Ethiopian Jews in Israel
Ethiopian Jews in Israel are immigrants and descendants of the immigrants from the Beta Israel communities in Ethiopia who now reside in Israel. To a lesser, but notable, extent, the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel is also composed of Falash Mura, a community of Beta Israel which had converted to Christianity over the course of the past two centuries, but were permitted to immigrate to Israel upon returning to Israelite religion—this time largely to Rabbinic Judaism.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 168,800 (2022) About 2.3% of the Israeli Jewish population, about 1.75% of the total Israeli population | |
| Languages | |
| Hebrew · Amharic · Tigrinya | |
| Religion | |
| Haymanot and Rabbinic Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Falash Mura · Beta Abraham |
Most of the community made aliyah from Ethiopia to Israel in two waves of mass immigration assisted by the Israeli government: Operation Moses (1984), and Operation Solomon (1991). Today, Israel is home to the largest Beta Israel community in the world, with about 164,400 citizens of Ethiopian descent in 2021, who are mainly assembled in the smaller urban areas of central Israel.