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Joseph J. Feit

Jun 5, 2023, 4:17 PM

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Israel has abandoned Ethiopian Jewry

Illustrative: A young Ethiopian woman looks out of the window as she arrives to the Jewish agency compound in Addis Ababa after a 24 hours journey of a group of 46 Falash Mura people from Gondar two weeks before they immigrate to Israel, May 12, 2008. (Michal Fattal/FLASH90)

The government allocated no funding at all to bring the thousands who have waited years to be reunited their families

Dec 12, 2021, 3:59 PM

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7 false statements about the Jews remaining in Ethiopia

Given the afflictions of famine, locusts, COVID, and especially war besetting the Jewish community, the least I can do is set the record straight

May 14, 2020, 12:34 PM

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Black Jewish Lives matter too: COVID-19 and Ethiopian Jewry

Soap distribution by SSEJ in Gondar. (courtesy)

14,000 Beta Israel await aliyah in a poverty-stricken country where millions are expected to contract the virus. Israel's silence is deafening

Oct 22, 2018, 12:59 AM

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The GA and Ethiopian Jewry: Look who hasn’t been invited to dinner

Israelis who immigrated from Ethiopia hold up family photos of loved ones who remain in Ethiopia during a protest prayer for the reunification of their families in Israel, near the Prime Minister Offices in Jerusalem, on April 03, 2011. Photo by Kobi Gideon / Flash90

The Jewish Federations allocate funds to assist Jews worldwide, so why is one particular community being ignored?

Mar 30, 2016, 2:49 PM

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Time to bring them home

Netanyahu must stop playing petty politics and rescue the last remnant of Ethiopian Jewry

About Me

Joseph Feit, an attorney, is currently chairman of SSEJ and a past president of NACOEJ. He is a past president of the North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry and has been active on issues relating to Ethiopian Jewry for three decades. Feit has received awards from the Knesset, the Jewish Agency and the Jewish communities of Addis Ababa and Gondar for his work on behalf of the Ethiopian Jewish community.