History of Ethiopia in 1930, Ras Tafari Makonnen, adopting the throne name Haile Selassie, was crowned Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia. His full title was "His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, King of Kings of Ethiopia and Elect of God." Following the death of Abba Jifar II of Jimma, Emperor Haile Selassie seized the opportunity to annex Jimma. In 1932, the Kingdom of Jimma was formally absorbed into Ethiopia. During the reorganization of the provinces in 1942, Jimma vanished into Kaffa Province. Emperor Haile Selassie's reign was interrupted in 1935 when Italian forces invaded and
Judah Loew ben Bezalel back to Prague, where he died in 1609. He was buried in the Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague. His name "Löw" or "Loew", derived from the German "Löwe", "lion" (cf. the Yiddish "Leib" of the same origin), is a kinnui or substitute name for the Hebrew Judah or "Yehuda", as this name - originally of the tribe of Judah - is traditionally associated with a lion. In the Book of Genesis, the patriarch Jacob refers to his son Judah as a "Gur Aryeh", a "Young Lion" (Genesis 49:9) when blessing him. In Jewish naming tradition the Hebrew name and the substitute