AEJ posted a message on its Hebrew Facebook page to check how it can best meet the needs of the Ethiopian Israeli community during this unusual and tense time. As an advocacy organization that influences and improves policy, AEJ is bringing the community’s concerns to the attention of decision makers to help find solutions. Many...
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Israel’s Ministry of Health Posts Amharic Public Health Warning about Coronavirus
The Ministry of Health (Israel) posted a public warning and advice in Amharic about the coronavirus to assist the Ethiopian Israeli community. Click on the link to listen.
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Read AEJ Board Member, Micha Odenheimer’s Times of Israel Blog
I was wrong, and my Ethiopian-Israeli friends were right The vicious kind of racism I thought didn’t exist in Israel is endemic, especially among police. A ray of hope can be found in Ashkelon. Mea Culpa. I plead guilty. It took the Kiryat Malachi police department to thrash me into confessing. Over the past six...
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Check out AEJ’s Latest Updates!
Read about a few of AEJ’s developments: AEJ board member, Micha Odenheimer’s blog about disturbing police conduct; protesting with MK Pnina Tamanu in solidarity with Solomon Tekah’s family and with AEJ board member Shula Mola; and how Israel’s Supreme Court questions the Israel Police’s discriminatory profiling. Read it here. Protesting at the Ministry of Justice...
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Two police shootings in 2019 – Six months apart! Take a look at AEJ’s latest research
Check out AEJ’s latest research on the Israel Police: Ethiopian Israelis are less than 2% of Israel’s population. BUT AEJ found that the number of criminal cases opened by the police against Ethiopian Israelis between 2014 and 2017 increased by 20 percent, even as it decreased by 6 percent for the total Jewish population. THIS IS...
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Association of Ethiopian Jews – AEJ wishing you and your family a Happy and festive Purim And we thank you for all your support- together we #Change_Policy_Change_Matters!
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Read about the story behind the making of film “Lady Titi”
“A comedy is my way of saying all the things that are annoying to me about Israeli society. The racism, the attitudes toward women. It’s racism that’s institutional, that’s under the rug”- Almo Wexler. Read about the story behind the making of film “Lady Titi” and how the past experiences of writter and directer Esti Almo...
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Congratulations to Danny Admasu, former AEJ director, on his Presidential scholarship award
Congratulations to Danny Admasu, former AEJ director, on his Presidential scholarship award of 150,000 shekels for his doctorate research! Only a small group of 12 recipients received this incredible recognition from Presidan Reuven Ruvi Rivlin – ראובן רובי ריבלין. Mazal Tov Danny!!! Full article in Hebrew>> https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5473973,00.html For more details in English – the article from...