My brother, Mengisteab Birhanemaskel, helped raise me since I was a small girl. We had both our parents, although they were divorced, but it was through him that I made great strides. Until today I am ...

Ethiopian Bible quiz contestant approved for aliya Immigration would mean leaving his mother, siblings behind By TAMARA ZIEVE APRIL 15, 2018 18:18 Updated: APRIL 16, 2018 00:09 ...

Family of Bible Contest participant Sintayehu Shafrao, 18, is the only Ethiopian family to be allowed to immigrate to Israel this year. Israel National News - Arutz Sheva Contact Us Search ...

Unlike many other Ethiopian Jews who were airlifted to Israel in 1991, they didn’t say goodbye to any relatives. But they left behind a centuries-old book of psalms written in Ge’ez, a Semitic ...

JERUSALEM — The family of a young Ethiopian Jew who competed in this year’s International Bible Contest but was told he could not stay in Israel was allowed to make aliyah this week after a ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Jewish teen from Ethiopia reportedly has deposited thousands of dollars in order to participate in the final stages of the International Bible Quiz in Israel. The deposit is ...

Ethiopian Jews brought the Orit with them when they immigrated to Israel beginning in the 1980s. The text is written in Ge’ez, a Semitic language used by clergy in Ethiopia.