Ethiopian-Israeli

Bridging the gap: How Tech-Career is opening hi-tech's doors to Ethiopian-Israelis

23 years and 1,500 graduates after its humble beginnings out of a converted laundromat, Tech-Career attributes its success to a philosophy that networking and shared identity matter as much as coding

Natali Getahon, Tech-Career’s director of partnerships, addresses students.
Rescue teams searching for 9-year-old Haymanut Kasau, in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, February 28, 2024.

Students encouraged to bring red balloons to first day of school for missing child Haymanot Kasau

Likud primaries held on Monday.

Why PM Netanyahu should elevate Gabi Worku - opinion

People at polling station during the Likud party internal elections in Jeursalem, July 27, 2026.

As Netanyahu weighs reserved slots, officials consider how party list will change prior to election


The saga of Ethiopian aliyah

In total, 8,000 Ethiopian Jews, or Beta Israel, were brought on aliyah to Israel from Sudan in 1984 and would be followed by tens of thousands more in 1991's Operation Solomon.

 ETHIOPIANS ARRIVE on aliyah at Ben-Gurion Airport earlier this year. Ethiopian aliyah constitutes a crucial moral issue for the Jewish people.

Israel must back democratic Ethiopian gov’t - opinion

Israel, as a friendly nation, continues to be a staunch supporter of peace and stability in Ethiopia. 

 FATUMA HUSSEIN, 65, sits in a shelter with family at a camp for the internally displaced due to the fighting between the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), last month in the Amhara region of Ethiopia.

What does the Ethiopian 'Sigd' holiday signify?

Once in Israel, Sigd quickly found a place in the Ethiopian jewish community’s life.

AN ISRAELI ETHIOPIAN woman prays during a ceremony marking the holiday of Sigd, in Jerusalem in 2019.

74-year-old Ethiopian Israeli murdered in May deserves justice, protestors say

Some 250 people demonstrated outside of the government meeting in Jerusalem on Tuesday demanding justice for the murder of 74-year-old Ethiopian Israeli Destao Bisset.

PROTESTERS gather in Tel Aviv against police violence and discrimination following the death of 19-year-old Ethiopian-Israeli Solomon Tekah.

Gov't approves NIS 156 million budget for Ethiopian-Israeli integration

Aliyah and Integration Minister Tamano-Shata also hopes to bring 3,000 of those remaining in Ethiopia to Israel by the end of 2022, as part of the “Rock of Israel” operation she initiated last year.

New Ethiopian immigrants are seen at Ben-Gurion Airport on one of the first aliyah flights of the new year, on January 1, 2021.

Israel Police arrest Ethiopian minors 4x more - comptroller report

Investigations of Ethiopian minors, even if the probes are closed later and found to be groundless, can severely harm their socio-economic track by blocking them from being drafted into the IDF.

SHOWDOWN IN Tel Aviv this week –  are seeing the first buds of change, or a continuation of discrimination against Ethiopians?

Ethiopian Jewish girls sue Lod school for demanding proof of conversion

Students were born Jewish, say the registration was illegally held up because of skin color.

Aerial view of the central city of Lod. December 17, 2019

Ethiopian-Jewish immigrants make aliyah to Israel despite airport closure

The Ethiopian immigrants touched down on Friday despite the underlying circumstances.

Ethiopian-Jewish immigrants arrive in Israel on Frebruary 12, 2021.

Jerusalem Day: Memorial for Ethiopian Jews takes place at Mount Herzl

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin both laid wreaths at the memorial event for Ethiopian Jews who perished on the journey to Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and President Reuven Rivlin at the memorial event for Ethiopian Jews who perished on the way to Israel, May 10th 2021.

Israeli state rabbi spreads racism in the name of Judaism - opinion

The rejection of Ethiopian-Israelis’ Jewish identities is antithetical to Israeli thinking of the past 40 years, including that of Israel’s leading rabbis.

AN ISRAELI ETHIOPIAN woman prays during a ceremony marking the holiday of Sigd, in Jerusalem in 2019.