It is one of just a handful texts in Israel of the Orit, an Ethiopian variant of the Hebrew Bible that predates the advent of that standardized text. It’s a remarkable reminder of how ancient ...

Sintayehu Shifaraw, the first ever Ethiopian contestant in the International Bible Contest, will be granted permission to immigrate to Israel after waiting all his life to join his brother and ...

Even now, incarcerated again, his intervention has grown my faith. It began as a simple request. “I need you to find me the Ethiopian Bible in Ge’ez translated directly to English,” he said. “Why does ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The family of a young Ethiopian Jew who competed in this year’s International Bible Contest but was told he could not stay in Israel was allowed to make aliyah this week ...

Sintayehu Shafrao from Ethiopia, who is competing in the annual International Bible Quiz in Israel, receives a National ID from Israel Minister of Interior Affairs Aryeh Deri during a ceremony at ...

Sintayehu Shafrao from Ethiopia, who is competing in the annual International Bible Quiz in Israel, receives a National ID form Israel Minister of Interior Affairs Aryeh Deri during a ceremony at ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Jewish teen from Ethiopia who had been ordered to deposit thousands of dollars in order to participate in the final stages of the International Bible Quiz in Israel to ...

The family of an Ethiopian teen who was granted residency status in Israel after he had participated in the International Bible Quiz arrived in Israel. The family of Sintayehu Shafrao, 18 ...

Sintayehu Shifaraw will be the first ever Ethiopian to compete in the International Bible Contest, the Jewish community of Ethiopia announced Sunday. But Sintayehu’s aspirations extend far ...