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ethiopian
Israeli officials order halt to underhanded contraception of Ethiopian women
Following a TV report alleging that Ethiopian Israeli women were being given contraceptive shots against their will, Israel’s Health Ministry has ordered physicians to put a stop to the practice.
Ariela’s legacy gives others direction, purpose
Aviva Dese believes that without the Ariela Foundation, she’d probably be back in Nazareth Ilit, the factory town in the Galilee where she grew up, maybe with a low-paying assembly-line job, or maybe still wondering, like so many of her friends, what to do with her life.
Ethiopian immigrants can operate protest tent, court rules
Israelis of Ethiopian descent can keep operating a protest tent outside the prime minister\’s residence in Jerusalem, Israel\’s Supreme Court ruled.
Ethiopian immigrant is top Jewish finisher in this year’s Jerusalem Marathon
Ashrat “Assaf” Mamo is such a common sight when he pounds the pavement in Jerusalem that he’s on a first-name basis with city bus drivers who, he said, always “ask me about the marathon and encourage me.”
Ethiopian named to Israel’s Council for Highter Education
An Ethiopian immigrant to Israel, who serves as the director of Tel Aviv University, is the first Ethiopian Jew appointed to Israel\’s Council for Higher Education.
Israeli school bus driver suspended for slurring Ethiopian children
An Israeli school bus driver was suspended for making racist statements to Ethiopian children.
Ethiopian students protest segregated school
Some 300 Ethiopian students and parents protested against their segregation in a Petach Tikvah elementary school, as nearly 2 million Israeli children began the school year.
Despite diplomas, Ethiopian Israelis can’t find jobs
Of the approximately 4,500 Ethiopian Israelis who have earned university degrees, fewer than 15 percent have found work in their professions, according to a recent study. Instead, most end up working temporary public-sector jobs serving the Ethiopian Israeli community, remaining disconnected from the larger professional Israeli workforce.