The African Jewish holy books that the rabbis never read
Not even the head of the Ethiopian church is allowed to see it
Our ‘History Detective’ columnist provides a chronological dictionary of key people and terms that tells the story of Ethiopian Jews
Black History Month: A brief history of an often-pernicious and persistent question of race
Ethiopian Jews eat loaves of ‘defo dabo’ for Shabbat
The painter Nirit Takele, already a celebrated artist at 33 years old, is evoking the spirit of both her homelands in her bold work
I am only twelve years old. I do not understand why the Israeli government won’t let suffering Jewish children rejoin their families in Israel.
Most Ethiopian Jews have left their homeland for Israel. But those in New York continue to practice their religious traditions.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s slate of diplomatic meetings includes visits to Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Uganda, where he commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Israeli raid at Entebbe
As final flights of Falash Mura leave for Israel, a community of Hebrew-speakers finds it is neither Jewish nor Ethiopian enough
A new book sheds light on the complicated conflicts among Jews, Christians, and pagans in the pre-Islamic Middle East
Two final flights with 400 passengers will leave for Israel later this summer
An Atlanta physician retires after building a network that treats Jewish patients from Ukraine to Ethiopia
The final stages of immigration to carry into 2014
The young artist-provocateur Kehinde Wiley’s dignified portraits of men in Israel are the focus of a major new show at the Jewish Museum