Getana is an independent farmer working a small plot of land in the hinterlands of the Butajira district of Ethiopia, 130…
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In Ethiopia, U.K. Chief Rabbi calls on Jews to take on global concerns – Diaspora
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Chief Rabbi of the UK Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has urged his community and Jews more broadly to…
President Rivlin will not visit Jewish community center in Ethiopia – Israel News
Reuven Rivlin. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST) President Reuven Rivlin will not visit the Jewish community center in…
Ethiopian Jew participating in Bible Quiz gets Israeli citizenship
In a change of fortune, a Jewish teenager from Ethiopia participating in the International Bible Quiz in Israel was granted full Israeli…
IN PICTURES: Large-scale Passover preparations underway in Ethiopia – Diaspora
Ethiopian Jews prepare for Passover. (photo credit: LIOR SPERANDEO) Members of the Jewish community in Ethiopia have begun extensive preparations for the…
Latest aliya wave leaves thousands of Ethiopian Jews behind – Israel News
The last 119 Ethiopian Jews approved to make aliya were set to arrive on Wednesday and Thursday, completing the immigration of…
Meskerem Gebreyohannes prepares dinner at her restaurant, Taste of Ethiopia, in Southfield, Mich. Credit Brittany Greeson for The New York Times For…
A pre-Talmudic Jewish community in Ethiopia times its celebration of Passover with Easter to shield itself from anti-Semitism. “We are discriminated against…
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63 new immigrants from Ethiopia arrive in Israel – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Sixty-three immigrants from Ethiopia made their long-awaited arrival in Israel. The newcomers, the first from the African nation in…