Ethiopian Jews

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

"The first day of school is always exciting," Haymanot's father Tesfaye Kasau said. "It's a happy day. For us, it's another hard day."

Rescue teams searching for 9-year-old Haymanut Kasau, in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, February 28, 2024.
MEMBERS OF the Ethiopian Israeli community protest outside the Knesset last year.

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

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

President Isaac Herzog meets with the family of missing child Haymanot Kasau on August 25, 2026.

Shin Bet involved in search for missing child Haymanut Kasau, Herzog says at meeting with parents


Protesters block Ayalon road after the death of an Ethiopian child

Hundreds of protestors blocked Ayalon road on Monday, in response to authorities' refusal to charge a driver who killed a young Ethiopian boy in a hit-and-run accident.

 Members of the Jewish Ethiopian community and overs block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, during a protest demand justice for to 4-year-old Rafael Adana, who was run over and killed in a car accident in Netanya, August 21, 2023.

Israel appoints IDF reservist as envoy for Ethiopia aliyah crisis

Thousands of Ethiopian citizens claim they are entitled for aliyah, but Israel says that the aliyah from this country has ended.

 Ethiopian Israelis protest for more aliyah outside of weekly cabinet meeting.

Ethiopian Jews demand Israel rescues thousands from war-torn Gondar

A staggering 4,226 individuals from camps in Gondar and Addis Ababa had submitted Aliyah requests as the conflict escalated across Ethiopia.

ETHIOPIAN CHILDREN, whose roots trace back to Judaism, look out of a window at a Beta Israel school while awaiting immigration to Israel, in Gondar in 2007.

Operation Tzur Israel reaches milestone: 5,000 Ethiopian olim reunited

The second phase of Operation Tzur Israel, an initiative aimed at facilitating the Aliyah of relatives of Ethiopian Jews to Israel, was completed on Wednesday, as 130 new immigrants arrived.

 150 new Ethiopian immigrants arrive in Israel Monday, July 4, 2022.

As a child of survivors, I see my parents in every Ethiopian immigrant to Israel

Similar stories of suffering and making aliyah to Israel unite Israelis of all backgrounds.

 Most of the Ethiopian olim aren't considered entitled for aliyah according to Israel's Right of Return law, but offered citizenship as first degree relatives of Israeli citizens. Many of them will begin a process of conversion to Judaism after arriving in Israel.

Vision of Ethiopian Jewish olim better than Sabra counterparts - study

Torah study at early ages, lack of screentime may be behind the phenomenon.

 Ethiopian Jews land in Israel, June 1, 2022

Israeli gov't D-Gs to visit Ethiopia, try to finalize aliyah for good

The amount of approved olim remaining in Ethiopia is 800, according to Shay Felber, director of the Aliyah and Absorption Unit.

 Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata with new immigrants from Ethiopia

Ethiopian family wins NIS 40,000 after told to prove Jewishness by school

The mother of two told the school that she was Jewish and was married through the rabbinate without having gone through a conversion process, but was still denied registration.

 A gavel and the scales of justice.

Pilot Program Accelerating Acclimation of Ethiopian Olim Launched This Week

Ethiopian olim who landed yesterday will be placed in new apartments in one of the new neighborhoods of Kiryat Gat.

 The newly arrived Damitie family in their new apartment in Kiryat Gat.

Stepping back with pride on Israel’s 75th - opinion

But just for a moment, on whatever side of the aisle we may be, we might consider stepping back and assessing the land, the nation we love, from a distance.

 CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE Day, on Wednesday, with the traditional barbecue: We should offer thanks for a fledgling state that, in just three-quarters of a century, made possible what seemed impossible.