Ethiopian jews in israel

Esti Ayalon Kovo enters Knesset race to stop Jerusalem’s problems from spreading across Israel

Ayalon Kovo has joined up with B’Yachad in the 21st slot on its list, believing that only Naftali Bennett can help her achieve the necessary changes to the Jewish state.

Esti Ayalon Kovo
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

Likud primaries held on Monday.

Why PM Netanyahu should elevate Gabi Worku - opinion


What does the Ethiopian 'Sigd' holiday signify?

Once in Israel, Sigd quickly found a place in the Ethiopian jewish community’s life.

AN ISRAELI ETHIOPIAN woman prays during a ceremony marking the holiday of Sigd, in Jerusalem in 2019.

Pnina Tamano-Shata: Keeping aliyah to Israel going amid COVID-19

IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS: Pnina Tamano-Shata talks immigration, politics, and message of a black woman in government.

Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata and Chairman of the World Zionist Organization and the Acting Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency Yaakov Hagoel greeting the French olim as they depart the airplane in Israel.

NIS 150 million secured for Aliyah and absorption budget

Aliyah Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata says the budget will enable the immigration of 3,000 Ethiopian immigrants from the Falash Mura community by the end of 2022.

Members of the Falash Mura community from Ethiopia land in Israel as part of the second flight of the Rock of Israel operation.

Founder of Ethiopian-Israeli scholarship program honored with doctorate

Joey Low, a native New Yorker who made aliyah to Israel, was honored by the IDC for his contributions to the Ethiopian-Israeli community

From L to R: IDC’s President and Founder Prof. Uriel Reichman, businessman and philanthropist Joey Low and Chancellor Mr. Oudi Recanati.

Ethiopian-Israeli parliamentary adviser tells her story

Israela Ayenwo, former journalist and current adviser to Tamno-Shata, is the second eldest of eight siblings who were all born in Israel.

ISRAELA WITH her mother.

Last Ethiopian aliyah flight of Operation Rock of Israel arrives

Activists for community have criticized the government for failing to bring all remaining members of the Falash Mura in Ethiopia to Israel, who number at least another 5,500.

Ethiopian olim exiting the plane after touching down at Ben-Gurion Airport as part of Operation Rock of Israel..

Ethiopian-Jewish immigrants make aliyah to Israel despite airport closure

The Ethiopian immigrants touched down on Friday despite the underlying circumstances.

Ethiopian-Jewish immigrants arrive in Israel on Frebruary 12, 2021.

Ethiopian aliyah to Israel: Commemoration, discrimination - editorial

The memorial this year comes six years after mass protests by Jews of Ethiopian origin against racism in Israeli society.

The ceremony honoring Ethiopians who died on the way to Israel.

Jerusalem Day: Memorial for Ethiopian Jews takes place at Mount Herzl

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin both laid wreaths at the memorial event for Ethiopian Jews who perished on the journey to Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and President Reuven Rivlin at the memorial event for Ethiopian Jews who perished on the way to Israel, May 10th 2021.

Jerusalem Day: Ethiopian Israelis remember the 4000 who died in Sudan

On Monday, institutions across Israel will commemorate the victims who tried to make aliyah from Ethiopia, in an effort to highlight a side of Zionist history that doesn't often get told.

Members of the Falashmura community receive their documents after arriving to the Immigration offices at the Ben Gurion airport, outside Tel Aviv on February 4, 2019.