside in North America, Europe, and
Austrailia"
you mean non-Jewish descendants of the Lost Ten Tribes then there is no
justification for them
making aliyah at present BUT if there was then the first step would have to be
establishing the fact
of their ancestry both in their own eyes and in the opinion of others.
If you are not going to give money to Ethiopian Jews because you are concerned
for the Lost Ten Tribes
then why not give money to Brit-Am?
Even if we are not in favor or a movement for the Ten Tribes to make aliyah now
we at least do endeavor to
establish and confirm their identity and spread the relevant information.
If you do not like Brit-Am for any reason whatsoever there are others (such as
Steven Collins)
working along the same lines but from a perspective that may be more amenable to
you.
We see and hear Ephraimites complaining all the time but the possibility of
really doing something about it
(or at least starting the ball rolling in the right direction) by seriously
financially empowering Brit-Am does not arise with them.
Shortage of funds does not explain this attitude either.
We see them coming up with money for all kinds of activities while not a
fraction goes to us.
They even seem surprised that we should think in that direction.
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