Tag: Ethiopian Jews
Black History Month: Harlem’s Ethiopian Jews
For the month of February, writer Antwaun Sargent was invited to explore works of art in the Jewish Museum collection that celebrate the intersection of black and Jewish experience. The series continues with Photo...
Christian Embassy Helps Bring 1,200 Ethiopian Jews Home to Israel in 2017
A group of eighty-two Ethiopian Jewish immigrants landed at Ben-Gurion Airport last Thursday evening (21 December), bringing to 1,200 the total number of Jews from the East African country which the Jewish Agency has...
Thousands of Ethiopian Jews gather in Jerusalem for Sigd
Thousands of Ethiopian Jews gathered in Jerusalem Thursday to celebrate the festival of Sigd, marking the community’s centuries-old aspirations to return to the holy city.
On a sunny, warm winter’s day, busloads of people came...
Ethiopian Jews integrating well – Netanyahu
The integration of Ethiopian Jews is progressing well according to PM Benjamin Netanyahu, reports the Jerusalem post. This report comes amidst criticisms against the Israeli government for not caring enough for the Ethiopian Jews....
Let Ethiopia’s Jewish children make Aliyah
Gabrielle Sasson is entering seventh grade at Ramaz. Her family, in connection with her bat mitzvah, visited the Jewish communities of Addis Ababa and Gondar for ten days during early July. These are her...
Hearing the unheard voices of Ethiopian Israelis
Too many Jews of my generation see Jewish people, as a whole, as being primarily privileged and white. However, there are plenty of Jewish groups, particularly within Israel, that do not have the privilege...