Ethiopia

May 27, 2026, 3:42 pm

Pears Foundation steps in with £1.7m Ethiopia blindness programme after USAID cuts

Five-year initiative backed by British Jewish philanthropy aims to protect 1.5 million Ethiopians from preventable blindness

By Annabel Sinclair

May 20, 2026, 9:46 am

Israeli humanitarian NGOs make a difference in Ethiopia

'Israeli humanitarian and medical organisations are increasingly bringing not only aid but professional expertise, innovation and long-term public health to developing countries'

By Josh Rose

The 15th-century sacred books of Ethiopian Jewry from the Faitlovitch Collection at the Sourasky Central Library, TAU. Photo by Ted Erho

July 22, 2025, 4:23 pm

‘Extraordinary’ 600 year old Ethiopian Jewish texts to be unveiled to general public

Newly digitised copies of the Orit - containing the first five books of the Torah as well as Joshua, Judges and Ruth - are 'only the tip of the iceberg', says Tel Aviv University

By Michelle Rosenberg

A group of Israeli and Ethiopian citizens pose for a photo. (Israeli Embassy in Ethiopia)

August 14, 2023, 3:37 pm

Israel evacuates more than 200 Ethiopians from conflict region

Evacuees include 174 people from the city of Gondar, traditionally a gathering spot for Ethiopian Jews waiting for authorization to move to Israel.

By Ben Sales (JTA)

August 14, 2023, 9:45 am

OPINION: How long can the 6,000 Ethiopian Jews caught up in civil war survive?

Israel needs to urgently up the ante to save the lives of 6,000 Ethiopian Jews from the country's civil war, writes Sybil Sheridan from Meketa, which supports Jews in Ethiopia.

By Sybil Sheridan

Project launching for Jews in Gondar, Ethiopia, overseen by experts from World ORT and World ORT Kadima Mada in Israel. Credit: ORT

January 18, 2023, 10:54 am

ORT launches educational program for Ethiopian Jewry

Some 300 Ethiopian Jewish students aged 14 to 21 will benefit from the workshops aimed at enhancing science and technology skills

By Jewish News Reporter

Ethiopian Jew during sigd (Wikipedia/Author: האגודה הישראלית למען יהודי אתיופיה)

February 27, 2020, 2:29 pm

Dozens of new immigrants arrive in Israel from Ethiopia

New immigrants -part of the Falash Mura community - are from nine families and are being reunited with relatives who live in Israel

By JTA

January 22, 2020, 10:46 am

Israel’s Chief Rabbinate recognises Ethiopian Beta Israel as Jewish

Ruling which was issued months ago - but only reported first this week - accepts the position of the late Sephardic chief rabbi Ovadia Yosef from 1973

By JTA

Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog with immigrants to Israel from the last decade, and their young children.

December 24, 2019, 1:06 pm

More than a quarter-of-a-million immigrants moved to Israel in the 2010s

Aliyah came from 150 countries with more than half originating from former Soviet lands

By JTA

ZAKA Chairman Yehuda Meshi-Zahav gives the Israel team a final briefing before they depart for Ethiopia. Credit: ZAKA

March 11, 2019, 9:31 am

Israel offers help to Ethiopia after 149 killed in air crash

Search and rescue team from the Jewish state sent to African country after disaster, as PM Netanyahu says if there's 'anything we can do we are ready to do it'

By JTA

Happy campers! Some of the Second Home volunteers in Borehamwood this summer

September 6, 2018, 12:10 pm

A Jewish helping hand for young refugees on summer camp

Rivkah Brown meets a group of teenagers from war-torn countries that came together in rural England for a week of workshops, sport, learning and fun

By Rivkah Brown

Villagers gather round their new water pumping system

April 12, 2018, 4:31 pm

Africa gains from Israel’s solar system

A charity that brought solar energy to poverty-stricken villagers is giving thousands of people a new lease of life

By Stephen Oryszczuk

February 27, 2018, 5:08 pm

Russia and Ukraine provided Israel with majority of immigrants in 2017

More than 14,000 new immigrants to the Jewish state came from the two countries for the first time in more than a decade

By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA)

Rwandan President Paul Kagame (left) greets Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

November 29, 2017, 10:45 am

Israel to open first embassy in Rwanda as part of ‘expansion in Africa’

Benjamin Netanyahu will open new outpost in the central African country more than 20-years after re-establishing relations

By JTA

April 13, 2017, 11:42 am

Thirty Under 30: The community’s top young talent

We begin our three-week countdown of individuals set to define Jewish life in Britain in the decades to come

By Noa Lessof Gendler

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