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Like many young men and women growing up in Nigeria, Shmuel consistently heard that the Igbo people were Jews. Yet, two centuries of Christian Colonialism prevented him and many other Igbo from exploring that connection further. When an Internet café … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged African American, Igbo, Igbo Jews, Igbo language, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Jews, Judaism, Nigeria
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The practice of city pastors commandeering all the tithes and offerings to themselves while pauperizing their village counterparts is one of the reasons every pastor is running to the city to establish a church. Tithes and offerings are biblical injunctions … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Nigeria, Obinna Akukwe, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Christian, God, Gospel of Matthew, jesus, Jews, Levite, New Testament, Tithing
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Steve Lipman Traveling around Ethiopia in late 1991, at the end of the African country’s civil war, was unsafe for anyone. It presented special risks for a woman traveling alone, a foreigner, a white person in the northern hilly region … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Annick Press, Beta Israel, Ethiopia, Israel, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Post, Jews, Sudan
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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 »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Beta Israel, DepoProvera, Ethiopia, ethiopian jews, Gondar, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jews
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The Organization for the Memory of Jews who perished in Sudan on their Way to Zion, a group representing Ethiopian Jews who were brought to Israel during 1984’s Operation Moses rescue, has filed a petition with Israel’s High Court of … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Beta Israel, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, Israel, Jews, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Shimon Peres, Sudan, World Union of Jewish Students
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Ever since I was born I could hear the waves of hatred and prejudice pouring upon Jews for unexplained reasons. Ever since I was born I could hear the waves of hatred and prejudice pouring upon Jews for unexplained reasons, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jews, Siad Barre, Somali, Somalia
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Recently, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi of Egypt, a supposed “moderate” Islamist, met with Iran’s anti-Semitic, genocidal, President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Reportedly, they had a friendly discussion. Perhaps, in addition to the official topics, they also conversed about their mutual anti-Semitic attitudes. … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Barack Obama, Egypt, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Islamism, Jews, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Morsi, President of Egypt
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by Debasish Mitra They are virtually endless in number and in their suffering of untold ignominy they offered the world a shocking and compelling story. They are the Ethiopian women, young and middle-aged and they are Jews who migrated to … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Arab, DepoProvera, ethio media oromo, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jews, latest ethiopian news, news about ethiopia, news ethiopia, news for ethiopia, news from ethiopia, news in ethiopia, news of ethiopia, news on ethiopia, United States, Yaakov Neeman
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By: Uri Avnery TO A foreigner, like myself, the US election system looks cockeyed. The president is elected by an “electoral college”, which does not necessarily reflect the will of the people. This system, rooted in the realities of the … read more »
By Berhane Kahsay Eskinder Nega a great admirer of Adolf Hitler has been relentlessly working to initiate a pogrom against the Tigrian people ever since Ethiopia was liberated from the brutal military government by the TPLF and its partners. The … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Adolf Hitler, Eritrea, Eskinder, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, German, Habesha people, IndepthAfrica, Jews
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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 »
Posted in Ethiopia
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Tagged American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Anthony H. Williams, ethiopian jews, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Ethiopians, ethiopians in Isreal, Facts about Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jews, Judaism, New York
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BY HENRY CHUKWUEMEKA ONYEMA, PM For once, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said something that warmed my insides. He bluntly told Boko Haram that he is not going to quit and run; he is going to retain the keys to Aso Rock … read more »
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Aso Rock, bokoharam, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jews, Nigeria, Nigerians, Northern Nigeria, reuters africa news, United States
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Not only is it the case that President Barack Obama will never attack Iran or support an Israeli attack, but his policy of acquiescence is giving the Iranian Ayatollahs exactly what they are looking for: time to complete a nuclear … read more »
If the government doesn’t want us here, let them deport us. But they can’t have it both ways – exploiting our presence here without giving us basic rights. I live in the Shapira neighborhood in Tel Aviv. Unfortunately, what is … read more »
Posted in Featured 1, Letters & Interviews, News
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Tagged Darfur, Eli Yishai, IndepthAfrica, Israel, israeli, Jews, Politics of Israel, Sudan, tel aviv
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Surging street violence against African migrants, including a rampage that an Israeli broadcaster dubbed a “pogrom”, drew empathy for the rioters from the interior minister on Thursday. Waving Israeli flags and chanting “Deport the Sudanese”, residents of a low-income Tel … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, South Sudan, Spotlight, Sudan
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Tagged Eli Yishai, Eritrea, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jews, South Sudan, Sudan, tel aviv, Yitzhak Rabin
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Muhammad Abu Shahala is a former Palestinian intelligence officer who, after reportedly being tortured, admitted committing a capital offense. As a result he has been sentenced to death. His “crime”? He sold his home in Hebron on the West Bank to Jews. Under … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Caroline Glick, Christian Broadcasting Network, Gaza Strip, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Israeli Civil Administration, Jews, Mahmoud Abbas
