Ethiopian women

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.

 Nine-year-old Haymanot Kasau. The police released the image on February 26, 2024.
 Hadas Malada-Matsree with her family.

Hadas Malada-Matsree: The first Ethiopian woman to be an IDF doctor

 "Empowering Ethiopian Women" Association

In honor of International Women's Day: Empowering Ethiopian Women in Haifa

 Women protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv against the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US, June 28, 2022.

Empowering women: Israel's Knesset hosts special conference for International Women's Day


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

Income for Ethiopian citizens lags behind Israeli average, study finds

Ethiopian Israelis earn thousands of shekels less per month than the average earned by Israelis overall, Taub Center for Social Policy Studies says

Members of the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel dance during a ceremony marking the holiday of Sigd

#46 Adenko Sebhat-Haimovich, Esther Tapeta Gard - Ethiopian trailblazers

The two women are the first female Ethiopian judges to be selected to serve the nation.

Esther Tapeta Gardi (L) and Adenko Sebhat – Haimovich (R)

Israeli doctors give the gift of sight

Ayana, 3, is one of some 3,000 Ethiopians who have been cured of eye disease by an Israeli medical team

Morris Kahn and Dafna Jackson with Ayana