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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

Ethiopian Jews

Liqa Kahenat Chief Kes Berko Tegegne reading from The Orit, at the National LIbrary of Israel, in a photgraph released on October 8, 2024. (Michael Zekri/NLI)
October 9, 2024, 5:42 pm
National Library announces digitization project of Beta Israel sacred manuscripts
Dozens of rare texts in Ge’ez, the ancient Semitic liturgical language used in Ethiopia, to be made available online to the public for the first time
By Gavriel Fiske
Israeli State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman attends the Eli Horowitz Conference for Economy and Society, organized by Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem, May 22, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 16, 2024, 8:17 pm
State comptroller finds wage gap, underrepresentation of women in local government
Report also finds persistence of ‘real gaps in all areas of life between Ethiopians and the rest of the Jewish population’ decades after primary waves of immigration
By Sam Sokol
Haymanut Kasau, 9, who went missing on February 25, 2024, from a Jewish Agency absorption center in Safed, northern Israel. (Courtesy)
March 14, 2024, 6:44 pm
Jewish Agency offers NIS 100,000 reward for info leading to missing girl
9-year-old Haymanut Kasau last seen on security cam footage on February 25; police have no leads on her whereabouts
By ToI Staff
US House Representative George Santos leaves a House GOP conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
February 13, 2024, 11:18 am
New York set to vote on replacement for disgraced Rep. Santos in Congress
Former congressman Tom Suozzi faces Ethiopia-born Israeli-American Mazi Pilip in race for seat formerly held by figure who lied about Jewish heritage, allegedly stole from donors
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
A Likud center member holds up a placard of Avraham Neguise in the primaries for the Likud party at the Tel Aviv Likud polling station on February 5, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
January 11, 2024, 7:43 am
Former MK Neguise’s candidacy as ambassador to Ethiopia stirs up his ‘missionary’ past
Within an Ethiopian-Israeli community fractured along religious lines, the former lawmaker’s nomination is refocusing attention on his little-known Christian chapter
By Canaan Lidor
Lilaq Logan, an IDF commander with Jewish and Hebrew Israelite heritage, has been posting videos about the war on Instagram, where she has more than 25,000 followers. (Courtesy via JTA)
December 22, 2023, 10:57 am
Israelis of color push back against race-based, anti-Israel narratives spread abroad
With backgrounds as varied as their online personas, a growing number of Israeli social media influencers work to dispel lies disseminated by pro-Palestinian activists since Oct. 7
By Andrew Esensten
Staff Sgt. Alemnew Emanuel Feleke who died on December 6, 2023 after being injured in Gaza the day before. (IDF)
December 13, 2023, 11:03 pm
Staff Sgt. Emanuel Feleke, 21: Predicted he would die for homeland
Injured while fighting in Gaza on December 5 and died of his wounds December 6
By ToI Staff
Ethiopian Jews take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem on November 13, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
November 13, 2023, 11:44 pm
Ethiopian Israelis mark muted Sigd, as holiday overshadowed by war
Traditional Jerusalem ceremony overlooking city limited, with many instead celebrating holiday at absorption center in north where members of community from Sderot are relocated
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Fekadu Abera speaks with Channel 12 from his hospital bed in Tel Aviv on September 3, 2023. (Channel 12 screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 5, 2023, 9:35 pm
Ethiopian Israeli says police at rally ignored his grave burns
Fekadu Abera, a former fighter in an elite IDF unit, recalls waiting for 20 minutes in agony as police told him to wait for an ambulance that never came
By Canaan Lidor
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
Ethiopian Jews scuffle with police during a protest urging the government to bring their family members to Israel due to fighting in Ethiopia, near the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on August 13, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 17, 2023, 5:29 am
Israel to review Ethiopia immigration policy amid increased fighting in country
Minister appoints former top army officer to oversee process and present his conclusions, having previously reportedly ruled out further rescue mission to Gondar
By ToI Staff
Ethiopian Jews scuffle with police during a protest urging the government to bring their family members to Israel due to fighting in Ethiopia, near the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on August 13, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 15, 2023, 11:00 am
Israel not planning further evacuations from Ethiopia amid fighting, says minister
Ofir Sofer reportedly tells activists there’s unlikely to be a repeat of last week’s extraction of 204 Israelis and Ethiopians eligible for citizenship
By Canaan Lidor and ToI Staff
Ethiopian Jews scuffle with police during a protest urging the government to bring their family members to Israel due to fighting in Ethiopia, near the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on August 13, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 13, 2023, 6:47 pm
Ethiopian Israelis rally in Jerusalem, seeking increased immigration quota
Protest is part of the push to bring in thousands of Falasha, descendants of Jews who converted to Christianity
By Canaan Lidor
Screen capture from video of Ethiopian-Israeli Francis Adbabayi who was kidnapped for ransom in Ethiopia, July 2023. (Kan. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 31, 2023, 6:05 pm
Kidnapped Israeli said rescued from Ethiopian captors following shootout
Rescue mission by Ethiopian special forces successful; Israeli authorities had previously suspected Francis Adbabayi’s kidnapping was a hoax
By ToI Staff
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