Ethiopian Jews

Haset: Bringing kosher Ethiopian food to Jerusalem - restaurant review

By the edge of Mahaneh Yehuda, Haset offers Ethiopian food served on injera, bringing the taste and feel of an Ethiopian home to Jerusalem.

The wonders of Ethiopian cuisine
Ethiopian Jews take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem on November 28, 2024.

Jerusalem through Ethiopian eyes: Understanding Israel's capital through its Ethiopian communities

Shmuel Legesse at his wedding at The Sephardic Temple of Cedarhurst in Cedarhurst, NY, June 8, 2014.

Message for Netanyahu: Let Ethiopian Jews represent Israel, not just clean its offices - opinion

A poster of nine-year-old Haymanut Kasau, who has been missing since 2023, seen on December 18, 2025

MK Tsega Melaku: Missing girl Haymanut Kasau ignored for nearly two years - interview


We should take a page from King Solomon's book and work harder to fight discrimination

King Solomon affirms that “A righteous man falls down seven times and gets up [again].” (Proverbs 24:16). We have fallen down in our responsibility to help the some 170,000 Israeli Ethiopians.

 THEN-ALIYAH and integration minister Pnina Tamano-Shata and then-Jewish Agency chair Isaac Herzog arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport, to welcome new immigrants arriving in the Tzur Israel operation bringing olim from Ethiopia, in 2021.

Will George Santos be replaced by an Ethiopian-Jewish legislator?

After politicians on multiple levels have called for Santos' resignation, local politicians are fishing for who could eventually replace his seat.

 Pilip speaking out against antisemitism.

Cultivating beauty for over thirty-five years

Founded in 1986 by Orna and Isaac Levy, Yvel continues a century-old family tradition of creating exquisite jewelry designs featuring pearls, gems and gold set with natural multi-colored diamonds.

 Blue Waters collection

Gov't to create new positions in Religious Services Ministry - report

According to a draft of the coalition agreements, the government will vote on a decision for the allocation of two new positions in the Religious Affairs Ministry. 

 SHAS PARTY head Arye Deri speaks to supporters as projected results from the Knesset election are announced, in Jerusalem, on November 1.

For Ethiopian Israeli Pnina Agenyahu, celebrating diversity is about speaking up and representing

Agenyahu plans to speak about the different voices in Israeli society and how these voices create more diversity and visibility for people around us.

Sigd holiday, November 16, 2020

13th Hullegeb Israeli-Ethiopian Arts Festival comes to Jerusalem

The bar mitzvah edition is almost upon us, with a broad range of music, dance and theater shows lined up at the host venue and the Yellow Submarine, from December 7-14.

 VOCALIST ORIT TASHOMA goes for the spoken word format in her Hullegeb show.

Can Israelis recognize Ethiopian Jews as proud Zionist heroes?

Shmuel Yilma: “It’s time we are recognized not as a tribe of poor people that the state had to rescue but proud Zionists who were ready for any sacrifice in order to immigrate to Israel.”

 SHMUEL YILMA (third from left) celebrates the Sigd in New York.

What is Sigd, the holiday of Beta Israel and Ethiopian Jews? - explainer

What exactly is the Jewish holiday of Sigd about? What are its origins? How is it celebrated in Ethiopia and Israel? And should all Jews celebrate it?

ETHIOPIAN-ISRAELI KESSIM celebrate the Sigd holiday in Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv

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

The wave of Ethiopian olim brought Sigd, which takes place 50 days after Yom Kippur and celebrates yearning for Israel, to the Jewish state.

Sigd holiday, November 16, 2020

We cannot plan our life

Sitting down with nonagenarian pianist and jazz singer Juanita Cohen Smith, who has kept her audiences hypnotized for nearly eight decades

 JUANITA IN concert at Tel Aviv’s Beit Ha’amudim, August 2022.