Posts Tagged: Yityish Aynaw
Panelists Prove That Jewish Voice for Peace Is Neither
On Saturday morning, panelists at a Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) conference in Chicago agreed that there's a simple way to end global oppression and racism, and...
From ‘Scared Child’ to Miss Israel
JNS.org - NEW MILFORD, NJ—When Yitayish "Titi" Ayenew, the first black Miss Israel, was a young orphan who moved from Ethiopia to Israel, it was learning...
Miss Israel on Meeting Obama: “I Was Very Very Excited to Meet Him” (VIDEO)
Much had been made about newly crowned Miss Israel Yityash Aynaw, an Ethiopian immigrant, getting to meet U.S. President Barack Obama after the White House...
Obama Israel Visit Draws Calls from Miss Israel, Bar Refaeli for Pollard’s Release
Yityish Aynaw, the first Ethiopian Miss Israel, hopes to tell President Barack Obama, whom she calls her role model, to "free [Jonathan] Pollard," the former U.S....
Emerging Details of Upcoming Obama Trip to Israel Draw Praise and Criticism
U.S. President Barack Obama lands in Israel a week from Wednesday and his impending visit has been brought into focus as the commentary, debate, criticism...
Ethiopian-Israeli Wins Miss Israel Pageant
A 21-year-old woman became the first Ethiopian-Israeli contestant to win the Miss Israel 2013 beauty pageant. Yityish Aynaw is a former IDF officer who had...