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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...
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...
New immigrants to Israel from Ethiopia's Jewish community arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Dec. 3, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Netanyahu greets first wave of Ethiopian immigrants in ‘Operation Rock of Israel’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday greeted at Ben Gurion International Airport the first group of Ethiopian immigrants to arrive in the country within the framework of “Operation Tzur Israel” (“Rock of Israel”). The...
Thousands of Ethiopian Jews take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem on Nov. 27, 2019. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Sigd: The ultimate Zionist festival

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The 29th of Cheshvan is not a particularly noteworthy day for most Jews. Cheshvan is the only Hebrew month that has no holidays or fast days. But for Jews from Ethiopia, this date has...