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New Ethiopian Immigrants in Israel Experience Their First Ever Snowfall

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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Israeli teens journey to Ethiopia to walk in their parents’ footsteps

By Michal Shmulovich,timesofisrael JENDA, Ethiopia — In a secluded village in northern Ethiopia, near the foot of the Blue Nile, Zahava Aregito Zagaya, 16, and a group of other Israeli-Ethiopian teens were walking through expansive green and yellow pastures of … read more »

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

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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New Ethiopian immigrants to Israel Welcome by Hamas Explosive

By Judy Maltz, haaretz New immigrants from Ethiopia get a severe reality check mere days after their arrival in Israel as bombs fall around their absorption center. Despite the shock, they’re adapting quickly and looking to pitch in. Roostu Bayene … read more »

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

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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240 new aliyah from Ethiopia received a warm welcome

A charter flight of some 240 Ethiopian Jews that landed in Israel was described by the Israeli government as the launch of the final stage of mass immigration from Ethiopia Members of the Israel and Overseas Committee of UJA Federation … read more »

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A Call To Keep The Faith With Ethiopian Olim

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

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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