29.01.2012                      05.Schwat. 5772

Gesundheit:

Ethiopian Jews confront psychological trauma

While many former immigrants from Ethiopia suffer from deep psychological scars, state agencies have so far ignored issue.

Ethiopian Jews who endured the travails of reaching this country in the past few decades have more in common with Holocaust survivors than veteran Israelis can imagine.
Although many of the former immigrants suffer from psychological trauma reminiscent of concentration camp “veterans”, only one non-profit organization is systematically relieving their anguish with help from professionals of the same background….