Ethiopian women

What Nishmat’s Ma’ayan program for Ethiopian women says about Israel’s future

As a board member of American Friends of Nishmat, and as someone whose family has proudly supported the institution for many years, I was privileged to witness the event.

MA’AYAN GRADUATES with Nishmat dean Ilana Hadad (L) and program director Dr. Esti Bar-El (R).
Mimi Biyadgilon.

Mimi ‘Mabrat’ Biyadgilon: The former village girl who has come a long way

Ethiopian Jews take part in Sigd celebrations, November 2025

African Jews carried Zion before the world hijacked Zionism

 Nine-year-old Haymanot Kasau. The police released the image on February 26, 2024.

Kasau's disappearance cannot be forgotten, must be viewed as a kidnapping - editorial


Ulpana Ofra high school's inclusion programs and education projects

Ulpana has developed a fantastic inclusion program for students with special needs.

A gardener with special needs prepares flowers for planting at the Rhoda Fischer Memorial Garden at ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran on July 5, 2020.

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]

The Ethiopian Jew who brings Ethiopian culture live in Tel Aviv

One of approximately 160,000 Ethiopian Jews now residing in Israel, Ashager Araro is part of an integral thread in the Jewish state’s historically rich fabric.

Ashager Araro says "owning and narrating our own stories has the power to educate, inspire and fend off discrimination — often born from ignorance.”

At Nishmat, young Ethiopian-Israeli women have ‘a room of their own’

“My parents didn’t learn [in an institute of higher education], so they don’t understand as much the place of academics in one’s future,” says Yalo.

YAFIT ABUHAI speaks at a NEW College Program graduation ceremony last month. Abuhai is finishing her degree in occupational therapy at Hebrew University and will soon begin an internship.

Activist pens moving tribute for Jewish-Ethiopian Memorial Day

The head of the Fidel Association for Education and Social Integration of Ethiopian Jews in Israel remembers her lost loves ones.

The annual memorial ceremony for Jewish immigrants who died on the way to Israel from Ethiopia, June 5, 2016

Israel's first Ethiopian-born woman Knesset member describes her journey

Who is Blue and White MK Pnina Tamano-Shata and what makes her tick?

Pnina Tamano-Shata

Those we’ve left behind…

As thousands of Ethiopian Jewish community members still languish in Addis Ababa and Gondar, a few are finally coming home – without their married children.

AFTER TWELVE years of waiting, Emey will finally be brought to Israel on February 13, bringing the pictured child and leaving behind her two married children.

Be patient and the dream will come true

“I knew I had to work with the Ethiopian community because I know how difficult it is for the families not to be able to decide for their kids."

 MICHAL AVERA SAMUEL

From Ethiopia to Israel, living the dream

For me, Operation Moses was nothing short of a fairytale, a miracle, and a dream.

A LONG journey to Israel.

Comment: why are no women being tapped to lead the Jewish Agency?

US Jewish leaders want Israel to recognize egalitarianism, but they are ignoring women.

Women who took part in a project ahead of International Women's Day (marked on March 8), hug during a meeting with Nechama Rivlin (not pictured), wife of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in JerusalemDay