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Israel appoints first Ethiopian-born ambassador to Ethiopia

February 29 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, People, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Twenty-eight years after making aliya from Ethiopia, Belaynesh Zevadia will return to her birthplace in the summer – this time as Israel’s ambassador. The Foreign Ministry’s appointments committee on Tuesday announced Zevadia’s appointment to Addis Ababa. The 44-year-old will be Israel’s first Ethiopian-born ambassador. “It is a great honor to be appointed ambassador, and especially the first ambassador from the Ethiopian community,” she... Read more

Molla becomes first Ethiopian-Israeli deputy Knesset speaker

August 5 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | News, People, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

If both President Shimon Peres and Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin were out of the country, Molla could serve as Israel’s president. MK Shlomo Molla (Kadima) was elected deputy Knesset speaker on Wednesday, and will become the first Ethiopian to fill the role when the Knesset summer recess ends in late October. “I’m honored to serve in such an important job in Israeli... Read more

Thousands of Ethiopians Immigrating to Israel

August 4 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

* Ethiopians emigrate as major drought hits Horn of Africa * Some 120,000 Ethiopians live in Israel Jerusalem, – Hundreds of Ethiopians are migrating to Israel this summer, as part of a plan to bring up to 8,000 people to the Jewish state. The mass emigration comes as Ethiopia and the broader the Horn of Africa suffer their worst drought in 60 years. Israel... Read more

Eritrea volcano ash hits Ethiopia villagers. Ash cloud reaches Israel

June 20 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Ash spewing from the Dubbi volcano in Eritrea has covered villages in Ethiopia, affecting at least 5,000 people, aid workers say. Initial reports said eight villages in the Biddu district of Ethiopia, close to the border, were covered by volcanic dust. Villagers have been left without food and traditional springs and streams have been polluted. The Afar regional government says the... Read more

Ethiopian Israeli Harvard Fellow to speak in Rochester, Feb. 17

February 3 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Middle East, News, People, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

Rochester, N.Y. — When Yarden Fanta-Vagenshtein emigrated from Ethiopia to Israel in 1985, she didn’t know how to read or write. In 2005, she completed her Ph.D. in education at the Tel Aviv University, becoming the first Ethiopian woman to earn a doctorate in Israel. All are invited to hear Dr. Fanta-Vagenshtein, a specialist in the immigrant experience, speak at Temple Beth... Read more

More than 335 immigrants from Ethiopia arrived in Israel

January 18 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , ,

AFP: TEL AVIV — A group of 175 Ethiopians who claim Jewish heritage landed in Israel on Monday, seeking to become citizens of the Jewish state, a government agency in charge of helping new immigrants said. A second group of 175 of the Ethiopians, known as Falash Mura, are expected to arrive on Tuesday, Jewish Agency spokesman Michael Jankelowitz said. The new immigrants... Read more

Airlift of Ethiopian Falashmura to Israel postponed due to disaggrement

January 12 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, Ethiopian airlines, Middle East, News, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , ,

A flight of 170 Falashmura was unable to depart Tuesday due to an air transit disagreement between Israel and Ethiopia. An operation to bring 7,846 descendents of Ethiopian Jews to Israel has been unexpectedly canceled at the last minute. Israel approved a proposal in November to allow the immigration of this group, known as Falashmura, and was set to begin the operation... Read more

Ethiopian jews see no quick route to promised land

January 10 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, Middle East, News, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , ,

Falash Mura hope long hunger strike will draw attention to their poor living conditions, pave way for aliyah to Israel. ‘We’re ready to die until we get an answer,’ preacher says. In a run-down synagogue built from corrugated iron sheets in the north east of the Ethiopian capital, preacher Wagaw Moges addresses a crowd of dozens gathered for weekday prayers.  ... Read more

2,500 Ethiopian Jews begin hunger strike

December 27 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, Middle East, News Tags: , , ,

Some 2,500 Ethiopian Jews have gone on a hunger strike to force the Israeli Government to repatriate them to their dreamland. They say their continued stay in Ethiopia was subjecting them to untold suffering. The Ethiopian Jewish community coordinators told the Africa Review that their members’ living conditions were inhumane and many had died due to communicable diseases. One of the hunger strike... Read more

Israel approves immigration of 8,000 Falashmura from Ethiopia

November 14 | Posted by ocean | News, World Tags: , ,

Unlike Ethiopian Jews, Falashmura are not allowed into Israel under the Law of Return and will convert during absorption process. The cabinet on Sunday unanimously approved a plan to bring 7,846 members of the Ethiopian Falashmura community to Israel over the next four years, after years of lobbying. Over the past decade, the cabinet has voted several times to bring to Israel... Read more

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