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Ethiopian women and birth control: when a scoop becomes a smear

January 30, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Allison Kaplan Sommer,haaretz The more the story about Ethiopian women who were given birth control shots was repeated, the more warped and distorted it became. The story of the dramatic drop in the birthrates of the Ethiopian Israeli community … read more »

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New Ethiopian Immigrants in Israel Experience Their First Ever Snowfall

January 9, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By: Benjamin Rutland Hundreds of Ethiopian Olim (Immigrants), who are living in The Jewish Agency for Israel absorption centers in Safed, experienced snow for the first time ever on January 9th. The children pictured headed outside to play in the … read more »

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How Ethiopian women were cajoled into agreeing to long-acting birth injections

December 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Women say that while waiting in transit camps in Ethiopia they were coaxed into agreeing to injections of long-acting birth control drugs. Women who immigrated from Ethiopia eight years ago say they were told they would not be allowed into … read more »

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Ethiopian immigrants make aliyah—and are thrust into a war zone

November 19, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Ben Sales · IBIM, Israel (JTA) – The explosion occurred close enough to Stesyahu Alema to shake his apartment, where he sat with his wife and two of his five children. But he didn’t flinch. None of them did. … read more »

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A Call To Keep The Faith With Ethiopian Olim

October 28, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Rabbi Jerome Epstein After arrival in Israel, Ethiopian Jews are optimistic, but need further help It was still dark and chilly at 5:45 AM in Gondar, Ethiopia when we drove onto the Jewish Agency grounds. We were there to meet … read more »

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Ethiopians demonstrate against rent hikes in Israel – Video

August 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By MELANIE LIDMAN Jewish Agency cancels all non-emergency programs and summer camp; “No one wants to be here,” says demonstrator organizer. Hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants demonstrated at the absorption center in Mevaseret Zion on Sunday against a raise in their … read more »

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Ethiopian man stabs wife to death and then hangs himself

January 24, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

A man stabbed his wife to death late Monday night and hanged himself while two of the couple’s three children were locked in a room in their Rishon Letzion apartment. The couple, Lawaka Amara, 37, and his wife, Yeshi Amara, … read more »

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Government to approve airlift of 8,000 Ethiopian Falashmura

November 14, 2010 by benim

The cabinet is expected to approve plans today to bring another 7,846 members of the Ethiopian Falashmura community to Israel over the next four years. Activists who support the rights of the Falashmura to immigrate to Israel have promised to … read more »

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