Beta Israel



Falasha
Total population: over 65,000 (est.)
Significant populations in: Israel: 60,000 (est.)
Ethiopia: 5,000 (est.)
Language Traditionally, (Kayla), more recently Amharic; Hebrew as a liturgical language and now (in Israel) as a common language.
Religion Judaism
Related ethnic groups • Jews
  • African Jews
    • Falasha
  • Other Jewish groups
The Beta Israel or ("House of Israel"), known by outsiders as the Falasha ('exiles' or 'strangers') are Jews of Ethiopian origin. Over 40,000 of them were migrated to Israel from the time of Israel's Operation Moses and Operation Solomon, continuing until the present time, under the provisions of the Law of Return (1950).