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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...
Ethiopian immigrants to Israel, part “Operation Tzur Israel” (“Rock of Israel”), after exiting the plane at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Dec. 3, 2020. Credit: Olivier Fitoussi, Courtesy of the Jewish Agency for Israel.

The long journey home of Ethiopian Jewry

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Experts in global Jewish history believe that highlighting minority voices within the Jewish community has the power to honor its nuances and interconnectedness. JNS’s new series highlighting Jewish ethnic minorities aims to elevate their...
Members of the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel take part in prayer on the Sigd holiday at the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem on Nov. 16, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Black (and Jewish): Braving the pitfalls, Jews of color find inner and outer peace

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It’s one of the few rap videos around that features a lead singer in frockcoat, tallis and shtreimel—paired with a cascade of gold chains (one bearing a Magen David) and leopard-skin scarf—dancing with guys...
Members of the Falash Mura community make their way to reunite with their families at Ben-Gurion International Airport, outside Tel Aviv, on Feb. 4, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israeli government approves immigration of 400 Falash Mura

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The Israeli government’s recent approval of a plan to allow nearly 400 Ethiopian Jews from the Falash Mura sect to immigrate to Israel has touched off political controversy in the country. Following Sunday’s Cabinet approval,...
Thousands of Ethiopian Jews take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem on Nov. 7, 2018. The prayer is performed by Ethiopian Jews every year to celebrate their community's connection and commitment to Israel. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Ethiopian Israelis celebrate annual Sigd holiday

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Jewish Ethiopians celebrated the holiday of Sigd on Wednesday, with schools around Israel engaging students in special programming to teach about the unique Ethiopian Jewish holiday. Sigd, a holiday of supplication and yearning to return...
The Falash Mura have been waiting for two decades to immigrate and reunite with their families in Israel. Credit: The Heart of Israel.

Despite backlash, activists push for Falash Mura to come to Israel

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon approved a plan at their weekly cabinet meeting on Oct. 7, to bring to Israel another 1,000 Ethiopian Jews, or Falash Mura, whose ancestors...