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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

Ethiopian immigrants

Staff Sgt. Maru Alem who was killed near Nir Oz on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
March 4, 2024, 9:02 pm
Staff Sgt. Maru Alem, 20: Ethiopian immigrant was a ‘magical child’
Killed fighting Hamas terrorists near Nir Oz on October 7
By ToI Staff
Anagu Walle, pictured with three of her children, from left, Mrte, Ermes and Yohanis, at the Nir Etzion Resort, northern Israel, October 15, 2023. (Courtesy, Embet Chekol, Jewish Agency)
October 17, 2023, 10:13 am
New immigrants who fled strife in Ethiopia now face war in Israel
Just months after reaching the Jewish state, a group of new arrivals was evacuated from an absorption center near the Gaza border town of Sderot, a target of heavy rocket fire
By Sue Surkes
Members of the Ethiopian community and activists clash with police during a protest calling for justice for 4-year-old Rafael Adana, who was killed in a hit-and-run in Netanya in May. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 31, 2023, 1:52 am
6 cops injured, 4 protesters arrested at Tel Aviv rally for boy killed in hit-and-run
Police deploy mounted officers, stun grenades to clear activists from road as clashes erupt during fresh protest calling for justice for Rafael Adana; 1 officer hospitalized
By ToI Staff
Activists protest in Tel Aviv on August 30, 2023, calling for justice for 4-year-old Rafael Adana, who was killed in a hit-and-run in Netanya in May. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 30, 2023, 9:48 pm
Bereaved families from Ethiopian community rally for boy killed in hit-and-run
Week after violent Tel Aviv protest, activists clash with cops during fresh demonstration seeking justice for Rafael Adana; 1 officer hospitalized, police deploy stun grenades
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Men read from the Torah scroll during prayers at the synagogue in Gondar, Ethiopia, on May 31, 2022. (Amy Spiro/Times of Israel)
May 11, 2023, 2:33 pm
3 Ethiopians waiting to immigrate to Israel killed in Gondar fighting
Fatalities were among the thousands of prospective immigrants belonging to the group known as Falash Mura
By Canaan Lidor
A man plays a piano belonging to late Ethiopian nun and pianist Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou, during her funeral on March 31, 2023, at the Kidane Mehret Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
April 2, 2023, 3:26 pm
Celebrated Ethiopian pianist and nun dies aged 99 in Jerusalem
Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou, who composed more than 150 works, laid to rest at Kidane Mehret Ethiopian Orthodox Church; proceeds of albums used to educate orphans
By AFP
A member of the Ethiopian community celebrates upon arriving at Ben Gurion airport on March 11, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 31, 2023, 6:07 am
Shedding image as bystanders to history, Ethiopian Jews reclaim their exodus saga
Activists are highlighting the roles community leaders and others played in bringing the Beta Israel to Israel, seeking to combat racist attitudes and empower Ethiopian youth
By Jessica Steinberg
From 'Bunchi,' Esti Almo Wexler's new short film about the Ethiopian-Israeli experience (Courtesy Abayenesh Productions)
November 23, 2022, 3:13 pm
New short film ‘Bunchi’ exposes struggles of Ethiopian-Israeli mom
The latest movie from Esti Almo Wexler reflects aspects of her life and upbringing, condensed into 29 minutes
By Jessica Steinberg
In this undated photo, Immigration and Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata welcomes immigrants (Noga Malsa)
September 20, 2022, 3:22 pm
Three-quarters of this year’s 50,500 new immigrants linked to war in Ukraine
Nearly 40,000 Ukrainians, Russians, and Belarussians become citizens, driving 148% overall increase over same period in 2021; about 35,800 Ukrainian refugees from war also arrive
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Ayanawo Ferada Senebato, right, and his family shown in Ashkelon, Israel, holding an ancient Orit book that they retrieved near Gondar, Ethiopia, in February 2022. (Yossi Zeliger/ via JTA)
July 8, 2022, 9:01 pm
Israeli family risks it all to retrieve rare Ethiopian version of the Book of Psalms
Ayanawo Ferada Senebato and his cousins go to civil war-torn Ethiopia to ransom a book of the Orit, a version of the Bible in an ancient dialect that belonged to their ancestors
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Kefale Tayachew, his wife, Addisie, and their six children (from left) Alemnesh, Abraham, Lemlem, Desalegn, Elssa and Muluken, in their home in Gondar on May 29, 2022. (Amy Spiro/Times of Israel)
June 15, 2022, 12:28 pm
As thousands fulfill lifelong Israel dream, other Ethiopians on hold indefinitely
A wave of 3,000 new immigrants is underway, but many activists say the piecemeal operation only prolongs the saga and provides false hope to those who will never be let into Israel
By Amy Spiro
New immigrants from Ethiopia land at Ben Gurion Airport on June 1, 2022. (Maxim Dinshtein)
June 1, 2022, 7:52 pm
181 Ethiopian immigrants land in Israel as aliyah from African nation restarts
After more than a year without immigration flights from Addis Ababa, the first of what are promised to be 3,000 new olim greeted with festive ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport
By Amy Spiro
A woman cries in front of wreaths during a ceremony honoring the thousands of Ethiopian Jews who died en route to Israel from 1979 to 1990, at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl cemetery on May 29, 2022. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
May 29, 2022, 3:54 pm
Ethiopian Jews mourn the thousands who died on the journey to Israel
Ethiopia-born Immigration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata says work is underway to teach Israelis more about the community’s losses, and compensate their families
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Ethiopian immigrants arrive in Israel, on March 11, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 27, 2022, 7:29 pm
340 Ethiopian immigrants to arrive next week as part of renewed operation
Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata vows ‘I will not leave anyone behind,’ as 3,000 Ethiopian Jews await immigration flights
By Michael Horovitz
Immigration and Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 15, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 17, 2022, 12:52 pm
Minister defends calling out ‘white hypocrisy’ of colleagues over refugee policy
Pnina Tamano-Shata says she couldn’t remain silent in cabinet meeting marred by offensive jokes; defends ongoing efforts to take in Ukrainian refugees, despite setbacks
By ToI Staff
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