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Eliezer Divash, about 35, from south Gondar to Jerusalem
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DANIEL BEN-TAL
Jerusalem Post
01-14-2005
Headline: Eliezer Divash, about 35, from south Gondar to Jerusalem
Byline: DANIEL BEN-TAL
Edition; Up Front
Section: Features
Page: 47
Friday, January 14, 2005 -- Eliezer Divash was designated to succeed his father as chief of an Ethiopian Coptic village, but ran away from home and survived uncountable dangers en route to South Africa, where he converted to Judaism. Now he's a yeshiva student in Jerusalem.
"My life is a miracle," he says.
FAMILY HISTORY
The fourth of 10 children, Divash hails from Estiate, a rustic village of about 15,000.
"I don't know ...
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