Ethiopian jews in israel

Lawmakers raise alarm over police treatment of Ethiopian community

During the session, Blue and White faction chair MK Pnina Tamano-Shata described the harassment and discrimination experienced by young members of the community at the hands of police officers.

 MK Pnina Tamano-Shata speaks during a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, December 29, 2025.
ETHIOPIAN JEWS take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem, in November 2025.

Zionism didn’t start in Europe, and Ethiopian Jews can prove it - opinion

ETHIOPIAN ISRAELIS gather in Jerusalem earlier this week, calling for immediate government action to expedite the aliyah of family members still stranded in Ethiopia.

The time for talking is over: Ethiopian Israelis need family reunification now - opinion

 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.

Goodman Fellowship Project Expands Opportunities for Ethiopian Students at TAU


Israel’s minorities suffer more than most From coronvirus crisis

Arab, Druze, Bedouin and Ethiopian Israelis more vulnerable to financial hardship.

Ethiopian-Jews marking the Holiday of Sigd in Jerusalem on November 27 2019

Trump to donate $1m. to empower 'marginalized' Arab, Ethiopian Israelis

Preference will be given to proposals that allow local organizations to take the lead.

US President Donald Trump

Joint List sets off election campaign in Yiddish, Russian, Amharic

The anti-Zionist party decided to join forces with minorities within Israel's Jewish population.

A Joint List Yiddish sign, reading "Your vote against forced drafting."

Rivlin, dignitaries sign anti-racism pact

Police frequently apprehend Ethiopian youth for no plausible reason, and trigger-happy officers have been known to shoot and even kill Ethiopian young people.

President Reuven Rivlin surrounded by the signatories who convened at the President's Residence on Sunday, to sign an anti-racism pact initiated by Israelis Against Racism, February 2, 2020

Police will no longer conduct racial profiling on Dan bus line

The Association for Civil Rights has hailed the decision as a victory, after it filed a petition against the police over discriminatory tactics against Ethiopians.

Protesters stand opposite police during a protest for the death of 18-year old Solomon Tekah of Ethiopian descent, after he was shot by police, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 2, 2019

A year after Yehuda Biadga, Ethiopian-Israeli community still sees racism

Shooting of Yehuda Biadga – and, not long after, of Solomon Tekah – underscores plight of demographic that wants answers.

Protesters stand opposite police during a protest for the death of 18-year old Solomon Tekah of Ethiopian descent, after he was shot by police, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 2, 2019

Chief Rabbinate accepts position recognizing Beta Israel as Jewish

The step comes after several high-profile cases in which the Jewishness of Ethiopian Jews was challenged by rabbinic authorities.

ETHIOPIAN CHILDREN attend Jewish studies class while awaiting immigration to Israel, in Gondar.

Ethiopian Jewish brethren

As far back as the early 1970s, then-Sephardi Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef had ruled that members of the ancient Beta Israel community were indeed Jewish

Ethiopian Israelis celebrate the holiday of Sigd in Jerusalem on November 27

Jewish student unions call on Israel to bring remaining Ethiopian Jews

Baye stressed that while other WUJS members had mentioned that the average global aliyah process is less than 6 months, Ethiopians have been waiting for 21 years.

Baye Alemye visiting the Western Wall

Mequnante’s healing: A reset for Israel and its Ethiopian community?

An Ethiopian kid had been killed by a police officer and this was not investigated; my wife was arrested at a demonstration last week!

Ethiopian Israelis celebrate the holiday of Sigd in Jerusalem on November 27