Ethiopian Jews

Aliyah from Ethiopia Back after Delay

Immigration from Ethiopia resumes after a delay caused by chicken pox. More than 330 to arrive on midnight flights.

Cabinet seeks to improve proportion of Ethiopian Jewish academics in the civil service, with 30 new positions in the year 2011.

Gov't decides to allow the eligible members of the nearly-8,000 strong Falash Mura tribe in Ethiopia to immigrate to Israel over four years.

The government has voted to begin a final mass aliyah from Ethiopia, after which immigration from the country will end.

'Nothing proves Jewish eternity like Ethiopian Jewry,' says Rabbi Druckman as Ethiopian Jews celebrate Sigd holiday. INN was there.

Sigd celebrations kick off in residence of President Shimon Peres.

Jerusalem Day is a Day of Remembrance in the Ethiopian Jewish community, for the thousands who didn't manage to complete the trek to the holy land.

Eighteen young olim (new immigrants) from Ethiopia have completed a first-of-its-kind computer systems training course.

Hundreds of new immigrants from Ethiopia are hosted for a sample Passover seder, their first ever.

Hundreds of Ethiopian Jews demonstrated outside the PM's office, demanding: "Bring to Israel the 20,000 Falash Mura stuck in Ethiopian camps."

The Sigd holiday of Ethiopian Jews was held 3 days early in Petach Tikva when the Education Minister attended celebrations at a school there.

A study shows that employers in several “elite” fields are biased against hareidi-religious, Ethiopians, Arabs.

The Education Ministry, the city of Petach Tikva, and local schools have reached a last-minute deal to absorb 100 immigrant pupils.

Semi-private schools that refused to take in immigrants from Ethiopia may lose their funding, as the Education Ministry rejects compromise deal.

The struggle in Petah Tikva over where to enroll 50 young immigrants in school has revealed deeper issues involved in immigrant absorption.