The World - News from March 25, 1985
Hundreds of Ethiopian Jews marched in Jerusalem in renewed protests against what they feel is insensitive and insulting treatment from the nation’s chief rabbi and some other Israelis. Representatives of the marchers--who were among those airlifted late last year by Israel--said they are especially angered by a rabbinical requirement that all Ethiopian Jews undergo a symbolic conversion. The Ethiopians find this offensive, noting that they have preserved their Jewishness through the ages despite living in isolated African towns.
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