Other Ethiopian Jews believed another bible-based story: that they descended from a union of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Whatever the precise history of their origins, a pivotal point for ...

One of the Ethiopian Israelis profiled in the exhibit ... JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent ...

Ethiopian Jews pictured on board the Bat Galim ship on their journey to Israel in 1984. Photograph courtesy of Raffi Berg.

The traditions of Ethiopian Jews are the inspiration for an upcoming Shabbat dinner in Midtown Atlanta sponsored by several local Jewish organizations. Known to have faced persecution and forced ...

“Did you know Israel forcibly sterilized Ethiopian Jewish women and then tried to cover it up?” Hadid told her almost 700,000 Instagram followers. Hadid asserted that Ethiopian Jews weren’t ...

Pictures of documents, including my letters to the Lubavitcher Rebbe about rescuing Ethiopian Jews, are posted below, as is a Hebrew translation of the Rebbe's response to me as published in Kfar ...

Over the past year, Ethiopia has been the site of a bloody ... JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent ...

Gains and gaps More than 144,000 Jews of Ethiopian descent are living in Israel ... “It is difficult to find instances in history where one country spirited Africans out of their native continent not ...

clandestinely helped orchestrate the rescue and immigration of Ethiopian Jews to Israel through Sudan from 1976. In 1988, he led his last operation when he brought his young family to Israel.