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Ethiopian Jewish leader shatters global lies about Israel and Zionism

WATCH: Steve Linde with guest Shmuel Legesse

Steve Linde, JNS features editor, interviews Shmuel Legesse, an Ethiopian-Israeli educator and proud Zionist who shares his remarkable journey from Addis Ababa to Jerusalem. As a Black Jew and descendant of generations who prayed for Zion, Legesse offers a stirring defense of Israel’s legitimacy, counters false narratives of colonialism and makes a passionate call for “moral diplomacy”—a values-driven approach to educating the world about Jewish identity, history, and humanity.

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Steve Linde, the JNS features editor, is a former editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Report and The Jerusalem Post and a former director at Kol Yisrael, Israel Radio’s English News. Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, he grew up in Durban, South Africa and has graduate degrees in sociology and journalism, the latter from the University of California at Berkeley. He made aliyah in 1988, served in the IDF Artillery Corps and lives in Jerusalem.
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