Study: Ethiopian Jews marry within community

More than 90 percent of Ethiopian Jews in Israel marry within their community, according to a new report.

The report, released Nov. 15 by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, found that 93 percent of Ethiopian men and 85 percent of Ethiopian women marry other Ethiopians. The report was released on the eve of the Ethiopian Jewish Sigd holiday, which commemorates the community’s acceptance of the Torah.

Some 119,000 Ethiopians — 81,000 of whom were born in Ethiopia — live in Israel, mostly in the center and south. — jta