Local Jewish and city leaders say celebrating Sigd publicly can fight antisemitism and showcase Jewish diversity.

Thousands attended ceremony at promenade overlooking the Old City, including former Hamas hostage Avera Mengistu ...

Ethiopian Jewish immigrants to Israel brought a willingness to contribute and a pure Zionism centered on longing for ...

Former Hamas hostage Avera Mengistu, who was freed in February, attended Sigd prayers in Jerusalem for the first time.

What’s special about 20th-century archaeology,” he said, “is that people began to understand the importance of preserving the ...

Lag BaOmer bonfires and picnics have been adopted by some with a fervor as if Moses himself had commanded them. Mimunah is celebrated as if Judaism can’t do without it. More recently, Ashkenazic Jews ...

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On Sigd, declared a national holiday in Israel in 2008, some members of the Ethiopian Jewish community fast and recite tehillim. Countless members of the community from all across Israel gather in ...

Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics released new figures on the Ethiopian community ahead of the Sigd holiday.The post Israel’s Jewish Ethiopian population reached 177,600 in 2024 appeared first on ...

We celebrate Sigd with love, pride, and joy. And with that same love, we ask Israel to embrace our future, to open doors, ...