‘Life, Art & Community News’ Archives
71 Ethiopian olim arrive in Israel
New immigrants accompanied by 20 lay leaders from Jewish Federations of North America, to begin their absorption process in Kiryat Gat Seventy-one olim from Ethiopia arrived in Israel on Thursday accompanied by lay leaders from the Jewish Federations of North America [Read More]
Ethiopian-Israeli begins three-day march to protest racism
Mulet Araro, who set out on foot to Jerusalem from his home in Kiryat Malachi, will arrive in time for Wednesday's anti-racism demonstration in Jerusalem. By Revital Blumenfeld, Haaretz An Israeli of Ethiopian descent yesterday started a three-day protest [Read More]
Perth memorial for Ethiopian bus crash victims
By Aja Styles, The Sydney Morning Herald Two Perth sisters were among the 43 passengers killed in a fiery bus crash in Ethiopia on Tuesday. Seble and Maza Getachew had lived in Perth for a number of years and studied at Curtin [Read More]
The Saxon St fire claimed the life of 33-year-old Ethiopian woman
A fatal blaze at a Waterview home last month is thought to have started accidentally. The Saxon St fire claimed the life of 33-year-old Meme Tsige Woldeyesus, an Ethiopian woman who moved to New Zealand a year ago with her two daughters aged 13 and 14 and a son aged [Read More]
Ethiopian woman leaps to her death in Oman
MUSCAT: A woman leapt to her death from the fifth floor of a building near Barka roundabout on Friday evening. The victim was identified as an unskilled worker from Ethiopia working as housemaid for the last few months in Barka. “It happened at [Read More]
Love story between an Ethiopian woman and a Chinese man
A growing number of Chinese migrant workers marrying African locals. The following video is a love story between a Chinese medical volunteer for Africa and an Ethiopian woman. A love story between a Chinese man and an Ethiopian girl (part 1) A love story between a [Read More]
Ethiopian domestic workers in the Middle East cry for help
With unemployment at an all-time high in Ethiopia, thousands of young Ethiopian women are being enticed to the Middle East countries like Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Bahrain or The Emirates with the promise of work – only to suffer verbal, physical, and sexual abuse even [Read More]
In Ethiopia an orphan gave me the gift of optimism
By Bruce Kirkby Our mules grunted and clattered across Ethiopia's rumpled highlands, staggering beneath heavy rafts and two months of expedition food. The land was awash in green following the rainy season; tender shoots of teff (the national grain) carpeted [Read More]
Thousands Of Ethiopian Migrants Stranded In Northern Yemen
By Fakhri Al-Arashi The International Organization for Migration says it is concerned and fearful about the fate of thousands of Ethiopian migrants stranded in deplorable conditions for multiple months in northern Yemen. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from IOM [Read More]
Ethiopian-Israeli Hagit Yaso Captures Top Prize in “Israeli Idol”
By Daniel Horowitz, shalomlife.com As with all new olim, starting new lives in Israel, while exciting, comes with its share of challenges. For 21-year-old Hagit Yaso, whose parents left their native Ethiopia in the early 90’s for a brighter future in the Jewish [Read More]
