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NEW YORK, March 28 (JTA) — Israel is seeking $50 million from American Jewry to resettle thousands of Ethiopians seeking to immigrate to the Jewish state. Tension over the handling of Ethiopia’s so-called Falash Mura has escalated between American Jewish leaders and Israelis in recent months, as an estimated 18,000 people wait in difficult conditions […]

Israel is asking American Jews to put up $50 million if it wants to see thousands of Ethiopians resettled in the Jewish state. U.S. advocates for the Falash Mura, descendants of Ethiopian Jews who converted to Christianity, have been at odds with Israeli