Ethiopian Jewish immigrants to Israel brought a willingness to contribute and a pure Zionism centered on longing for Jerusalem as a heavenly city, but they also brought a previously unknown holiday ...
Lag BaOmer bonfires and picnics have been adopted by some with a fervor as if Moses himself had commanded them. Mimunah is celebrated as if Judaism can’t do without it. More recently, Ashkenazic Jews ...
A Jewish humanitarian organization has completed an airlift of medical materials to enclaves of Ethiopian Jews as the ongoing Israeli conflict with Hamas has complicated established aid in the region.
Completing the aliyah of Ethiopia’s 7000 remaining Jews would proclaim to the world - and to ourselves - that even in war, the Jewish heart remembers its calling: to gather its dispersed, to uphold ...
JERUSALEM (AP) – Jewish American activists are in Ethiopia to escort remnants of one of the oldest communities in the Jewish Diaspora to Israel, organizers said Wednesday. Tens of thousands of ...
Last Wednesday, two jetliners flew 450 Ethiopian Jews to Israel. They were the last to arrive under an official program designed to bring to Israel all remaining Ethiopian Jews who are eligible for ...
The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s Jewish Federation Real Estate Fund awarded a grant to Struggle to Save Ethiopian Jewry to build and operate a medical clinic in Gondar, Ethiopia.
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Sign up here to get Haaretz’s free Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox. Sixty-three Ethiopian Jews ...
1 of 10 — Facilitated by the Israeli government, a young couple and their children are going on aliyah from Ethiopia — a purposeful ascent, or "going up" to Israel. The facial cross tattoos, often ...
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government announced Monday that it agreed to absorb 1,000 Ethiopian Jews — accepting just a fraction of the African country’s 8,000 remaining Jews who want to move to ...
On the gleaming white beaches of Tel Aviv, pairs of holidaying Israelis expertly swat rubber balls back and forth as the Mediterranean rolls gently at their feet. Even with a flight of Israeli Defense ...
With cuisine from Ukraine, Ethiopia, Mexico, and Iran, 'Diaspora' multi-course meal events aim to push back against ...