Not everything is black and white: An American Jewish author adopts an African child and a new life begins.

From: American Jewish Life Magazine | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 2001, I showed up at the gates of the compound of the Beta Israel people (disparagingly known as falashas), the Ethiopian Jews.

Arriving there on Shabbat by taxi rather than on foot was not wise, but I'd known no one to ask for Shabbat hospitality and my hotel was far away. It was my first trip to Ethiopia. I was reporting for the New York Times Magazine on the state of Africa's millions of orphaned children; and I was meeting five-year-old Helen, whom my family was adopting.

On Friday morning, I'd taken Helen shopping for shul clothes. ...

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