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Liqa Kahenat Chief Kes Berko Tegegne reads from The Orit at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem. Photo by Michael Zekri.

Ethiopian Jewish holy books digitized in Jerusalem

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A collection of rare holy books and manuscripts from the Ethiopian Jewish community written in Ge’ez, an ancient South Semitic language sometimes referred to as Classical Ethiopic, have been digitized and will be available online, the...

Jewish Federations help bring 3,170 Ethiopian Jews to new home in Israel

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The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) announced on Tuesday that it had enabled a total of 3,170 Ethiopians to make aliyah—comprising 1,535 men, 1,635 women and 754 families—as part of a two-year, $9 million campaign that...

Novel highlights sacrifices of Ethiopian Jewish immigrants to Israel

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Kim Salzman, Israel and overseas director at the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, spent more than 13 years writing her debut novel, Straddling Black and White, which she published earlier this year. “I gave birth to three...
The view from the Goha Hotel in Gondar, Ethiopia. Credit: A.Savin via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel mulling options to rescue citizens in war-torn Ethiopia

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An emergency meeting of Israel's National Security Council was held on Tuesday morning to examine options for rescuing Israelis trapped in war-torn northern Ethiopia. Foreign Ministry officials said at the meeting that there are about...
Ethiopian olim arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport, July 12, 2023. Credit: The Jewish Agency for Israel.

5,000 Ethiopian immigrants reunited with family in Israel

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A group of 130 Ethiopian immigrants arrived in Israel on Wednesday, bringing to 5,000 the number of new olim from the African country over the last two and half years, the quasi-governmental Jewish Agency announced. The latest...
Mark Wilf, chairman of the board of governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel (right) greets new immigrants from Ethiopia at Ben-Gurion International Airport, May 9, 2023. Photo by Maxim Dinshtein.

More than 100 Ethiopians land in Israel, their new home

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A total of 111 new immigrants (olim) from Ethiopia landed in Tel Aviv on May 9, joining some 95,000 of their countrymen who have immigrated to Israel. Mark Wilf, chairman of the board of governors...
Sigal Kanotopsky, director of the Jewish Agency in the Northeast Region of the United States, June 2022. Photo by Ellie Rudee.

Ethiopian Israeli Sigal Kanotopsky: ‘We are all pieces of the same puzzle’

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Sigal Kanotopsky—Ethiopia-born, Israel-bound and recently resettled in Philadelphia—speaks of her identity simply: “I am a Jew and an Israeli born in Ethiopia.” But her identity was not always so concisely defined. Kanotopsky, now 46, arrived...
Ethiopian children in Gondar. Photo by Eliana Rudee.

Ethiopian families prepare for immigration to Israel, many after decades of waiting

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GONDAR, Ethiopia—Ahead of the immigration of 180 Ethiopians to Israel on June 1, a continuation of “Operation Tzur Israel (‘Operation Rock of Israel’),” Ethiopian families spoke with JNS in the northern Ethiopian city of Gondar. After...

Florida federation sends $30,000 to help Ethiopian Jews awaiting immigration

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Florida’s Jewish Federation of Broward County has donated $32,800 to help provide medical care, food and clean water to Jews in Ethiopia awaiting to make aliyah and resettle in Israel. The funds will help support the efforts...
Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata accepts the 2021 Begin Award for Israeli leadership, June 2021. Photo by Naga Malsa.

Aliyah minister earns Begin Heritage Center’s award for Israeli leadership

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Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata was granted the 2021 Begin Award for Israeli leadership. Pnina Tamano-Shata has helped paved the way for many women and was appointed to serve as the first member...