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2025 - Volume 9 - Number 1

The Activities of Ethiopian Jews Associations in Israel 

Aleligne Admasu * ORCID: 0009-0007-0092-0842
South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Faculty of Philosophy, Blagoevgrad, BULGARIA

Open Journal for Sociological Studies, 2025, 9(1), 27-44 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojss.0901.03027a
Received: 3 December 2024 ▪ Revised: 27 April 2025 ▪ Accepted: 1 July 2025

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
A non-profit organization in association is a legal and regulated way to raise resources and conduct activities for the public good. While a non-profit organization offers an excellent opportunity to advance social and community goals, its establishment and management involve many challenges, especially in the areas of management, resource mobilization, and compliance with legal requirements. Therefore, it is important to carefully consider the advantages and disadvantages and examine whether the legal structure of a non-profit organization is the most suitable for the organization’s goals . Background to the Difficulties of Absorption Ethiopian non-profit organizations were established to deal with many challenges of absorption, integration, and cultural preservation. They play a status in empowering the community, providing tools to improve social and economic status, and shaping policies that support the rights of community members . Reasons for their establishment of Ethiopian non-profit organizations stemmed from several key reasons, which were related to the social, economic, and cultural needs of the Ethiopian community in Israel, and include the following issues . Ethiopian immigrant associations were an important tool in dealing with the complex challenges that the community encountered in Israel, and they served as a source of support, pride, and identity, as well as a lever for social and cultural change.

KEY WORDS: Ethiopian Jews, Ethiopian immigration to Israel, Israel studies, associations in Israel.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:

Aleligne Admasu, South-West University "Neofit Rilski", Faculty of Philosophy, Blagoevgrad, BULGARIA.

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