In a change of fortune, a Jewish teenager from Ethiopia participating in the International Bible Quiz in Israel was granted full Israeli citizenship, a week after he was reportedly asked to deposit ...

A rich liturgical tradition that evolved around the variant of the Hebrew Bible used by Jews in the Horn of Africa is at risk of fading into oblivion, the university says. (JTA) — Tel Aviv University ...

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 to ...

A Jewish teenager from Ethiopia who has reached the final stages of the annual International Bible Quiz in Israel will reportedly have to deposit thousands of shekels in order take part in the contest ...

A contestant in the upcoming Israel Independence Day Bible quiz who is currently visiting Israel from Ethiopia was granted residency status and given an Israeli identification card Monday, after the ...

If you are to ever make it to the Abuna Garima monastery in Ethiopia’s Tigrai Highlands, you would find a book that is highly revered by local monks and believed to be one of the Christian world’s ...

When they flew out of this country for Israel three decades ago, Askabo Meshiha’s family left something valuable behind. Unlike many other Ethiopian Jews who were airlifted to Israel in 1991, they ...

A private organization raised the money for the teen, who had been told originally that he must leave the country after the contest. JERUSALEM (JTA) — The family of a young Ethiopian Jew who competed ...

(JTA) — Tel Aviv University announced the launch of what it says is the world’s first academic program focused on the holy scriptures of Ethiopian Jews. The program, aimed currently at graduate ...