Ethiopian jews in israel

Israel must give Ethiopian Israelis a real seat at the table - starting at the UN - opinion

Imagine an African American Israeli representing the Jewish state at the UN. Wouldn’t that send a powerful, compelling message for all to see?

|BySHMUEL LEGESSE
MEMBERS OF the Ethiopian Israeli community protest outside the Knesset last year.
Endalkew Yemani Tesma, shown here in Jerusalem on Aug. 14, 2023, faces the possibility of deportation.

Ethiopian asylum seekers in Israel face deportation after years without permanent status

Asked whether any of this had left him bitter toward Israel, one Ethiopian asylum seeker, who asked not to be named for fear of deportation, rejected the premise. “I don’t hate,” he said.

|ByTHEIA CHATELLE/JTA
Likud primaries held on Monday.

Why PM Netanyahu should elevate Gabi Worku - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a test larger than one candidate and more revealing than another campaign speech: Will Likud place Gabi Worku in a realistic position on its Knesset list?

|BySHMUEL LEGESSE
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu at the state memorial ceremony for Ethiopian Jews who perished on their journey to Israel.

Netanyahu condemns racism against Ethiopians, decries Zalka murder at state memorial ceremony

During his speech, Netanyahu said he had called for the "full weight of the law" to be brought against the murderers of Yemanu Zalka, promising to continue to fight against violence.

|ByTZVI JASPER

Jewish-Ethiopian scholarship and taking pride in Ethiopian heritage

While the ‘Generation of the Desert’ was slowly coming to terms with the reality of Israel most students would only meet an Ethiopian adult in a menial position. Language, in that sense, has great power and pride.

MARCH 25, 2021ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Ge’ez manuscript from the collection of the British Library. The scholar Amsalu Tefera claims 6,928 such manuscripts are in European collections after being taken from Ethiopia

Netanyahu, Clinton, Clooney celebrated Elie Wiesel's wife 90th birthday

To honor her living legacy and visionary work alongside her husbands, a virtual event was organized by the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity and the WIZO.

JANUARY 31, 2021BySARAH CHEMLA
Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel arrives with wife, Marion Erster Rose, to attend the "100 Most Influential People In The World" gala hosted by Time Magazine in New York

300 Ethiopian immigrants the first to make aliyah to Israel in 2021

The government decided in 2015 to help the last remaining Jews in Ethiopia make aliyah.

JANUARY 3, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
New Ethiopian immigrants are seen at Ben-Gurion Airport on one of the first aliyah flights of the new year, on January 1, 2021.

Ethiopian-Israeli activists denounce PM for failure to fulfill aliyah vow

Activists are now also concerned that a military operation by the Ethiopian government in the northern province of Tigray could endanger the Falash Mura community in the northern city of Gondar.

NOVEMBER 25, 2020ByJEREMY SHARON
Ethiopian-Israeli activists are seen protesting against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Ethiopian-Israeli activists to return to demonstrations

The demonstration comes on the fifth anniversary of what they claim is the Netanyahu government's failure to bring a cohort of Ethiopian Jews to Israel.

NOVEMBER 24, 2020ByCODY LEVINE
Ethiopian-Israelis in massive Tel-Aviv protest in memory of Yehuda Biagda

Ethiopian arts festival Sigdiada endures online

Sigdiada started in 2012, and this year it marks its ninth edition.

NOVEMBER 23, 2020ByHANNAH BROWN
Some of the participants in Sigdiada.

New website seeks to connect Israeli society with Sigd holiday

Stories of the Ethiopian Aliyah are covered with 17 members of the community recounting their harrowing experience as well.

NOVEMBER 20, 2020ByCODY LEVINE
Sigd holiday, November 16, 2020

Sigd - A sign of social and personal vaccination

The Sigd holiday enables Ethiopian Jews to do communal introspection, become stronger, unite and to dream of a better future: a mutual and spiritual future in Jerusalem.

NOVEMBER 16, 2020ByMICHAL AVERA SAMUEL
Thousands of Ethiopian Israelis celebrate the holiday of Sigd on November 27, 50 days after Yom Kippur, on Jerusalem’s Haas Promenade

COVID-19 restrictions threaten role of Ethiopian Jewish holiday in Israel

Sigd is being observed in a scaled-down fashion this year.

NOVEMBER 16, 2020ByTARA KAVALER/THE MEDIA LINE
AN ETHIOPIAN-ISRAELI spiritual leader participates in the main Sigd holiday prayer gathering at the Armon Hanatziv Promenade in Jerusalem last November.

Ethiopian Jewry's biblical texts are disappearing. TAU is saving them.

The students who have just begun their studies in the 2020-2021 academic year are all Ethiopian Israelis with Bachelor's degrees, who are eager to preserve and study their heritage.

OCTOBER 20, 2020ByHANNAH BROWN
Einalem Mengesto, who works at the Faitlovitch Collection.