ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book is about the migration journey of Ethiopian Jews to Israel via Sudan. It focuses on the experience of the journey, its meaning for the people who made it, and its relation to the encounter with Israeli society. The book also focuses on the experience of adolescents during their migration journey. It describes the three themes that were found to be the major dimensions of meaning through which Ethiopian Jews constructed their experiences along the journey. These are the theme of Jewish identity, the theme of suffering and the theme of bravery and inner strength. The book discusses the kinds of experience related to these themes, trying to let the 'voice' of interviewees be heard as much as possible. It also discusses the relationship between meaning and coping and issues related to culture and coping.
