Ethiopian-Israeli

Haymanot Kasau's disappearance: Why Israel must fix how it handles missing children - opinion

If Israel is to honor Haymanot Kasau and every child who depends on the state’s vigilance, it must remember this truth: When a child disappears, time is the enemy and urgency is our only defense.

Nine-year-old Haymanot Kasau.
 The High Court of Justice in Jerusalem

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

Ethiopian Jews take part in Sigd celebrations, November 2025

Sigd celebrations bring thousands of Ethiopian Israelis to Jerusalem

Members of the Israeli-Ethiopian community take part in a ceremony marking the Ethiopian Jewish holiday of Sigd at the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem, November 23, 2022

Ethiopian holiday of Sigd: A true reflection of Israel's diversity - opinion


Aliyah of 2,000 Ethiopians approved by government

"It is time to connect the torn families, embrace them and integrate them in the best way here in Israel alongside their families."

MEMBERS OF the Falash Mura community attend morning prayer services in the synagogue in Gondar, Ethiopia, in 2016.

The story behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Despite the controversy, Ethiopia must build the dam river in order to meet the urgent development needs of its growing population.

ETHIOPIA’S GRAND Renaissance Dam undergoes construction work on the Nile River in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, on  September 26.  (Tiksa Negeri/File Photo/Reuters)

Ethiopian-Israel activists threaten new protests over ‘empty promises’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, MK Yevarkan made election promise to bring remainder of Falash Mura community to Israel but there has been little progress since elections.

Ethiopian-Israelis protest throughout the country

Ethiopian Community Center is embroidering dreams

Few programs have taken into account the social and culture reality of the adult men among Ethiopian immigrants. A new program tries to change that.

Founded by Zion Getahun, now director of the Ethiopian Community Center in the Talpiot neighborhood in Jerusalem, Embroidering Dreams has helped a group of older Ethiopian men regain their sense of self-worth and pride in their embroidery tradition

Canadian philanthropists launch scholarship for Ethiopian-Israelis

The goal of the initiative is to support a new generation of Ethiopian-Israeli leaders.

Mount Scopus campus, Hebrew University Jerusalem

Ohana to police: Would you react the same to Arab, Ethiopian protesters?

"I am going to ask you a question and I do not expect an answer."

Justice Minister Amir Ohana

Racism is a collective problem – but there is still room for hope

Reflections on racism and disappointment and the vision of the mother of a dark-skinned boy, together with a belief that the “ideal heavenly Jerusalem” is not beyond reach.

PROTESTERS gather in Tel Aviv against police violence and discrimination following the death of 19-year-old Ethiopian-Israeli Solomon Tekah.

Moshe Edri: Do you think Ethiopians would go play with Jews?

The ministry responded that "any attempt to cast doubt on the ministry's director-general while using information given during an ongoing preliminary investigation constitutes cheap gossip."

Moshe (Chico) Edri

Pnina Tamano-Shata: From desert exodus to member of cabinet

“Just Pnina” doesn’t do justice to the historic moment of her ascending to her new position, as the first-ever minister of Ethiopian descent.

PNINA TAMANO-SHATA, newly appointed aliyah and integration minister and the first Ethopia-born minister in the Israeli government

Rivlin holds memorial service for Ethiopians who died en route to Israel

"May the memory of those who perished, our brothers and sisters who lost their lives on the way to Jerusalem and the land of Israel be etched in our hearts forever."

President Reuven Rivlin holds memorial service for Ethipiopians that passed away on their journey to making Aliyah to Israel