Here is a heartening, positive update from Tech Career, which is rising to the challenge of the pandemic --- Dear friends, We hope you are doing well during these challenging times. During the ongoing crisis, your support and faith is more important to us than ever. It is allowing Ethiopian Israeli young adults to benefit from high quality technology training and embark on promising careers i...

Keren Hanan Aynor Scholarship Program (KHA) allows Ethiopian-Israeli students to realize their talents and successfully complete their degree studies. KHA scholarships, averaging $1000 per year, go to students at universities across Israel.  KHA recipients, aged 25-55, are too old to receive regular state scholarships.  Most work part-time jobs to help pay their expenses but rely on programs l...

A spirited conversation with the educator, activist and former CEO of the Association of Ethiopian Jews (AEJ) in The Jerusalem Post, November 5, 2020: Click HERE to read this excellent Jerusalem Post article!

The New Israel Fund (NIF) has awarded the “Guardian of Democracy” Gallanter Prize to Efrat Yerday, the chair of Israel’s Association for Ethiopian Jews (AEJ) and a talented, transformational leader of the progressive movement in Israel.    Efrat spoke via video on September 13th, 2020, to receive the prize and tell her story. Efrat was awarded the cash prize in recognition of her profound moral...

A powerful article about Ethiopian Israeli mothers taking a stand for their community and their children: The Black Jewish 'wall of moms' fighting Israeli police brutality 'The message we wanted to convey was: ‘We are here and you can’t do what you want to our children,' says Shula Mola, a founder of the Ethiopian Israeli mothers’ group Leah Hailu      Aug. 3...

Last year, Yossi and Ruti Turetsky published a ground-breaking comic book for adolescents called “The Journey to Ethiopia in the Footsteps of Beta Israel" bringing the story of Ethiopian Jews into the mainstream of Jewish history and curriculum taught in Israeli schools.   It was a smash success, and they are now working on Book #2 - the history of Ethiopian Jewish leader Yona Bogale and the many ...

The new Digital Brochure from Keren Hanan Aynor Scholarship Program is terrific.   Take a look!  

Congratulations to Pnian Tamano-Shata on her appointment as Minister of Aliyah and Klita! FROM THE ALGEMEINER: “I am excited and proud to take on the role of minister of aliyah and integration,” Tamano-Shata told Israeli daily Maariv. By Benjamin Kerstein, The Algemeiner MK Pnina Tamano-Shata was set to become the first Ethiopian-born Israeli cabinet minister after she was appointed...

We hope you and your families are staying well and safe during this unprecedented crisis. It is a difficult time, full of uncertainty and anxiety. Please take care and stay safe. Many nonprofits are struggling to stay afloat and keep their programs open, especially those serving vulnerable populations such as Ethiopian Jews. We thought ...