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Ethiopian Jews

Beza Abebe is an Ethiopian Israeli human rights advocate living in Oakland. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inLocal Voice

As an Ethiopian Israeli, I wonder if my homeland really has my back

Beza Abebe (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Beza Abebe May 5, 2026May 5, 2026

I live in the Bay Area, but this past weekend my heart was in Israel, on the phone, hour after hour, with members of my Ethiopian Jewish community there and […]

Ethiopian Jews take part in the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem, Nov. 23, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Ethiopian Israelis celebrate Sigd holiday under the shadow of war

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer November 13, 2023
Incoming Weinberg Foundation board chair  Paula Pretlow (fourth from left) and Federation CEO Joy Sisisky (right of Pretlow) with an Ethiopian family making aliyah to Israel.
Posted inNews

Bay Area leaders join one of the last flights of Ethiopians to Israel

Jew,  Jewish,  J. The Jewish News of Northern California
Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss May 25, 2023May 25, 2023
A crowd of Black women of all ages wearing white robes raise their hands in the air
Posted inReligion

Ethiopian Jewish holiday of Sigd gets a boost in the U.S. with picture books and new resources

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA November 22, 2022
Ethiopian Israeli singer Rudi Bainesain will perform at Israel's S.F. consulate's Yom HaAtzmaut gala.
Posted inCulture

S.F. Israeli Consulate spotlights Ethiopian Israeli success stories

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 11, 2022May 2, 2022
Ukrainian refugees walk down the stairs from a plane onto the tarmac as two Israel officials stand by holding small Israeli flags
Posted inOpinion

My heart breaks for Ukrainian refugees — and the Ethiopian Jews who can’t get the same embrace

Haftam Yizhak-Heathwood by Haftam Yizhak-Heathwood and JTA March 11, 2022
A Jewish father and daughter at meal time in Ethiopia. (Photo/Courtesy SSEG)
Posted inNews

Emanu-El raises $120,000 for Ethiopian Jews caught in civil war crossfire

by Sue Fishkoff November 19, 2021November 28, 2021
Ethiopians are reunited with their families at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, Feb. 4, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Tomer Neuberg-Flash90)
Posted inWorld

Israel to speed up evacuations of Ethiopian Jews in midst of civil war

Shira Hanau by Andrew Lapin, Shira Hanau and JTA November 11, 2021
A crowd of Black women of all ages wearing white robes raise their hands in the air
Posted inHolidays

Sigd is not just a holiday for Ethiopian Jews. It’s a declaration that Israel sees us.

Shula Mola by Shula Mola and JTA November 3, 2021November 3, 2021
Sean Mongoza as Gabriel in ChaiFlicks’ “Asylum City.” (Photo/Nati Levi)
Posted inTV & Film

African refugees in Israel, now actors, relive trauma in ‘Asylum City’

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz October 4, 2021October 5, 2021

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