Secret operations brought thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel in the 1980s. Many members of the Falash Mura have familial connections to that community, which is known as the Beta Israel.

Ancient manuscripts belonging to the Jewish community of Ethiopia, the Beta Israel ... work in the land of Israel) and Yom Kippur, among others. Director General of the Ethiopian Jewry Heritage ...

The National Library of Israel (NLI), the Ethiopian Jewry Heritage Center ... available the rare holy books and manuscripts of the Beta Israel community. Until now, most of these items were ...

These are the Ethiopian Jews known both as Falashas, the Amharic word for landless, wandering Jews, and as Beta Israel, the house of Israel. In Ethiopia, they engaged primarily in agriculture ...

Barhany is also the founder of Beta Israel of North America, a group for Ethiopian Jews. She founded the group in 2000, so she could come together with others who shared her background.

However, unlike the Ethiopian Jewish community - known as the Beta Israel - previously evacuated to Israel, Falash Mura do not fulfil the criteria for automatic right to Israeli citizenship due to ...

Yityish Aynaw, a former Israeli army officer, became the first Ethiopian-Israeli to win the Miss Israel pageant. (JTA) — Yityish Aynaw, a former Israeli army officer, became the first Ethiopian ...

The National Library of Israel NLI has entered into an agreement with leaders of the Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jewish) community ...

More than 300 members of the Falash Mura community are given new lives away from the war-torn African state To continue reading, we just need a few details ...

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