In the minority rap sector in Israel, Ethiopian rapper, Jeremy Cool Habash, is a popular artist who speaks to many Ethiopian Jews

Beta Israel

Beta Israel Israel, Ge'ez: ቤተ እስራኤል - Bēta 'Isrā'ēl, modern Bēte 'Isrā'ēl, EAE: "Betä Ǝsraʾel", "Community of Israel" also known as Ethiopian Jews , are the names of Jewish communities which lived in the area of Aksumite and Ethiopian Empires , nowadays divided between Amhara and Tigray...

. Habash raps in both Hebrew and Amharic about his Ethiopian Jewish heritage and the struggles that face many Ethiopian Jews in Israel who live in low-income

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 areas Habash’s lyrics do not touch upon topics of mainstream rap

Hip hop music

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 and instead center around his passion for Judaism

Judaism

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, the lives of the youth in Israel, and the difficulties of living as an Ethiopian Jew in Israel He describes the attraction of Ethiopian youth to hip hop: “Ethiopian youth are attracted to hip-hop as the new expression of our identity.” He explains that Ethiopian-Israeli youth seek to advance themselves through music much like the way African American

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s have Habash has taught many immigrant children throughout Israel about hip hop and how to create a song with the hope of empowering them with the ability to uphold their cultural heritage

Cultural heritage

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. Habash dreams one day of creating a recording studio

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for the Ethiopian-Israeli youth.