The last community synagogue in Gondar, in the north of Ethiopia, is in a rented building cordoned off from the street by large metal sheets. Several men passively stand guard in front.

Three Ethiopian citizens who were waiting in the city of Gondar to be reunited with family members in Israel were killed in shootings connected to a conflict within the armed forces, a coordinator ...

FAMILY HISTORY Asmare, now 41, was born in Gondar, a region in the northern part of Ethiopia where the bulk of the Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews) lived. He came from a family of farmers.

GONDAR, Ethiopia – Sitting in a leaky, flyblown hut, a few dozen Ethiopian villagers are anxiously waiting to be transported to another world. They have just been given word that their years of ...

Inside the Jewish community of Gondar, Ethiopia. (Eden David) The Jewish community of Ethiopia does not merely exist — it breathes, effervescent, a beacon of ageless beauty and humility.

Another Gondar resident, 22-year-old trader Gashaw Asmare, said he is striving for the national unity that Ethiopia needs. “Amhara means being Tigrayan. Being Tigrayan means Amhara,” he said.

He’ll remain in Gondar this week as 300 people leave on two flights. Kefale Tayachew Damtie, a father of six from Gondar, Ethiopia’s sixth-largest city, will be on the Wednesday flight.

An Ethiopian child receives medical attention at the Jewish Federation’s JFRE-supported medical clinic. Photo courtesy of SSEJ “When my wife and I visited the synagogue and facilities in Gondar, we ...