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Sigd Day

By Photo of the Day

Thousands of Ethiopian Jews take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem.

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

Sarah Aynor: Matriarch Of Ethiopian Youth

By Prof. Livia Bitton-Jackson

This amazing woman was able to do this when there were five students, as well as quite recently when there have been as many as 270 students in the program.

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

Rabbi Yisrael Rosen: No More Ethiopian Immigrants

By JNi.Media

Each time MK Neguise, or foreign governments, or righteous lobbyists ask for another quota of Ethiopian immigrants who are Christian, not Jewish, they promise this is the last time.

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

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.

Gaza / Hamas / IDF & Security / News Briefs

Family of Ethiopian hostage Held by Hamas Blocked Gaza Crossing

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

When Avraham Mengisto crossed into Gaza nearly a year ago, soldiers thought he was a Gaza Arab - bit then discovered he left behind a knapsack with a Bible.

Israel / News Briefs / Police and Crime

Police Finally Fire Officer Who Assaulted Soldier of Ethiopian Origin

By Jewish Press News Desk

Police have finally fired the officer who was caught on video assaulting Damas Pakada and then arresting him for supposedly having attacked him. Police commissioner Yochanan Danino explained that the unidentified police officer was not dismissed immediately because he "made several claims" and that discussions on in the incident included legal advisers. The broadcast of […]

Jerusalem / News Briefs / Police and Crime

Peaceful Protest by Ethiopians against Police Brutality Turns Violent

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Police drew the red line at the protest when the peace march threatened security at Netanyahu's official residence.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Sports / US

Ethiopian-Israeli MK Slams Sterling in Letter to NBA’s Silver

By JTA

An Ethiopian-Israeli Knesset Member called racist statements attributed to Donald Sterling, the Jewish owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, “disgusting” in a letter to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. “As a Jew, as a citizen of a country founded on the ruins of racism in Europe, it hurt me to hear Mr. Sterling, especially on this […]

Israel / News Briefs / NY

Love-Love: Israeli and NY Tennis Groups Team Up for Clinic

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israel Tennis Centers Foundation and the New York Junior Tennis League are teaming up for a special inner city tennis clinic on Wednesday, behind the Robert F. Wagner Middle School on East 75th Street. The clinic will be conducted by Dvorah Marsha, an Ethiopian immigrant and coach at the Israel Tennis Centers in Tel […]

Israel / News Briefs / Politics / US

Miss Israel: I'll Ask my Role Model Obama to Free Pollard (VIDEO)

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Miss Israel calls Obama her role model, will ask him to release Pollard. Pollards issue statement asking Israelis to show Obama 'all due respect and honor.'

Aliyah / Geulah / News Briefs

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.

Aliyah / Geulah / News Briefs

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.

Photo of the Day

Mourner in the Crowd

By Jewish Press Staff

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.

Analysis

Farmers to Scholars – The Journey of Adiso and Yonatan Jambar

By Assaf Yair, Tazpit News Agency

An Israeli–Zionist success story: the story of two Ethiopian youths who immigrated to Israel from their village in 2007 and evolved into top notch high school students and youth group leaders.

Photo of the Day

Mediterranean Blues

By Jewish Press Staff

Young IDF soldier playing saxophone on the Tel Aviv boardwalk near Jaffa, May 3, 2012. "The port area is a mixed suburb of buildings, interlaced by small streets, the main one of square cobblestones. Scores of shops, pubs, art and exhibition galleries, entertainment centers and restaurants – from Eastern European to Ethiopian, from kosher to […]

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

Book Reviews / Judaism

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.

Op-Eds

Education The Only Antidote To Israel’s Racial Tensions

By Yael Rosen

Over the past several weeks, protests have spread throughout Israel calling for a response to racism targeting the country's Ethiopian community. Sparked by a Channel 2 story on discrimination in Kiryat Malachi, citizens have taken to the streets to show their outrage at the status quo.

Israel / Jewish

Decades After Immigrating, Ethiopians Decry Continuing Discrimination

By Sam Ser

Many claim prejudices against the Ethiopians’ skin color and widespread suspicion of the authenticity of their Jewishness prevent greater integration.

News Briefs

Immigrant Absorption Minister: 'Ethiopian Immigrants Should Be Grateful To Israel'

By Jewish Press Staff

MK Sofa Landver responds to claims of racism against Ethiopian Israelis.

Israel

New Statistics on Christians in Israel

By Malkah Fleisher

A new report released by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics sheds light on the successful Christian minority living in Israel.

MUSSAR – Avi Ganz

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Serials

Freedom Is the Ownership of Time

By Itamar Frankenthal

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