Israel's Ethiopian Jews: a struggle to integrate

[WorldNews]

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Israeli Ethiopian Jews protesting against alleged police brutality and racism have staged heated demonstrations over the past week that turned violent as they clashed with security forces. The integration of Ethiopian Jews into Israeli society has long been a struggle. Israel has some 135,500 Jewish Israelis of Ethiopian descent, including more than 50,000 born inside the country. For centuries, Jews in Ethiopia were largely cut off from other Jewish communities, and Israel's religious authorities only belatedly recognised them as members of the faith.

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