Ethiopian Jews

Students encouraged to bring red balloons to first day of school for missing child Haymanot Kasau

"The first day of school is always exciting," Haymanot's father Tesfaye Kasau said. "It's a happy day. For us, it's another hard day."

Rescue teams searching for 9-year-old Haymanut Kasau, in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, February 28, 2024.
MEMBERS OF the Ethiopian Israeli community protest outside the Knesset last year.

Israel must give Ethiopian Israelis a real seat at the table - starting at the UN - opinion

Endalkew Yemani Tesma, shown here in Jerusalem on Aug. 14, 2023, faces the possibility of deportation.

Ethiopian asylum seekers in Israel face deportation after years without permanent status

President Isaac Herzog meets with the family of missing child Haymanot Kasau on August 25, 2026.

Shin Bet involved in search for missing child Haymanut Kasau, Herzog says at meeting with parents


‘Were you adopted?’ and other questions not to ask Jews of color - opinion

1% of Jews in the United States identify as Black and 8% identify as non-white. So maybe it’s time to stop being so surprised.

A man and a woman hold hands aloft in Hyde Park during a "Black Lives Matter" protest following the death of George Floyd who died in police custody in Minneapolis, London, Britain, June 3, 2020

Israelis are not European occupiers - opinion

It is essential to understand that the woke movement did not come from nowhere; it emerged in a vacuum resulting from a lack of ethnic diversity.

 Ethiopian Jews land in Israel, June 1, 2022

In one click: the application that connects patients to professionals in the Amharic language

Three Heitkists from the Ethiopian community recently founded the project "Together we will win", which provides a response to adults and new immigrants in the Amharic language.


Ethiopian-Israelis celebrate Sigd holiday under the shadow of war

One ceremony opened with a tribute to Ofir Libstein, the head of the Shaar Negev security council who died in battle with Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7.

 Thousands of Ethiopian Jews take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem on November 23, 2022. The prayer is performed by Ethiopian Jews every year to celebrate their community's connection and commitment to Israel.

The annual Jewish-Ethiopian holiday ceremony was canceled due to the war

"The essence of Sigd is the renewal of the covenant between our people and God, reflecting our yearning for Zion and Jerusalem," Ethiopian-Israeli MK Dr. Tsega Melaku said on X.


One country in the world is still living in 2016. Found out which

Ethiopia's calendar takes you back to 2016, offering a glimpse into a different era.


Israel settles Amsalem dispute with anti-racism czar, will switch role

 Zena was listed in a 2019 Noam party blacklist which detailed LGBTQ+ figures in media, academics that were feminist, and other government officials perceived as problematic.

 AWEKE KOBE ZENA: Seizing the opportunity.

Grapevine August 24, 2023: Remembering Shimon Peres

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 THEN-FOREIGN MINISTER David Levy (left) meets with André Azoulay, the adviser of the Moroccan king, in 2000.

Adana family to meet with district attorney amid hit-and-run protest

4-year-old Rafael Adana child was struck by a driver while walking with his grandfather in Netanya in May.

 Members of the Ethiopian community and activists block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a protest for justice to 4-year-old Rafael Adana, who was run over and killed in a car accident in Netanya, in Tel Aviv, August 23, 2023

Israel must stop its racism and save Ethiopian Jews - opinion

The last Jewish community, which was first exiled 2,000 years ago, is refused aliyah. And who is the refuser? The State of Israel!

 THE WRITER poses with Jews awaiting aliyah, at a yeshiva set up in Gondar.