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?

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

Likud primaries held on Monday.

Why PM Netanyahu should elevate Gabi Worku - opinion

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


Chief Rabbinate accepts position recognizing Beta Israel as Jewish

The step comes after several high-profile cases in which the Jewishness of Ethiopian Jews was challenged by rabbinic authorities.

ETHIOPIAN CHILDREN attend Jewish studies class while awaiting immigration to Israel, in Gondar.

Ethiopian Jewish brethren

As far back as the early 1970s, then-Sephardi Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef had ruled that members of the ancient Beta Israel community were indeed Jewish

Ethiopian Israelis celebrate the holiday of Sigd in Jerusalem on November 27

Jewish student unions call on Israel to bring remaining Ethiopian Jews

Baye stressed that while other WUJS members had mentioned that the average global aliyah process is less than 6 months, Ethiopians have been waiting for 21 years.

Baye Alemye visiting the Western Wall

Mequnante’s healing: A reset for Israel and its Ethiopian community?

An Ethiopian kid had been killed by a police officer and this was not investigated; my wife was arrested at a demonstration last week!

Ethiopian Israelis celebrate the holiday of Sigd in Jerusalem on November 27

Employment service: Young Ethiopian-Israelis struggling to find work

The latest figures were published by the Employment Service on Sunday, ahead of the Ethiopian-Jewish holiday of Sigd, which begins on Tuesday evening.

A MEMBER of the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel wears a medallion with the Star of David as he takes part in a ceremony marking the holiday of Sigd.

Even in times of social discord, Ethiopian-Israelis proudly celebrate

Following the police killings of young men, the community hopes national exposure to the colorful Sigdyada Festival can improve their integration

Members of the Israeli Ethiopian community are seen through a glass panel as others are reflected (bottom) in the panel during a ceremony marking the Ethiopian Jewish holiday of Sigd in Jerusalem November 7, 2018

Lion of Judah members help Ethiopian-Israelis embroider for the future

The Lion of Judah Israel project empowers senior, women immigrants from Ethiopia with an embroidery course that lasts about six months.

Members of the philanthropic women’s foundation Lion of Judah Israel meet with representatives of 56 families from Ethiopia who immigrated a year or less than a year ago.

Efforts underway to enable Ethiopian keisim to perform marriages

'Our traditions do not contravene Jewish law, and so there is no reason at all not to allow them’ says Keis Samai Eliyas.

Falash Mura 311

Dead or alive? Five years after Mengistu enters Gaza, only silence

Since the story came to light over four years ago, media coverage of the issue has been almost nonexistent, and public demand for Avera’s release has been sporadic at best.

Protest outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art calling for the release of Avera Mengistu, held in Gaza by Hamas for five years

Modern-day Operation Moses: How a settler saved an entire Ethiopian family

Many Ethiopian Jews died on the way to Sudan, and many others who managed to reach Sudan were somehow left behind.

A.Y. Katsof exits a plane from Ethiopia to Israel with "Suzy" and Ambassador to the South Sudan Hanan Godar