By SAM SOKOL, JPOST Many of the changes will be overseen by a committee whose members will be at least half Ethiopian. The ministerial committee to promote the integration of Ethiopian citizens into Israeli society today approved three hundred million shekels in spending toward the goal of bridging the gap between Ethiopians and the rest
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By Stephanie Mencimer His campaign claims he convinced the Reagan administration to join a major airlift operation called Operation Moses. Not exactly. Did Jeb Bush help launch a covert mission to airlift thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel in the 1980s, saving them from starvation? He says he did. Twice in the past week his
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Ethiopian Jews: Not Jewish enough Discrimination has long been a problem in Israeli society – will these protests change anything? A wounded Israeli of Ethiopian origin during a protest against racism in Tel Aviv [EPA] “My blood is good enough for army service, but not good enough after,” shouted a woman at a line of
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At least 20 officers were injured and a number of protesters were arrested during a rally on Sunday. The Ethiopian community now numbers around 135,500 out of Israel’s population of over 8 million [Reuters] The Ethiopian community now numbers around 135,500 out of Israel’s population of over 8 million [Reuters] Israeli mounted police have charged
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Al-Monitor AUTHOR-Yuval Avivi TRANSLATOR(S)-Aviva Arad Passport pictures for Ethiopians, who are awaiting immigration to Israel, lie on a table in Gondar, March 8, 2007. (photo by REUTERS/Eliana Aponte) One Ethiopian folktale goes as follows: “A long time ago, Abba Gabra Hanna went to visit the village of Lalibla. Along the way, he met a jolly
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Failed Messiah By Shmarya Rosenberg The Sefardi chief rabbi of the Israeli city of Petah Tikva has allegedly repeatedly refused to allow Ethiopian Jewish couples to marry, forcing them to leave the city and get married elsewhere, the Times of Israel reported based on a report on Army Radio. Rabbi Benjamin Atias is a member of the
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The Jerusalem Post By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI Ceremony held to commemorate estimated 4,000 Ethiopian Jews who died on their journey to Israel from Ethiopia through Sudan in the 1980s and 1990s. Ethiopian Jews Netanyahu attends ceremony for Ethiopian Jews who died en route to Israel Photo: GPO As Israelis flocked to the capital to celebrate Jerusalem
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By Edna Adato and Efrat Forsher Israel Hayom “Not even a lawmaker would imagine that a young girl would be so humiliated by a bus driver on a school field trip only because of the color of her skin and…
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29 April 2014 ‘Financial penalty is not enough,’ fumes MK Shimon Solomon, slamming Donald Sterling’s alleged racism as ‘pathetic and disgusting’ BY RAPHAEL AHREN The Times of Israel An Ethiopian-born Israeli lawmaker slammed Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for…
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18 April 2014 BBC Ester Rada is one of Israel’s rising musical stars and has recently released her first album, Life Happens. She says growing up as the daughter of Ethiopian immigrants was sometimes confusing as “a black Jew in…
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