Ethiopian Jews

‘Hager (Land),’ an epic story of Ethiopian immigrants, wins Best Israeli Film at Haifa fest

Beru’s film tells the story of Ethiopian Jews facing a dangerous journey to Israel against a backdrop of political upheaval and violence.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
FROM LEFT: ‘Hager (Land)’ director Shmuel Beru, Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav, producer Nurit Negisa Beru, and costume designer Elmalem Maspen.
Members of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) walk along a main road in Mekelle on September 23, 2026, as tensions intensify in northern Ethiopia after Tigrayan rebels seized control of airports in the region.

Ethiopian aliyah activist fears for family's life as armed activities increase across Amhara region

Ababa, 39, a Lod resident and longtime aliyah activist in the Ethiopian Israeli community, has struggled to reach relatives who remain in the Gondar area of Amhara.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
Members of the Tigrayan forces sit along a street as they patrol as tensions intensify after the forces launched a major offensive against the federal government in multiple locations, in Mekele, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, September 24, 2026.

Some 20 Israelis trapped in northern Ethiopia as combat in country intensifies - report

"Right now we are fine, but we don't know how long this situation will last," one of the Israelis told KAN News, adding that the group included elderly people.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Protesters block roads in Tel Aviv demanding further government action into the disappearance of four-year-old Haymanut Kasau, July 26, 2026.

Haymanut Kasau’s family petitions court to allow protest tent near PMO

ACRI attorneys argued that the Jerusalem Municipality rejected the protest tent request on general concerns rather than specific risks, failing to balance public interests with protest rights.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel settles Amsalem dispute with anti-racism czar, will switch role

 Zena was listed in a 2019 Noam party blacklist which detailed LGBTQ+ figures in media, academics that were feminist, and other government officials perceived as problematic.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
AWEKE KOBE ZENA: Seizing the opportunity.

Grapevine August 24, 2023: Remembering Shimon Peres

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AUGUST 25, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
THEN-FOREIGN MINISTER David Levy (left) meets with André Azoulay, the adviser of the Moroccan king, in 2000.

Adana family to meet with district attorney amid hit-and-run protest

4-year-old Rafael Adana child was struck by a driver while walking with his grandfather in Netanya in May.

AUGUST 24, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Members of the Ethiopian community and activists block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a protest for justice to 4-year-old Rafael Adana, who was run over and killed in a car accident in Netanya, in Tel Aviv, August 23, 2023

Israel must stop its racism and save Ethiopian Jews - opinion

The last Jewish community, which was first exiled 2,000 years ago, is refused aliyah. And who is the refuser? The State of Israel!

AUGUST 23, 2023BySHLOMO VILK
THE WRITER poses with Jews awaiting aliyah, at a yeshiva set up in Gondar.

Protesters block Ayalon road after the death of an Ethiopian child

Hundreds of protestors blocked Ayalon road on Monday, in response to authorities' refusal to charge a driver who killed a young Ethiopian boy in a hit-and-run accident.

AUGUST 22, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE
Members of the Jewish Ethiopian community and overs block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, during a protest demand justice for to 4-year-old Rafael Adana, who was run over and killed in a car accident in Netanya, August 21, 2023.

Israel appoints IDF reservist as envoy for Ethiopia aliyah crisis

Thousands of Ethiopian citizens claim they are entitled for aliyah, but Israel says that the aliyah from this country has ended.

AUGUST 17, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Ethiopian Israelis protest for more aliyah outside of weekly cabinet meeting.

Ethiopian Jews demand Israel rescues thousands from war-torn Gondar

A staggering 4,226 individuals from camps in Gondar and Addis Ababa had submitted Aliyah requests as the conflict escalated across Ethiopia.

AUGUST 14, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
ETHIOPIAN CHILDREN, whose roots trace back to Judaism, look out of a window at a Beta Israel school while awaiting immigration to Israel, in Gondar in 2007.

Operation Tzur Israel reaches milestone: 5,000 Ethiopian olim reunited

The second phase of Operation Tzur Israel, an initiative aimed at facilitating the Aliyah of relatives of Ethiopian Jews to Israel, was completed on Wednesday, as 130 new immigrants arrived.

JULY 12, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
150 new Ethiopian immigrants arrive in Israel Monday, July 4, 2022.

As a child of survivors, I see my parents in every Ethiopian immigrant to Israel

Similar stories of suffering and making aliyah to Israel unite Israelis of all backgrounds.

MAY 26, 2023ByMARK WILF/JTA
Most of the Ethiopian olim aren't considered entitled for aliyah according to Israel's Right of Return law, but offered citizenship as first degree relatives of Israeli citizens. Many of them will begin a process of conversion to Judaism after arriving in Israel.

Vision of Ethiopian Jewish olim better than Sabra counterparts - study

Torah study at early ages, lack of screentime may be behind the phenomenon.

MAY 24, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Ethiopian Jews land in Israel, June 1, 2022