95,000 Ethiopians have immigrated to Israel since the establishment of the state.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Since the early 1950s, the Jewish Agency has assisted more than 90,000 Ethiopians with their immigration to Israel.
An epic journey walking from Sudan to Israel in the ’80’s was just the opening course of this extraordinary woman’s life. Listen as Yuvi Tashome shares her story with Eve Harow in this mid-cooking class interview.
By JNi.Media
166 Ethiopian Israelis have been recruited to the police force over the past two years, and today 613 police officers are Ethiopian.
By JNi.Media
For every shekel the state invests in preventing delinquency or rehabilitating a juvenile delinquent, it will save 5-10 shekels in the future by avoiding the delinquent's imprisonment, compensating those hurt by the delinquent, etc.
By JNi.Media
"Currently, French nationals who are looking to emigrate have many options, so if we do not offer them at least what other countries are offering – we'll be facing stiff competition."
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.
B'nei Akiva is helping to prepare the remaining Jews in Ethiopia to come home to Israel over the next five years
By Shalom Bear
An Aliyah plan of this scale hasn't been attempted since the rescued of Ethiopian Jewry.
Zehava was born during her family’s two-year ordeal en route to Israel. She was born on the way. Two of her brothers died. She survived. So did her father’s Torah scroll. Today, she is an IDF officer.
A member of the Ethiopian community in Israel attended late Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's funeral on Monday. In May 1991, as the Ethiopian government of Mengistu Haile Mariam was collapsing, Shamir ordered the airlifting of fourteen thousand Ethiopian Jews, known as Operation Solomon.
Title: The Koren Ethiopian Haggada Journey to Freedom: Celebrating Ethiopian Jewish History, Traditions & Customs Editor: Rabbi Menachem Waldman Publisher: Koren Publishing
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.