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.

|BySTEPHEN M. FLATOW
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

For the last 20 years, the Biyadgilons have lived in Rishon Lezion, where Mimi now works for the municipality as a senior social worker.

|BySUSAN DE LA FUENTE
Ethiopian Jews take part in Sigd celebrations, November 2025

African Jews carried Zion before the world hijacked Zionism

"For thousands of years, Jews carried Zion in their hearts. This week, in a room full of Ethiopian women in Jerusalem, I watched what it looks like to carry Zion forward."

|BySACHA ROYTMAN DRATWA
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

One year later: Even with the war and even with the heartbreaking tragedies of the hostages held by Hamas, we cannot forget Haymanot.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Baby miracle for 56-year-old Ethiopian immigrant

Following years of struggling to conceive, Ethiopian woman gives birth at 56.

JANUARY 26, 2015ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Former Ethiopian immigrant has baby at 56 at Kaplan Medical Center.