The Big Buna Bash: One Little Girl’s Story About Being Different and the Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

The Big Buna Bash: One Little Girl's Story About Being Different and the Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

Sara C Arnold and Roberta Malasomma (Illustrator), Brandylane Publishers, Inc., 02/05/2020

When Almaz makes a mistake in school, she's really embarrassed! Other kids tease her because they don't understand her Ethiopian culture. How can she use her family's traditions to make friends? She needs to host a BIG BUNA BASH!

Israeli sitcom about interracial marriage wins International Emmy

Israeli sitcom about interracial marriage wins International Emmy

JTA Team, JTA, 11/20/2018

An Israeli comedy series about the marriage between an Ethiopian Jewish man and an Ashkenazi Jewish woman -the first sitcom in Israel to feature a black actor in a lead role.

Meet the Director of ‘Fig Tree,’ a New Film About Young Love in the Midst of the Ethiopian Civil War

Meet the Director of 'Fig Tree,' a New Film About Young Love in the Midst of the Ethiopian Civil War

Anya Wassenberg, OkayAfrica, 09/14/2018

At TIFF, we talked to Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian, the Ethiopian-Israeli filmmaker telling a story that has parallels to her own life.

Israeli-Ethiopian Instagram Heartthrob Andebet Ayalla Is Breaking Local Modeling Boundaries

Israeli-Ethiopian Instagram Heartthrob Andebet Ayalla Is Breaking Local Modeling Boundaries

Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 09/05/2018

Andebet Ayalla stands out in the Israeli modeling world. The lanky 25-year-old with a flair for wearing Dior, Gosha Rubchinskiy, and a variation of fanny packs is one of the few Ethiopian Jews in the country's fashion industry.

Israeli, Ethiopian and Gay

Israeli, Ethiopian and Gay

Team Be’chol Lashon, Jewish&, 06/27/2018

What does it mean to be young, Ethiopian, Israeli and gay?

FUNNY, YOU DON’T SEEM ETHIOPIAN

FUNNY, YOU DON’T SEEM ETHIOPIAN

Barbara Sofer, The Jerusalem Post, 04/07/2018

Helen tries to define what’s so incongruous about her. It’s her body language. She walks and talks assertively, takes charge and gives orders. She makes eye contact with everyone.