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 ...
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Ethiopian Jews ask: Where are the Religious Zionists?

For decades, Religious Zionist leaders such as Rabbi Hanan Porat, Zevulun Orlev, and Rabbi Yitzchak Levy fought relentlessly ...
WATCH: JPost’s Corinne Baum in conversation with Naftali Aklum on history, identity, and the place of Ethiopian Jews in shaping Zionism. What does Zionism signify for a community whose yearning for ...
Daniel Ambaya dreamed of working for one of the top gaming companies in the world. A graduate of Sapir College with a degree in animation, his goal seemed well within reach for an artist with his ...
In one refugee camp, an 11-year-old girl who had suffered from poor vision for years burst into laughter and tears of joy after receiving her first pair of glasses. An Israeli medical delegation to ...
The program's initiator, Prof. Dalit Rom-Shiloni from the Department of Biblical Studies, Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies and Archaeology, explains: "The Orit of Beta Israel includes the Five ...
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, ...
Earlier this week, Israel’s Immigration and Absorption Ministry proudly announced a three-year plan to recruit wealthy and highly skilled Jews to make aliyah. Grants of up to NIS 1 million (some ...