Steve Kaplan
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Steven Kaplan is a professor of African studies and comparative religion at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is one of the leading modern scholars on the origins of the Beta Israel
, or Ethiopian Jews. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Hebrew University from 2004-2006.
Beta Israel
Beta Israel Israel, Ge'ez: ቤተ እስራኤል - Bēta 'Isrā'ēl, modern Bēte 'Isrā'ēl, EAE: "Betä Ǝsraʾel", "Community of Israel" also known as Ethiopian Jews , are the names of Jewish communities which lived in the area of Aksumite and Ethiopian Empires , nowadays divided between Amhara and Tigray...
, or Ethiopian Jews. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Hebrew University from 2004-2006.