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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 »
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Tagged African American, Igbo, Igbo Jews, Igbo language, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Jews, Judaism, Nigeria
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By Abdul Mohammed The coercive eviction of Ethiopia’s Beta Israel community was an act of societal vandalism, whose stated justifications of hunger and religious discrimination are false. The treatment of the Ethiopian Jews in Israel has been at best shabby … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Beta Israel, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Falasha, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Judaism, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Operation Moses
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By Abdul Mohamed The coercive eviction of Ethiopia’s Beta Israel community was an act of societal vandalism, whose stated justifications of hunger and religious discrimination are false. The treatment of the Ethiopian Jews in Israel has been at best shabby … read more »
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Tagged Beta Israel, DepoProvera, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Falasha, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, Israel, Judaism, latest ethiopian news, Mengistu Hailemariam, news ethiopia, Operation Moses
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By Chika Oduah, for CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — A Shabbat service is underway at the Ghihon Hebrew Research synagogue in the Jikwoyi suburb of Nigeria’s federal capital territory. Fourteen year-old Kadmiel Izungu Abor heads there with his family. They … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Igbo, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Sports, Israel, Jew, Judaism, Nigeria, Nigerian, Nigerian news, Shavei Israel
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By Don Futterman, haaretz Ethiopians are careful to hide the friction between Beta Yisrael and Falashmura, for fear it could damage the community’s image. The Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel is divided between the Beta Yisrael and the Falashmura (some … read more »
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Tagged Beta Israel, Christianity, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Falashmura, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Judaism, Sigd
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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 »
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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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The western liberal élite has a problem with Muslims, in particular with Muslim Rage, as Newsweek’s cover called it. It reminds me of that priceless, old misogynist quotation from Sigmund Freud: women–what do they want? What do Muslims want, columnists … read more »
South Africa, 1987. (Photo: Supplied) By Shafiq Morton – Cape Town Recently there has been a determined, if not desperate flurry of letter writing to the press by the South African Zionist Federation. Strong sentiments on Israel at the African … read more »
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Tagged African National Congress, Ebrahim, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Judaism, South Africa, South Africa under apartheid, west bank, Zionism
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Originally published in The Jerusalem Post. This week a German doctor in Bavaria filed a criminal complaint against Rabbi David Goldberg. Rabbi Goldberg’s “crime”? He performs ritual circumcisions on Jewish male infants in accordance with Jewish law. The doctor’s complaint … read more »
There’s a thin line between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism. That’s true of Muslims and the left, but it’s also true specifically of the Jewish left, whose hatred for Israel manifests itself in a general contempt for Jewish religion, culture and tradition. … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Gilbert, IndepthAfrica, Israel, J-Street, Jew, Jewish, Judaism, Soviet Union
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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 »
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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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Tagged Aliyah, Beta Israel, Eli Yishai, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jews, Judaism, Law of Return
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