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May 2015 back issue
by Michal Fattal/Flash90
The story follows one of the last groups of Falash-Mura, from the compound in Gondar (North Ethiopia) all the way to
their landing in Israel and to the Absorption center in Jerusalem.
The Israeli government decided to put an end to the immigration of the Falash-Mura community to Israel. They are
considered as non-Jews, who just wanted to get out of Ethiopia by any means and saw the opportunity by claiming to
be Jewish. Thousands of Ethiopian Israelis keep on protesting furiously against the government's decision as 8,700
Falash-Mura still remain in rundown camps in Ethiopia.
Ethiopian women wait for Friday prayer at the synagogue in Gondar, Ethiopia.
An Ethiopian woman holds her baby in a mud hut at the Ethiopian Jewry compound in Gondar, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian men carry their bags to a bus before dawn as a group of 46 Falash Mura people leave the compound in
Gondar for the 24 hour journey to Addis Ababa in order to emigrate to Israel.
Ethiopian men load bags to a bus before dawn as a group of 46 Falash Mura people leave the compound in Gondar
for the 24 hour journey to Addis Ababa in order to emigrate to Israel.
Ethiopian workers as seen on the journey from Gondar to Addis Ababa.
A man plays a flute during the 24 hour journey from Gondar to Addis Ababa.
An Ethiopian woman, a few hours before she leaves the Jewish agency compound in Addis Ababa to go the airport, in
order emigrate to Israel.
Asmamo Kasi (72) wears his brimmed hat and his fancy suit as he prepares for the flight, a few hours before he
leaves the Jewish agency compound in Addis Ababa to the airport, in order emigrate to Israel.
A woman and her son at the Jewish agency compound in Addis Ababa.
Ethiopian women arrive at the Jewish agency compound in Addis Ababa after a 24 hour journey.
Ethiopian women pray Saturday morning at the
synagogue of the Ethiopian Jewry community centre in
Gondar, Ethiopia.
An Ethiopian woman stands in an X-ray machine during health examinations at a hospital in Addis Ababa, two weeks
before emigration to Israel.
An Ethiopian man kisses his baby on the airplane as it is about to land in Israel.
A Jewish immigrant from Ethiopia, waits for her newly immigrated family members as they arrive at the Israeli airport.
Israeli Ethiopian Jews hold photos of their relatives and shout slogans during a demonstration next to the Prime
Minister’s office in Jerusalem.
Israeli Ethiopian Jews stay in protest tents set up in front of the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem as they call on the
government to let their relatives in Ethiopia íimmigrate into Israel.
Israeli Ethiopian Jews stay in protest tents set up in front of the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem as they call on the
government to let their relatives in Ethiopia immigrate into Israel.
Newly immigrated children play outside at the absorption centre near Jerusalem.
