Over the past month, approximately 160 new immigrants from the remaining Jewish community of Ethiopia arrived in Israel. For example, Atemkut served as one of the cantors in the “Tikvat Zion” Synagogue in Gondar and waited 15 years to immigrate to Israel. Their mother passed away in Ethiopia just a few days before she was scheduled to immigrate to Israel. The government has turned its back on the nearly 8,000 individuals who have been knocking on the doors of the Jewish state for over a decade. She is the spokesperson to international media organizations for the grassroots organization Struggle for Ethiopian Aliyah.

Source: Ethiopian News March 07, 2019 20:26 UTC