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Special to the JTA the Shabbat of Ethiopian Jews - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
It is late Friday afternoon. In the villages of Ethiopia, the Jews knew that Shabbat had begun when ...
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Behind the Headlines the Other Face of Israel - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
(This reporter spent two weeks in Israel visiting over a dozen cities and interviewing dozens of Isr...
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Ethiopian Religious Head Arrives - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The “kess of kessim,” the most senior spiritual leader of Ethiopian Jewry, arrived in Israel as ...
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Behind the Headlines: at Absorption Center in Ashkelon, Ethiopians Adjust to New Lifestyle - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The sounds are strange, the smells are different, but the “Shalom” is the same greeting used by ...
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Jewish Agency Team Going to Ethiopia to Arrange Transit of Those Left Behind - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The Jewish Agency is sending a team of officials back into Ethiopia this week to arrange transportat...
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American Groups Continue Work for Ethiopian Jews, but in Israel - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The final ingathering of Ethiopian Jewry has led the Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews to disb...
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Kessim Fail to Win Recognition - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Having failed to win full-fledged recognition from Israel’s two chief rabbis, the Ethiopian Jewish...
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Violence Erupts at Demonstration for Ethiopian Religious Leaders - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Police on Thursday forcefully dispersed hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants demonstrating in front of t...
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Behind the Headlines: Controversy over Role of Kessim is Latest to Galvanize Ethiopians - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Ethiopian Jews have become increasingly disgruntled over their status in Israeli society, and they a...
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Ethiopian Kessim Reach Accord - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Ethiopian religious leaders won a pledge for fuller recognition this week and agreed to end a two-we...
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Ethiopian Immigrants in Ashdod Finally Get Own House of Worship - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Ethiopian immigrants here had reason to celebrate when the synagogue they have long awaited official...
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Court Orders Government to Explain Why It Won't Let in 4,000 Falash Mora - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Israel’s High Court of Justice has ordered Interior Minister Aryeh Deri to explain within 45 days ...
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Israel May Liberalize Policy on Falash Mora Immigration - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Israel looks to be liberalizing slightly its policy of immigration for Falash Mora, descendants of E...
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For Recent Immigrant Leaders, `ma Nishtana?' Bears Meaning - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
“Ma Nishtana? What has changed? Since last Pesach everything has changed. I lived between a river ...
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Profile Ethiopians' First Conservative Rabbi Shares His Faith with His Community - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
In a classroom full of restless Ethiopian children, Rabbi Yefet Alemo talks about the various nation...
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Bringing Falash Mura Impugns the Real Ethiopian Jews - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The 125,000 Ethiopians who live in Israel immigrated here in dribs and drabs. When Ethiopians first ...
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