Ethiopian Israelis

How Israel’s Falash Mura immigration from Ethiopia became a painful 30-year saga, with no end in sight

With rules that guarantee the separation of families, Israeli governments have kept alive a humanitarian issue they repeatedly said they’d solved.

Ideas

As an infant, she was airlifted to safety. Today she’s bringing Ethiopian culture alive in Tel Aviv.

One of approximately 160,000 Ethiopian Jews now residing in Israel, Ashager Araro is part of an integral thread in Israel’s historically rich fabric.

Hundreds of Israelis, angry with police violence at home, protest the George Floyd killing in Tel Aviv

They screamed slogans like “No justice, no peace” and “Solomon Tekah, the last victim” — a reference to the shooting death of an Ethiopian-Israeli teen by an off-duty police officer.

United States

Trump administration offers $1 million in funding to empower ‘marginalized’ Israelis

Israel

Off-duty police officer who shot Ethiopian-Israeli teen dead charged with negligent homicide

Israel

Off-duty police officer who shot Ethiopian-Israeli teen dead will face lesser charge

Israel

Sister of Ethiopian-Israeli teen slain by off-duty police officer makes aliyah

Israel

Israeli kindergarten ordered closed after segregating children by race

Ideas

An Israeli cop shot an unarmed Ethiopian teen. Here’s why American Jews should care.

Explainer

The protests by Ethiopian Israelis, explained

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