ABSTRACT
Jewish identity is a major theme within the young people's narratives. It is experienced by the individuals in relation to themselves and their group as well as in relation to non-Jews. This chapter discusses these experiences and their manifestation in four separate phases of the journey. It examines how Jewish identity and relations with their neighbours determined the type of leave-taking. The chapter also examines whether their passage was influenced in any way by their Jewishness, that is, beyond the experience of regular trekkers or even of other Ethiopian refugees fleeing to Sudan. It considers the Sudanese experience, trying to assess what were the major aspects of that phase and whether the fact of being Jews coloured their time in Sudan in any significant way. The chapter explores the extent to which their Jewish identity was a risk or a resource for survival within the context of Sudan.
