About 6,000 Falash Mura will immigrate to Israel during the next year, a Jewish Agency for Israel spokesman told JTA. The Falash Mura, Ethiopians whose ancestors converted from Judaism to Christianity, will come in relatively small groups of 450 per month beginning immediately after the High Holidays, the spokesman said.
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