Ethiopian Jews

Israel cannot demand unity while governing inequality - opinion

Israel asks citizens to fight together, to sacrifice together, and to carry the weight of war and uncertainty together, and yet it governs them as if they are not equal partners in that burden.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is seen at the Knesset plenum.
ETHIOPIAN JEWS take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday in Jerusalem last November. The God of Israel sees the heart, not the color of one’s skin, the writer affirms.

Why Black Jews must be part of the global conversation on Israel - opinion

View of the empty courtroom at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 13, 2025.

Carol Fesler appeal puts sentence in Rafael Edna hit-and-run case back before court

The wonders of Ethiopian cuisine

Haset: Bringing kosher Ethiopian food to Jerusalem - restaurant review


‘It’s amazing to see what education can do’

The Morris and Rosalind Goodman Family Foundation has opened new vistas for Israeli students of Ethiopian descent at the Hebrew University.

 FROM L) Gideon Pollack, Jonathan Goodman, Finkelstein, and Jeff Hart at a Hebrew University event. The four were involved in fundraising for the Walk in their Shoes campaign.

Oldest known 15th-Century Orit Books of Ethiopian Jewry uncovered by TAU researchers

These sacred texts, written in Ge'ez, a language known only to the Kessim (Ethiopian Jewish priests), hold significant cultural and historical importance.

 The 15th-century sacred books of Ethiopian Jewry from the Faitlovitch Collection at the Sourasky Central Library, TAU.

'It’s amazing to see what education can do'

In the fourth episode of the 2025 season of ‘The Philanthropists,’ Maxyne Finkelstein, President of the Morris & Rosalind Goodman Family Foundation, speaks to Israeli writer and director Maor Zaguri.

 Maxyne Finkelstein  President of the Morris and Rosalind Goodman Family Foundation

Ethiopian families, women locked out of public shelter declared ‘men only’ by extremists - report

The extremist haredi faction reportedly spat on Ethiopian families attempting to access the shelter.

People take shelter in an underground parking lot in Tel Aviv, during ongoing missile attacks from Iran

Municipal rabbi publicly apologizes for questioning Jewishness of Ethiopian mikveh attendant

Two weeks ago, and about eight years after the incident first occurred, the religious municipality of Kiryat Motzkin, along with Druckman, issued a public personal apology to Ishta.

 Tehila Ishta (third-left) is flanked by Sephardi Chief Rabbi David Yosef to the right and attorney Ela Skaat to the left, at a meeting confirming her qualifications as a mikveh attendant.

On This Day: Operation Solomon’s record-breaking flight and humanitarian triumph

Ethiopian Jews who escaped remember being woken up by their parents in the middle of the night and being told to pack very few items.

 NEW OLIM rescued from Ethiopia step out of an IAF Hercules at a base in Israel, during Operation Solomon, May 1991.

Goodman Fellowship Project Expands Opportunities for Ethiopian Students at TAU

Tel Aviv University launches Goodman Fellowship to boost Ethiopian Israeli student access, support, and success with major backing from Canadian foundation.

 THE ETHIOPIAN community in Israel serves as a vibrant link between the two nations. Here, the community celebrates the Sigd on the Haas Promenade in the shadow of the Old City, in November.

Maccabi Haifa's Gadi Kinda sends emotional message from hospital

The video, shared by former footballer and now rabbi, Shneor Gueta, captured the emotional meeting between the two, as they called on the public to continue offering prayers and spiritual support.

 MACCABI HAIFA'S Gadi Kinda (left) with Rabbi Shneor Gueta, who visited with the Israeli midfielder in the hospital this week and posted a video together on Instagram.

‘Philanthropy is not only about giving money. It’s about giving time’

Montreal’s Danielle Pollack speaks of her long association with Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University and why philanthropy of all kinds is so important to day.

 DANIELLE POLLACK, her granddaughter Lily and daughter Dalia

Rally at Knesset for missing child Haymanot Kasau, family calls to classify her as kidnapped

Protesters also called on the police to form a special investigative team to search for the missing girl.

 25 March - Rally at Knesset for missing child Haymanot Kasau, family calls to classify her as kidnapped