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Israeli emergency responders leave for Addis Ababa to locate Israelis killed in plane crash

Some 157 passengers and crew, including two Israelis, were killed in the crash Sunday morning of an Ethiopian Airlines plane.

By Marcy Oster March 11, 2019 8:03 am

This Ancient Jewish Martial Art From Jamaica or Yemen or Ethiopia or Something

The Ancient Jewish Martial Art From Jamaica or Yemen or Ethiopia or Something

Depending on your penchant for skepticism, Abir Qesheth is either an ancient Jewish martial art passed down from Yemenite warriors or a brand new martial art created by a former rapper named Yehoshua Sofer. Sofer, who says he’s from Jamaica and/or Yemen, allegedly received the secret tradition from his father, who was the grand master. And now […]

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Meet the Bal Ej, Ethiopia’s Other Jews

Americans tend to think of Blacks and Jews as distinct groups: Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel marching alongside Martin Luther King, Jr.; Goodman, Chaney, and Schwerner going down South for Freedom Summer. Some evoke the Beta Israel community of Ethiopia, and a minority recall the Igbo Jews of Nigeria, or the Abayudaya of Uganda. But […]

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Adopting a Child, and Letting Go of Expectations

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Israeli emergency responders leave for Addis Ababa to locate Israelis killed in plane crash

The Ancient Jewish Martial Art From Jamaica or Yemen or Ethiopia or Something

Meet the Bal Ej, Ethiopia’s Other Jews

Adopting a Child, and Letting Go of Expectations

Looking for Zion in All the Wrong Places

Israeli emergency responders leave for Addis Ababa to locate Israelis killed in plane crash

The Ancient Jewish Martial Art From Jamaica or Yemen or Ethiopia or Something

Meet the Bal Ej, Ethiopia’s Other Jews

Adopting a Child, and Letting Go of Expectations

Looking for Zion in All the Wrong Places

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