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Ethiopia

Police and Crime / Africa

Ethiopian Special Forces Free Kidnapped Israeli

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem initially believed Adebabayi faked his own abduction.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Africa

Authorities Believe Israeli Faked Kidnapping in Ethiopia

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

His relative disputed the findings and insisted that Adebabayi remains a captive.

Terrorism / Iran / Gulf States / UAE

Report: Iran Behind Plot to Attack UAE Embassies in Africa

By Neta Bar / Israel Hayom

Tehran has set its sights on the UAE due to its rapprochement with Israel and efforts to hinder Iran’s nuclear program, says The New York Times.

Aliyah / Geulah / Coronavirus

Aliyah to Israel Continues Amid Coronavirus Crisis, 961 Immigrate in March

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Anyone who holds a valid visa to immigrate to Israel is entitled enter Israel under the Law of Return, even though the borders are currently closed to foreign nationals.

Chessed and Tzedaka / Sports

Soccer Superstar Messi Visits 'Save A Child’s Heart' African Patients in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The charity brings children to Israel from Africa and other parts of the world for life-changing heart surgery at Wolfson Hospital.

Featured / Politics / Government / The Knesset / Diaspora / Aliyah / Geulah / Africa / Assimilation

MK Smotrich: Keep the Falash Mura in Africa

By JNi.Media

The Falash Mura are members of the Beta Israel community in Ethiopia and Eritrea who converted to Christianity over the past two centuries.

Sheba Medical Center

Nigerian Heart Surgeons Train to Save African Children's Lives at Sheba Medical Center

By Ken Stephens

Sheba Medical Center trains doctors from Nigeria, Zambia, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Uganda, Tanzania, and Niger.

A Hebrew in the Heartland

Lost in Africa - A Hebrew in the Heartland

By Israel News Talk Radio

Being stuck for Shabbat in an African city can be it's own adventure!

From Jerusalem with Love

Rules For The Living and The Fight to bring Jews Home - From Jerusalem With Love

By Israel News Talk Radio

Orly interviews MK Avraham Neguise from the Likud who is an activist for the Falash Mura community in Ethiopia and is fighting to them back home to Israel.

Jewish / US / Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset / On Campus / Education / Aliyah / Geulah / South America

WZO to Open 225 Hebrew Language Centers Worldwide Next Year

By JNi.Media

Last year the WZO established 140 new Hebrew language centers, most of them in France, Argentina, and the UK.

Impact Of Women On Jewish History/Prof. L. Jackson

Belaynesh Zevadia: Ambassador To Ethiopia

By Prof. Livia Bitton-Jackson

He related how they had to create a single chain of men, women and children in order to help them board the plane that had no seats. They had to be removed in order to accommodate as many immigrants as possible, among them Belaynesh Zevadia.

Jewish / Politics / Government / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Netanyahu 'Not Prepared to Tolerate Racism in our State'

By JNi.Media

The report on eradicating racism against Israelis of Ethiopian origin is 170 pages long and includes 52 recommendations intended to help correct institutionalized and societal racism.

Israel / News Briefs / Africa

Israeli African Strategy Gaining More Allies

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“There are 50 countries in Africa,” Netanyahu said during his African tour. “Just about all of them, could be allies of Israel."

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / Africa

Netanyahu First Israeli PM in Decades to Visit African Countries

By JNi.Media

Last week the Netanyahu cabinet passed a $13 million plan to strengthen economic links and cooperation with African countries.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Aliyah / Geulah / Africa

Ethiopian MK Meets Visiting African Women, Advocates Merging Israeli Tech with 'Fertile African Soil'

By JNi.Media

Neguise told the delegation members, pointing out Israel's advanced capabilities in the fields of irrigation, desalination, solar energy, medicine, education and tourism.

News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah / Judaism

Bnei Akiva in Ethiopia Will Ease Transition to Israel for Remaining Jews

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

B'nei Akiva is helping to prepare the remaining Jews in Ethiopia to come home to Israel over the next five years

News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Last Falash Mura to Come to Israel

By JNi.Media

The Netanyahu cabinet on Sunday approved unanimously to fly to Israel the remaining Falash Mura who are still in transit camps in Ethiopia.

Jewish / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Florida

Jeb Bush Seeking Jewish Support

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A "National Jewish Leadership Team" reportedly will meet with Bush two days after Yom Kippur.

Sponsored Posts

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Sponsored Posts

Something UNBELIEVABLE is happening on Monday!

By Daniela Berkowitz

Shuvu's largest campaign is this Monday, in four countries!

Video of the Day

PM Netanyahu Meets IDF Soldier Damas Pikada

By Video of the Day

PM Netanyahu met with IDF soldier Damas Pikada who was brutally beaten up by an Israeli policeman, setting off protests by the Ethiopian community in Israel.

Israel / News Briefs

President Rivlin says Ethiopian Protest Opened 'Raw Wound'

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Reuven Rivlin said Monday morning that the Ethiopian protests against police brutality and racism "revealed an open and raw wound at the heart of Israeli society." Speaking at a meeting in his office with mayors and heads of the ultra-Orthodox municipalities and local council, the President added, "We must look directly at this open […]

IDF & Security / Global / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Ethiopian Doctor Who Lit Yom Ha'Atzmaut Torch Heads IDF Team in Nepal

By Jewish Press Staff

Dr. Avi Yitzchak, the first Ethiopian doctor in Israel, also saved victims of the earthquake in Haiti in 2010.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / Africa

Israeli Solar Power Technology to Light Up Ethiopia

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

The Israel firm, AORA, will be the first to provide solar-biogas hybrid power solutions for rural communities in Ethiopia.

