Ethiopian Jews

Israel cannot demand unity while governing inequality - opinion

Israel asks citizens to fight together, to sacrifice together, and to carry the weight of war and uncertainty together, and yet it governs them as if they are not equal partners in that burden.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is seen at the Knesset plenum.
ETHIOPIAN JEWS take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday in Jerusalem last November. The God of Israel sees the heart, not the color of one’s skin, the writer affirms.

Why Black Jews must be part of the global conversation on Israel - opinion

View of the empty courtroom at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 13, 2025.

Carol Fesler appeal puts sentence in Rafael Edna hit-and-run case back before court

The wonders of Ethiopian cuisine

Haset: Bringing kosher Ethiopian food to Jerusalem - restaurant review


Chief Rabbi Lau: Ethiopian Christian missionaries infiltrating Israel, end aliyah initiative

It is "time to treat applicants from Ethiopia the same as anyone who applies from anywhere else in the world," said Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel David Lau.

A person holds a crucifix outside a Catholic church in Harare, Zimbabwe March 29, 2024.

'We believe it will happen': Four months since the disappearance of Haymanot Kasau

Kasau , who two months ago turned ten years old, immigrated with her family from Ethiopia to Israel three and a half years ago and lived in the absorption center on Tzahal 9 street in Safed.

 Police and rescue forces seen during a search for 9-year-old Kasau, in the northern Israeli city of Safed, February 27, 2024.

'Indal': The show on Ethiopian Israelis aiming to be the next 'The Wire'

The series shows how Ethiopian young people, especially young men, facing limited prospects, are drawn to a life of crime, preyed on by corrupt cops, and exploited by the media.

 The cast of 'Indal.'

Grapevine May 31, 2024: Corruption in high places

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Morris Kahn

Police Investigation Department appeals acquittal of police officer who killed Solomon Tekah

Beyond the legal error that the PID believes occurred, the PID believes that "the acquittal sets a new norm that contradicts the existing law."

 Family members and supporters of Solomon Tekah peotest while Haifa Magistrate's Court Judge Zayed Falah and the the policeman accused of shooting to death Solomon Tekah visit at the scene in Qiryat Haim, northern Israel, December 15, 2022.

From Ethiopia with love and joy: A recent arrival to the shores unfurls his vocal talents

Abate Berihun blazed a trail for many Israelis with Ethiopian roots, being one of Ethiopia’s leading jazz artists before making aliyah 25 years ago.

 ABATE WILL bring his Tesfa sextet to Jerusalem this week.

It’s hard for evacuees, even harder if Ethiopian – this NGO can help

Jpost speaks to Ethiopian evacuees about their unique struggles.

 People queue as Israelis are evacuated from the southern town of Sderot, near Israel's border with Gaza, October 15, 2023

A second chance for Ethiopian Israelis - opinion

We observed how the police unfairly handles Ethiopian Israeli demonstrators with crushing brutality, as though they were enemies of the state.

 LIKUD MK Tsega Melaku (center) advances a bill in the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee, last week, to expunge police records of Ethiopian Israelis arrested while protesting the police killing of Solomon Tekah in 2019. National Unity MK Pnina Tamano-Shata (right),  former minister

Police search for missing nine-year-old Haymanot Kasau continues

"We are working very hard…to try to find some kind of clue to understand where Haymanot could be. We are scanning the absorption center and its surrounding area."

 Police and rescue forces seen during a search for 9-year-old Kasau, in the northern Israeli city of Safed, February 27, 2024.

‘Were you adopted?’ and other questions not to ask Jews of color - opinion

1% of Jews in the United States identify as Black and 8% identify as non-white. So maybe it’s time to stop being so surprised.

A man and a woman hold hands aloft in Hyde Park during a "Black Lives Matter" protest following the death of George Floyd who died in police custody in Minneapolis, London, Britain, June 3, 2020