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Beta Israel: Snapshots Of The Ethiopian Jewish Community

March 25, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

For South African photojournalist Ilan Ossendryver, photographing the Ethiopian Jewish community, also known as Beta Israel, started out professional but ended up personal. His decades-long body of work is now represented in the exhibit “Beta Israel: Ethiopian Jews and the … 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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Ethiopian 16-year-old immigrant to Israel “Shlomo Molla”

September 30, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

NEW YORK, (algemeiner)—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 Christians of Jewish ancestry) will complete legal immigration until the … read more »

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