It’s a humbling experience to live in Israel, among Jews whose genes date back to Bayit Rishon. It’s equally humbling to study the historical overview that is the Koren Ethiopian Haggada Journey to ...

1 of 10 — Facilitated by the Israeli government, a young couple and their children are going on aliyah from Ethiopia — a purposeful ascent, or "going up" to Israel. The facial cross tattoos, often ...

At the end of 1984 and in May 1991 virtually the whole of the ancient black Jewish community of Ethiopia - known as the Falashas or Beta Israel - was transported to Israel in two massive secret ...

Food can bring people together, but can it also tell the story of a culture’s past? The Jewish Federation of Lee and Charlotte County put that idea to the test.

A centuries-old mystery hidden in plain sight has finally come to light. In a modest prayer house in Israel, among community leaders and handwritten pages passed quietly from generation to generation, ...

Edie Roodman, who serves as the director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Oklahoma City, recently gave a presentation on the African Jews of Ethiopia and their flight into Israel. The presentation ...