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In the spring of 1948, Arab Muslim armies and militias invaded the Jewish State in order to destroy it. Now after the Arab Spring yielded an Islamic Winter, efforts are being made to focus this spring on a renewed assault … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East, News
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Tagged africa african news, Arab Spring, Global March, Hamas, indepthafrica africa news, Israel, Jeremiah Wright, Jerusalem, Jews, Raed Salah
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France is reeling from a national tragedy on Monday following a horrific attackon an orthodox Jewish school in the southwestern city of Toulouse that left four people dead, among them a young rabbi and three children, and authorities in search … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged Afghanistan, africa african news, Antisemitism, France, indepthafrica africa news, Israel, Jews, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, Toulouse
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By Hila Weisberg Ethiopian immigrants without work experience are worst-paid group, unseating Arab Israelis, a new study finds. Ethiopian immigrants without work experience have unseated Arab Israelis for the title of the lowest-earning group in Israeli society, a new study … read more »
Posted in Uncategorized
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Bar-Ilan University, Beta Israel, College of Management, Education, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Israel, Jews
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The Evangelical Left is hosting a “Christ at the Checkpoint” jamboree at the birthplace of Jesus Christ to identify the Savior with Palestinian liberation. This anti-Israeli mobilization will include leading evangelicals from the U.S. “We are not accusing the Israeli … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Christ, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jews, Mark Tooley, National Association of Evangelicals, Ron Sider, Stephen Sizer, United Methodist Church
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Organizer is now awaiting final permits from the New York police, and hopes the demonstration will take place early next month. As Ethiopian activists expressed satisfaction over Wednesday’s demonstration in Tel Aviv, a new battle line has emerged for Ethiopian … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Beta Israel, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jews, Judaism, tel aviv, Wednesday, Youtube
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“Tottenhams are on their way to Auschwitz,(Seig Heil,) Hitler’s going to gas them again.” On International Holocaust Day, I find it shocking that these offensive chants, accompanied by hissing in imitation of gas chambers, have become part of Britain’s football … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged Beta Israel, English Defence League, Haredi Judaism, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jews, Kiryat Malachi, Kiryat Malakhi, Knesset
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New Generation Emboldened To Protest Racism in Israel Nathan Jeffay Covering the shabby concrete storefronts in this small Israeli town are graffiti messages expressing the anger some Ethiopians feel over what they see as racism. An unemployed Ethiopian immigrant waiting … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, Featured 1, News
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Tagged Beta Israel, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jews, Kiryat Malachi, Kiryat Malakhi, Shimon Peres, Theodor Herzl
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This article is reprinted from City Journal. In last year’s extensive commentary marking the 50th anniversary of the Eichmann trial, one name—Hannah Arendt—was mentioned nearly as often as that of the trial’s notorious defendant. It’s hard to think of another … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Adolf Eichmann, Arendt, Hannah Arendt, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jews, Nazi, Nazism, Zionism
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According to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), Arab citizens (below called Israeli Arabs) “are discriminated (against) in almost every aspect of their lives,” including: employment; education; healthcare; housing; land; infrastructure; political representation; legislation; personal safety; socioeconomic status; … read more »
Posted in America, Columnist, Global Issues, Stephen Lendman
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Tagged Arab, Arab people, Bedouin, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jews, Negev, Negev Bedouin, Palestinian people
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If many American Jews really are drifting away from support for Israel right or wrong, that could make taking on and defeating the Zionist lobby a more manageable proposition for a second-term President Obama. wikileaksnews.net photo (LONDON) – It’s now … read more »
He was an unknown entity until a few days to the July 9 2011 congress of the ruling NDC. Somehow he managed to court the attention of the media by making the audacious claim that God had revealed to him … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, News, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, East Africa, Elijah, God, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jeremiah, Jews, Nana Konadu, North Africa, OldTestament, Pan African News, Religion Spirituality, Southern Africa, Things Fall Apart, West Africa
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AMSTERDAM – A 96-year-old Dutch woman has confessed to killing a prominent citizen in 1946 after mistakenly believing he collaborated with the Nazis, a town mayor said Wednesday. The killing of Felix Gulje, the head of a construction company who … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues, Odd News
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Tagged 1946 murder, 96-year-old woman, About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, confesses to 1946 murder, East Africa, Germans, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Indonesia, Jews, Leiden, Nazi, Nazism, Netherlands, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, spain, West Africa, woman confesses
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What if the biggest mystery surrounding Col. Moammar Gadhafi had nothing to do with his long, brutal reign as the world’s most eccentric and violent leader turned pariah? And what if a long-lost letter from a Catholic cardinal who knew … read more »
Posted in Article, Featured 1, Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa news, Cardinal (Catholicism), Curt Weldon, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthSoccer, IndepthWorld, Jews, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Richard Engel, United States Department of State
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Daniel Remer’s documentary ‘Leah’ recounts one immigrant’s success story. The State of Israel is, to say the least, a rainbow of cultures. For more than 60 years, Jews from the cities, ghettos and villages of Europe to the Middle East, … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Bar-Ilan University, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Israel, Jews, Middle East, Natalie Portman, News local news, Rishon Lezion, tel aviv, World news
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