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Ethiopian Jews

Ethiopian Jewish women pray in Jerusalem at the Sigd holiday overlooking the Temple Mount, Nov. 7, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Gali Tibbon-AFP)
Posted inJewish Life

Learn about Ethiopian Jewish holiday Sigd with the flavors of Ethiopia

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer November 12, 2020
Thousands of Ethiopian Jews take part in a prayer on the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem, Nov. 27, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Tel Aviv University launches academic program to preserve knowledge of Ethiopian Jewish bible

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA October 28, 2020
Chaya Lev addresses the crowd at a protest in Tel Aviv against the killing of George Floyd, June 2, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Sam Sokol)
Posted inNews

Hundreds of Israelis, angry with police violence at home, protest the George Floyd killing in Tel Aviv

by Sam Sokol and JTA June 2, 2020June 2, 2020
Ethiopian Jewish women pray in Jerusalem at the Sigd holiday overlooking the Temple Mount, Nov. 7, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Gali Tibbon-AFP)
Posted inNews

Israel’s Chief Rabbinate officially recognizes Ethiopian Beta Israel community as Jewish

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA January 21, 2020
Ethiopian Jewish women pray in Jerusalem at the Sigd holiday overlooking the Temple Mount, Nov. 7, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Gali Tibbon-AFP)
Posted inSigd, Thanksgiving, Holidays, Opinion

As Ethiopian Jews celebrate Sigd, we’re still fighting for inclusion in Israel

Shlomit Bukaya by Shlomit Bukaya and JTA November 27, 2019November 27, 2019
Ethiopians and supporters have protested across Israel against police violence following the death of a 19-year-old Ethiopian Israeli, Solomon Tekah, who was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer. Shown here is a protest in Kiryat Ata, July 3, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

The protests by Ethiopian Israelis, explained

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA July 3, 2019
Ethiopian Jewish teenager Mina and her boyfriend Eli in ‘Fig Tree’
Posted inTV & Film

In ‘Fig Tree,’ an Ethiopian family uproots to settle in Israel

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 1, 2019
A smiling woman in sunglasses with a big fro
Posted inNews

Born in Ethiopia, S.F. student is now an Israeli citizen and a Jew

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 6, 2018December 18, 2018
Sisters and business partners Sabrina and Makeda Berhane (Photo/Elissa Einhorn)
Posted inJewish Life

Sacramento sisters have a latté love for their Tiferet cafés

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn August 9, 2018
Israeli tanks cross the Suez Canal during the Yom Kippur War (Photo/Wikimedia-Israel Defense Forces)
Posted inIsrael at 70

An eyewitness to Yom Kippur War, Ethiopian aliyah, Soviet Jewry and more

Doug Kahn by Rabbi Doug Kahn April 19, 2018

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