BetaIsrael

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Qes Adana Takuyo was born in Seqelt and studied with the Qessim as a child. During the time of the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, he had moved to...
Jacques Faitlovitch

Jacques Faitlovitch

male, deceased (1955)
Jacques Faitlovitch, an Ashkenazi Jew born in Łódź, Congress Poland, studied Ethiopian languages at the Sorbonne under Joseph Halévy. He trav...

Joseph Halévy

male, deceased (1917)
Joseph Halévy was a Jewish French Orientalist and traveller. He did his most notable work was done in Yemen, which he crossed during 1869 to 1870 i...
Yona Bogale

Yona Bogale

male
Yona Bogale was the first leader of the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel. In the 1920s, Yona Bogale was sponsored by Jacques Faitlovitch to...
Sarsa Dengel

Sarsa Dengel

male, deceased (1597)
Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Menas. He was elected king by the Shoan...

Steve Kaplan

male, 56 years old
Steven Kaplan (born October 5 1953, New York, United States) is a professor of African studies and comparative religion at Hebrew University in...

Adisu Massala

male, 48 years old
Adisu Massala (born 16 June 1961) is an Israeli politician. He is to date the only Ethiopian Jew to serve in the Knesset.
Loolwa Khazzoom

Loolwa Khazzoom

female
Loolwa Khazzoom is a Mizrahi Jewish writer who writes about Jewish multiculturalism and the cultural traditions and modern struggles of Sephardi,...
Doron Almog

Doron Almog

male, 58 years old
Doron Almog (born 1951) is a Major General in the Israel Defense Forces reserves. In 1976's Operation Entebbe, he was the first para-reconnaissance...

Amiya Taga

male, 24 years old
Amiya Taga (born February 1, 1985) is an Israeli footballer of Ethiopian descent, currently plying his trade at Maccabi Netanya. Amiya Taga was...