Photo of the Day

Happy Sigd

By Photo of the Day

Hundreds of Ethiopian Jews take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem on November 20, 2014. The prayer is performed by Ethiopian Jews every year to celebrate their community's connection and commitment to Israel. About 80,000 Ethiopian Jews live in Israel, many of them came in massive […]

Israel / Science and Tech / Africa

Israeli Docs Work Pro-Bono in Ethiopia

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Ethiopians made their ways, often on foot, to visit a "surgery marathon" performed by 40 volunteers with Operation Smile

Terrorism / Israel / Africa

Liberman Begins African Tour

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Foreign Minister to visit five countries, sign host of business and trade agreements, upgrade diplomatic relations

Israel / News Briefs / Media

Ethiopia-Born Model Wins Israel’s ‘Big Brother’

By JTA

An Ethiopia-born model won the fifth season of Israel’s “Big Brother” reality show. Tahunia Rubel, 25, won the 1 million shekel prize, worth about $274,000, becoming the second woman to win on the show. Many conflicts surrounded Rubel, including some dealing with race and ethnic identity. Some of the racial conflict reportedly caused two other […]

Government / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

450 Ethiopians Left Gondar for Final Aliyah Flights

By Jewish Press Staff

The new immigrants’ relatives were on hand in Israel to greet them.

Jewish / Global / Government / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Jewish School in Gondar, Ethiopia Closes as Aliyah Ends

By JTA

Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky on Monday turned over the keys to the Jewish school of Gondar, Ethiopia, to the town’s mayor as the final flight of Ethiopian immigrants prepares to leave for Israel.. The Jewish Agency Monday’s funded and maintained the school, where approximately 2,500 Ethiopian children studied while awaiting their immigration to Israel. […]

Daniel Pipes / The Lion's Den

Evidence that Morsi Actually Lost the Egyptian Presidency

By Daniel Pipes

Ahmed Shafiq, the former air force commander and former president Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, actually won the presidential race by a narrow margin.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs

Israel Raises Funds to Treat Ethiopian Boy Mauled by Hyena

By JTA

A U.S. Jewish doctor in Ethiopia came across a boy whose life is threatened after an attack by a wild hyena. Muslims, Bedouin and Jews now are pitching in to save his life.

Government / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

End of an Era: Ethiopian Aliyah to Stop Next Month

By JTA

Israelis and Jews were excited on a Friday night 22 years ago when Israel announced its secret Operation Solomon brought 13,000 Ethiopians to Israel. The aliyah effort will end on August 28.

United with Israel

An Epic Ethiopian Aliyah Story

By Rachel Avraham

As bad as the situation was in Ethiopia, Asher said that the situation got even worse when the Ethiopian Jews arrived in Sudan.

Israel / US / News Briefs

Obama to Dine with Miss Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Life often changes fast. Miss Israel was orphaned in Ethiopia and was brought to Israel. She worked in a dress shop until she was crowned. Next week, she will dine with Obama at Peres’ official home.

News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Israeli Jewelry Entrepreneurs Give Back to Ethiopian Community

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

The company’s employees are mostly immigrants who have come to Israel from places like the United States, Syria, Iraq and Ethiopia. The Levys’ business philosophy is firmly rooted in social responsibility and philanthropy.

News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Operation Dove’s Wings Begins as Ethiopian Aliyah Comes to a Close

By Jewish Press Staff

The flight was organized by the Jewish Agency for Israel, pursuant to the July government decision to increase the rate of Ethiopian Aliyah.

News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Mass Aliyah is Beginning of End of Ethiopia Project

By Malkah Fleisher

It’s the beginning of the end of Ethiopian aliyah, as 240 Ethiopians alight a plane to Israel Monday afternoon, the first of a series of flights dubbed Operation Dove's Wings which will take place until the last one in March 2014, marking the end of the state of Israel’s rescue of the Falash Mura - Ethiopians with Jewish ancestry.

Book Reviews

Beyond Politics: Inspirational People of Israel

By Yocheved Golani

Unlike formulaic biographies from popular publishing houses in the Orthodox Jewish world, Beyond Politics is not predictable. The vignettes of individual men and women who trekked through Ethiopia and Sudan, flew in from Austria, India, and Algeria, or were born on Israeli soil are gritty, adventurous, and heartwarming.

Book Reviews

Title: The Koren Ethiopian Haggada Journey to Freedom: Celebrating Ethiopian Jewish History, Traditions & Customs

By Yocheved Golani

Title: The Koren Ethiopian Haggada Journey to Freedom: Celebrating Ethiopian Jewish History, Traditions & Customs Editor: Rabbi Menachem Waldman Publisher: Koren Publishing

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Mordechai Kedar: Radical Islam in Africa

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

The population of Africa is involved in a series of disputes with a tribal background, where the Islamist and ethnic components play an important, and sometimes critical, role. Saudi Arabian money, Wahhabi propaganda, the presence of terror organizations, and wide distribution of weapons do not contribute to a calming of tensions between the various demographics in Africa.

Judaism / Book Reviews

Reviewing The Koren Ethiopian Haggada Journey to Freedom

By Yocheved Golani

The Hebrew-English haggada provides a wealth of photographic evidence of the lives led by Ethiopian Jews. The pottery, the unembellished homes, school, and synagogues, the gaunt Jews in modest clothing and head coverings portray dedication to Torah values despite harsh political and topographical conditions.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

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