Ethiopian in israel

High Court of Justice strikes down police ID-check procedures due to racial profiling

The ruling cancels two sections of police procedure: Requiring ID based on generalized “concern” of an offense, and verifying a person’s details on the police computer without reasonable suspicion.

 The High Court of Justice in Jerusalem
Veteran dance troupe Beta Ensemble features in the Maharen-Neh production alongside Dege Feder and Zvika Hizkias.

Artful Ethiopia: Israeli artists with Ethiopian roots get a chance to shine in Jerusalem

 An infant from Ethiopia whose family was brought to Israel in Operation Moses receives medical treatment at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, January 1985.

'We Are Black Jews': The courageous journey of Ethiopian Jews to Israel - review

 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.

Ethiopian Amb. to 'Post': History between Ethiopia and Israel shapes relationship - interview


30 years on, Defense Ministry releases Operation Solomon footage - Watch

Nearly 15,000 Ethiopian Jews were evacuated to Israel in Operation Solomon in 1991 and 30 years on, the Defense Ministry has released rare footage of the IDF-led operation.

Rare pictures of Operation Solomon released by the Defense Ministry, May 2021.

Jerusalem Day: Ethiopian Israelis remember the 4000 who died in Sudan

On Monday, institutions across Israel will commemorate the victims who tried to make aliyah from Ethiopia, in an effort to highlight a side of Zionist history that doesn't often get told.

Members of the Falashmura community receive their documents after arriving to the Immigration offices at the Ben Gurion airport, outside Tel Aviv on February 4, 2019.

Ethiopian Israeli suing rabbi for casting doubt on her Jewishness

According to the lawsuit, the mikveh attendant stayed at home for a month and a half after being shamed by Druckman due to the public embarassment he had caused her.

A mikva, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]

Passover: My Exodus from Ethiopia to Jerusalem

On Passover Eve, everyone in the village came to the synagogue dressed in white.

MEMBERS OF the Falash Mura Jewish Ethiopian community prepare food for the Passover Seder at the synagogue in Gonder, in 2016.

Jewish-Ethiopian scholarship and taking pride in Ethiopian heritage

While the ‘Generation of the Desert’ was slowly coming to terms with the reality of Israel most students would only meet an Ethiopian adult in a menial position. Language, in that sense, has great power and pride.

 Ge’ez manuscript from the collection of the British Library. The scholar Amsalu Tefera claims 6,928 such manuscripts are in European collections after being taken from Ethiopia

Police officer who killed Solomon Tekah to move to Fire and Rescue

The decision comes after the chief of police visited Tekah's family.

Deputy Interior Security Minister Gadi Yevarkan (C) with Police Chief Kobi Shabtai and members of the Tekah family

Israel should emulate Biden's cabinet diversity

More than half of the 25 cabinet-level nominations have gone to people of color, and 12 of the 25 are women.

Energy Minsiter Yuval Steinitz, Transportation Minister Israel Katz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Cabinet meeting

Netanyahu, Clinton, Clooney celebrated Elie Wiesel's wife 90th birthday

To honor her living legacy and visionary work alongside her husbands, a virtual event was organized by the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity and the WIZO.

Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel arrives with wife, Marion Erster Rose, to attend the "100 Most Influential People In The World" gala hosted by Time Magazine in New York

300 Ethiopian immigrants the first to make aliyah to Israel in 2021

The government decided in 2015 to help the last remaining Jews in Ethiopia make aliyah.

New Ethiopian immigrants are seen at Ben-Gurion Airport on one of the first aliyah flights of the new year, on January 1, 2021.

Ethiopian immigration absorption policy trap: Equality or discrimination?

This trap is apparent in higher education policy where, through attempts to offer equitable collective support, there are deep discriminatory practices.

Members of the Falash Mura community from Ethiopia land in Israel as part of the second flight of the Rock of Israel operation.