Resources & Links:
Recent Articles
- Newsweek, March 20, 2011 - " Hard Going in the Homeland"
by Dan Ephron and Joanna Chen - ISN INSIGHTS, March 16, 2011 - “ Israel's Ethiopian Jews Face Challenges"
by Shalva Weil - Tablet, A New Read on Jewish Life, March 10, 2011 - "Unabsorbed"
by Daniella Cheslow - The Jerusalem Post, Editorial, November 17, 2010 - "Absorbing the Falash Mura Properly"
- The Jerusalem Post Magazine, August 30, 2010 - "The Saga of Ethiopian Jewish Immigration" by Shalle McDonald
- Friends by Nature-Community Empowerment has created its first newsletter, focusing on their programs and achievements in 2010, Click here read it now
Archived Articles:
The Jerusalem Post:
- Ethiopians Angry Over Government Failure, December 28, 2009
- State Ceremony to Honor Ethiopian Jewry, Updated November 1, 2009
- Ethiopian Groups press Gafni to save immigrant absorption five-year-plan, June 15, 2009
- Ministries claim victory in averting cuts to weak, needy, May 14, 2009
- Key Ethiopian Advocacy Group in Danger, April 17, 2009
- Let My People Be, October 16, 2007
JTA.org News Article:
- Ethiopian Jews mark Sigd holiday with Peres" JTA, Nov 3 2009
The Jewish Advocate:
- FEJ Board member and activist Barbara Gaffin speaks out in The Jewish Advocate. Click here to read the full article
Israel National News:
- Peres: Sigd Holiday Full of Jewish Values, Nov 2 2009
EthioSun:
The Toronto Star:
- Ethiopian made her own Exodus, April 9, 2009
The Canadian Jewish News:
- Ethiopian immigrant spearheads advocacy group, May 28, 2009
- NGO works to empower Ethiopian Israeli community, April 23, 2009
Haaretz.com
- The Promised Land, December 17, 2009
- First Ethiopian kibbutz opens in Gedera, January 24, 2008
YouTube.com - VIDEO - 7 mins
Notable Books and Publications
The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics - Recently published an English translation of their recent report on Ethiopian Israelis: View
The Ethiopian Jews of Israel - Personal Stories of Life in the Promised Land
By Len Lyons, PhD : Photographs by Ilan Ossendryver : Foreword by Alan Dershowitz
Black Jews, Jews, and Other Heroes “ How Grassroots Activism Led to the Rescue of the Ethiopian Jews by Howard M. Lenhoff
Operation Solomon: The Daring Rescue of the Ethiopian Jews by Stephen Spector
Numerous books about Ethiopian Jews may be found at www.amazon.com and at www.gefenpublishing.com.