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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 370

Sigd

Ethiopian Jews take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem on November 13, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
November 13, 2023, 11:44 pm
Ethiopian Israelis mark muted Sigd, as holiday overshadowed by war
Traditional Jerusalem ceremony overlooking city limited, with many instead celebrating holiday at absorption center in north where members of community from Sderot are relocated
By PHILISSA CRAMER
From 'Bunchi,' Esti Almo Wexler's new short film about the Ethiopian-Israeli experience (Courtesy Abayenesh Productions)
November 23, 2022, 3:13 pm
New short film ‘Bunchi’ exposes struggles of Ethiopian-Israeli mom
The latest movie from Esti Almo Wexler reflects aspects of her life and upbringing, condensed into 29 minutes
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: Israeli women from the Ethiopian Jewish community pray during the Sigd holiday marking the desire to 'return to Jerusalem,' as they celebrate from a hilltop in the holy city overlooking the Temple Mount, on November 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)
November 23, 2022, 5:02 am
New educational resources in US give boost to Ethiopian Jewish holiday of Sigd
Children’s book and ‘Sigd-in-a-box’ rolled out ahead of Tuesday festival, as American Jews look to embrace racial diversity, global peoplehood
By PHILISSA CRAMER
President Isaac Herzog, left, greets leaders of Israeli Ethiopian community during a ceremony to mark the Sigd, in Jerusalem, November 4, 2021. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
November 4, 2021, 3:17 pm
Amid war in Ethiopia, Herzog urges bringing remaining Jews to Israel ‘quickly’
In comments marking the Sigd holiday, president says some of the ‘thousands’ who are still waiting to immigrate are ‘threatened and in a worrying situation’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli women from the Ethiopian Jewish community pray during the Sigd holiday marking the desire to 'return to Jerusalem,' as they celebrate from a hilltop in the holy city overlooking the Temple Mount, on November 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)
November 17, 2020, 11:35 am
After 1st conflict fatality, activists beg PM to airlift all Ethiopian Jews now
Knesset Aliyah Committee to grill officials Wednesday against backdrop of escalating fighting in northwest Ethiopia, in which Gondar Jew was killed last week
By Sue Surkes
Some of the books written about the Ethiopian Israeli experience by Naomi Shmuel, who will speak at the Beit Avi Chai digital Sigd celebration on November 16, 2020. (courtesy, Naomi Shmuel)
November 15, 2020, 10:27 pm
Ethiopian Sigd holiday marked with online events at Beit Avi Chai
Children’s book author Naomi Shmuel to speak about diversity and difference in Ethiopian community for digital celebration
By Jessica Steinberg
An Ethiopian worshiper at the synagogue in Addis Ababa praying and holding photos of family members living in Israel. (Bernard Dichek/Times of Israel)
November 13, 2020, 3:34 am
Anxious, divided families wait to see who Israel will airlift from Ethiopia
November 15 will mark 5 years since the government first promised to bring some 8,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel; officials are now selecting 2,000 for a January arrival
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Israeli women from the Ethiopian Jewish community pray during the Sigd holiday marking the desire to 'return to Jerusalem,' as they celebrate from a hilltop in the holy city overlooking the Temple Mount, on November 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)
November 26, 2019, 8:12 pm
On eve of Sigd holiday, Netanyahu lauds Ethiopian Jewish heritage
Day for communal atonement, now a national holiday in Israel, ‘has already become part of our common national heritage,’ PM says
By ToI Staff
President Reuven Rivlin greets the Ethiopian elders at the Sigd celebration in Jerusalem on Nov. 7, 2018. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
November 9, 2018, 7:10 pm
Aliya still near-frozen as Ethiopian Jews mark Sigd festival with mass prayer
President hails community’s ‘spirit of heroism,’ promises Israel will not discriminate on the basis of skin color
By JTA and Melanie Lidman
Bible Quiz participant Sintayehu Shafrao welcomes his mother Alem Wondie at Ben Gurion Airport on November 6, 2018 as she arrived with the rest of his family. (Courtesy Heart of Israel)
November 7, 2018, 12:58 am
Bible Quiz star’s family immigrate, sole Ethiopians allowed in this year
Relatives of Sintayehu Shafrao, 18, who represented Ethiopian Jews still living in Ethiopia in this year’s Bible Quiz, land at Ben-Gurion as community marks Sigd pilgrimage holiday
By Melanie Lidman
Shira Pasternak Be'eri
January 8, 2018, 2:02 pm
Shira Pasternak Be'eri
Pictures from the promenade
A year ago, 4 soldiers were murdered in this magical place, where our past meets our present and colors our future
Making knafe, a traditional Palestinian dessert, on Sunday, December 3, 2017, in Beit Hanina, an Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem, as part of Open Holidays, a new event geared at understanding one anothers' traditions (Courtesy Open Holidays)
December 8, 2017, 8:13 am
It’s an ecumenical celebration of winter festivals in Open Holidays
Jerusalemites mark Sigd, Mohammed’s birth, Christmas, Hanukkah and Novy God with event geared toward appreciating different traditions
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli 'Kessim' or religious leaders of the Ethiopian Jewish community lead the prayers during the Sigd holiday marking the desire to 'return to Jerusalem', as they celebrate from a hilltop in the holy city, on November 16, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / GALI TIBBON)
November 16, 2017, 7:28 pm
Thousands of Ethiopian Jews gather in Jerusalem for Sigd
Many visitors assemble to learn about immigrant group’s heritage at festival celebrating fulfillment of centuries-old aspirations for return to Zion
By David Sedley
Comic Shlomo 'BabyBaby' Shmuel will perform his one-man show at The Eighth Hullageb Israeli-Ethiopian Arts Festival in December (Courtesy Esther Wonde)
November 16, 2017, 8:49 am
Trailblazing Ethiopian-Israeli comic finds laughs in life’s serious experiences
Shlomo ‘BabyBaby’ Shmuel shows that everything from injera bread to racism and insensitivies can be fodder for jokes
By Jessica Steinberg
President Reuven Rivlin, left. speaks during a mass prayer of the Sigd holiday attended by hundreds of Ethiopian Jews, at the Sherover Promenade overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem, November 11, 2015. (Flash90)
November 11, 2015, 5:40 pm
Rivlin calls for renewed effort to absorb Ethiopian jews
Speaking at annual Sigd festival, president says Israel has done a lot for the community but not enough
By Stuart Winer
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