(JTA) — For years, the 50th day after Yom Kippur has been marked by the pilgrimage of hundreds of Ethiopian Jews dressed in white and carrying colorful umbrellas to Jerusalem to celebrate Sigd. This ...
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‘This brings our community together:’ Ethiopian Jews flock to Jerusalem for Sigd holiday
Avner Nado still remembers celebrating the Sigd holiday in Ethiopia. “People would come from distant communities to our synagogue in Ambober; many would stay and sleep there for three or four days,” ...
Haftam Yizhak Heathwood used to be private about her Jewish migration story. After she was born during the Ethiopian civil war, her family fled their home in Gondar on foot when she was a baby, and ...
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