Posts Tagged: Ethiopian Jews
Israel’s Unwritten Message
It was great to speek at the Women's International Zionist Organisation last night. Thank you to the Sassoon family for the experience, which included a...
Let’s Get the Facts Straight About Ethiopian Jews and Contraception
As a bat mitzvah girl in suburban Philadelphia, I was riveted by the plight of Ethiopian Jews in the late 1980s, and was twinned with...
Jewish Immigration to Israel Drops 2% in 2012
Times of Israel/JTA - Jewish immigration to Israel registered a 2 percent drop last year, a trend bucked by new arrivals from Europe and...
From Ethiopia to the Knesset: Shlomo Molla Lives the Israeli Dream
NEW YORK—In July 2012, the Israeli government announced its decision to allow the aliyah of the last remnants of the Ethiopian Jewish community. Each month, 250 Falash Mura (Ethiopian...
A Jewish Medical Giant in Ethiopia
When a planeload of secular Israelis landed in Addis Abba shortly before Pesach last spring, they were greeted by a small Ethiopian boy ...
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir’s Legacy
In 1992, Republican Whip Senator Alan Simpson from Wyoming, who was critical of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's policies, told me: "How can I like Prime...
The Guardian’s Harriet Sherwood: Reinforcing Stereotypes About Israeli Jews
Fresh from her blatant lie about the number of Palestinians in Gaza disabled by IDF military operations (which even the Guardian acknowledged has absolutely no basis), Harriet...
Ten Reasons to Admire Israel
In the daily news coverage, as they say, if it doesn't bleed, it doesn't lead. The larger story of Israel, therefore, is rarely told. And the...
Farmers to Scholars – The Journey of Two Ethiopian Youth
Sitting with these two youths in Jerusalem, it is hard to believe their story is true. The two brothers, Adiso and Yonatan Jambar, aged eighteen...
Major Jewish Charity CEO Steps Down
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Executive Vice President and CEO Steven Schwager will step down as CEO by June 30 and completely retire from...
Israel Enters Renowned Painter’s ‘World’
Spiritual concepts, emotions or experiences may spark an artist's creative imagination. Kehinde Wiley is inspired by all three. The Jewish Museum in New York City is...
Ethiopian Israelis Protest by Knesset Over Injustices
Ethiopian Israelis marched by the thousands in Jerusalem this week in the late afternoon, from the Knesset Parliament to the city's center, against a blazing...
This Year we are Free
Last Thursday night Avi married Tamar in Petach Tikvah (an Israeli city whose name means "opening towards hope"). It was a glorious wedding. I have...
