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The Jews who returned to Ethiopia with Menelik I are claimed to be the ancestors of the Falashas (the Ethiopian emperor, Haile Selassie was also believed to be a descendant of Solomon and the Queen of ...
Ethiopian Jewish communities are in dire need as the enduring problems of food scarcity and lack of medical care are compounded by the Israel-Hamas conflict's disruption of traditional lines of aid.
These Ethiopian Jews traveled to a war-torn country to retrieve a Bible The Orit is a rare Ethiopian version of the Bible. This Israeli family risked it all to retrieve one.
Twenty-five years ago, a covert, 36-hour airlift spirited some 14,000 Ethiopian Jews out of the country during a civil war. Called Operation Solomon, it captured the imagination of the world. The ...
The original Jews of Ethiopia, known as “Beta Israel,” or House of Israel, are, according to some traditions, descendants of the lost tribe of Dan.
“Did you know Israel forcibly sterilized Ethiopian Jewish women and then tried to cover it up?” Hadid told her almost 700,000 Instagram followers.
THE full-page article on Ethiopia, ["Ethiopia's Rich Culture, Steeped in History," Special Issue, July 16] did not find the space to include mention of the Ethiopian Jews, many of whom are now ...
Sixty-three Ethiopian Jews are waiting for Ethiopian authorities to complete security checks before they can receive approval to leave the country and make Aliyah to Israel.
How Ethiopian Jews came to Israel She recounts how, in the 19th century, the first tentative connection between Beta Israel and the Jewish communities of Europe began with exchanges of letters.