Following a change in Health Ministry policy that now allows Israelis born in Ethiopia to donate blood, the number of donors from the Israeli-Ethiopian community has doubled in a space of a... Read more »
Eight thousand Ethiopian Jews residing in Addis Ababa and Gondar, some of whose families have already immigrated to Israel, are still waiting for the government to reach a decision regarding their immigration... Read more »
YERUSHALAYIM – Monday, June 18, 2018 at 6:54 am | ה’ תמוז תשע”ח Israelis of Ethiopian descent attend a memorial ceremony commemorating Ethiopian Jews who died during their immigration to Israel, in Yerushalayim. (Reuters/Ronen... Read more »
“If I’m Jewish, my brother is too” poster from the Campaign for the Aliya of Ethiopia’s Remaining Jews.
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The Ethiopian community is returning to the streets to... Read more »
Benjamin Netanyahu at a remembrance ceremony for Ethiopian Jews who lost their lives on their way to Israel in Mt. Herzl, Jerusalem Day 2018.
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Members of the Jewish Ethiopian community attend a prayer service at the HaTikvah Synagogue in Gondar, northern Ethiopia, September 30, 2016.. (photo credit: REUTERS) Ethiopian Jews celebrated Israel’s independence in Ethiopia in... Read more »
JERUSALEM — Zemenech Bililin has not seen her sisters in more than a decade, since she immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia with part of her family. Now a 19-year-old infantry soldier in... Read more »
Interested in Israel? Add Israel as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Israel news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Zemenech Bililin has not seen her sisters in... Read more »
In an emotional gathering, representatives for thousands of Ethiopian Jews announced Wednesday they will stage a mass hunger strike if Israel eliminates funding to allow them to join their families in that... Read more »
Despite relative isolation from their Jewish brethren around the world for millennia, Ethiopian Jews have coveted the same dream of celebrating Rosh Hashanah “next year in Jerusalem.” Though unique, the Jewish New... Read more »