Ethiopia
A group of Israeli and Ethiopian citizens pose for a photo. (Israeli Embassy in Ethiopia)
August 11, 2023, 3:32 pm
Israel evacuates more than 200 Ethiopians from conflict region
Around 150,000 Ethiopian Jews live in Israel, many involved in or descendants of those airlifted from Ethiopia in the 1980s and ‘90s.
By Ben Sales
Ethiopian olim arrive at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel on Feb. 26, 2021 (Photo by Kim Salzman)
November 23, 2022, 8:08 pm
Sigd, a holiday preserved by Ethiopian Jews for centuries, celebrated this week
he holiday serves as an annual gathering of the entire Ethiopian community. They see it as a chance to strengthen their affinity to their history and culture.
By Tuvia Book
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh President and CEO Jeff Finkelstein joined Ethiopian Jews for a prayer service. Photo by Jeff Finkelstein.
September 22, 2022, 4:19 pm
Federation CEO Jeff Finkelstein accompanies Ethiopian olim making aliyah
“What we heard from most people,” Finkelstein said, “is there's been this generational desire for Jerusalem.”
By David Rullo
Immigration and Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata handing out gifts aboard an aliyah flight from Ethiopia on June 1, 2022. (Amy Spiro/The Times of Israel)
June 1, 2022, 9:17 pm
181 Ethiopian immigrants land in Israel as aliyah from African nation restarts
After more than a year without immigration flights from Addis Ababa, the first of what is promised to be 3,000 new olim greeted with festive ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport
By Amy Spiro
Sign Pointing Way to Wolleka (Falasha Jewish Village) - Outside Gondar - Ethiopia. Photo by Adam Jones, courtesy of flickr.com
November 17, 2021, 2:30 pm
You really should have been there
How is it that what should be a Jewish cause par excellence has been reduced to a parochial story of seemingly marginal interest to the Israeli public?
By David Breakstone
Movie still provided by Classrooms Without Borders.
April 19, 2021, 12:54 pm
Classrooms Without Borders celebrates Yom Ha’atzmaut with premier of ‘Yerusalem’
“What fascinated me is how this small tribe succeeded to keep their unique religion for more than 2,000 years."
By David Rullo
July 11, 2019, 10:06 am
The protests by Ethiopian Israelis, explained
Ethiopian-Isreali killed in third day of protests
By Marcy Oster
Michal Samuel (Photo by David Rullo)
April 19, 2019, 12:21 pm
From Ethiopia to Israel
Michal Samuel, who left her homeland of Ethiopia by foot, traveling through Sudan, to eventually arrive in Israel.
By David Rullo
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