ABSTRACT
For all Ethiopian immigrants, young or old, the process of change resulting from migration is characterised by a slow transition; namely from being an Ethiopian Jewish immigrant to becoming an Israeli of Ethiopian descent. In this paper the authors will focus on changes in family patterns and generational differences in adaptation of Ethiopian women in Israel. The data, 1 extrapolated from a longitudinal study, seems to reflect the ambiguities and disorientation of, mostly elderly, female Ethiopian immigrants living in Israel today. In a rather informal fashion the authors will reflect upon a broad summary of interview questions related to the transitional period of the immigrants living in independent living quarters 2 within Israeli society.
