I have rarely missed the annual Sigd event in Jerusalem. When I lived in Ethiopia, the annual holiday was a fixture of the Jewish community, taking place 50 days after Yom Kippur each year and ...

What exactly is the Jewish holiday of Sigd about? What are its origins? How is it celebrated in Ethiopia and Israel? And should all Jews celebrate it? November 23, 2022 marks the annual celebration of ...

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The wave of Ethiopian olim brought Sigd, which takes place 50 days after Yom Kippur and celebrates yearning for Israel, to the Jewish state. Synagogues and Hebrew schools in the United States looking ...

The Sigd ceremony opened with a tribute to Ofir Libstein, the head of the Shaar Negev security council who died in battle with Hamas terrorists on October 7. Hamas’s murderous rampage through Israeli ...

Israel's Ethiopian Jews brought with them a deep love of Zion, a willingness to join the IDF (where most volunteer for combat units) - a value that that shone tragically in the Sword of Iron War where ...

Mid-November in Israel is the time for Sigd, the Ethiopian Jewish holiday celebrating the acceptance of the Torah, and more recently, marking the fulfillment of the community’s immigration to Israel.

"Shalom Sivan, My name is David and I made aliyah to Israel from Ethiopia as a child. Tonight is the holiday of Sigd, one of the most important holidays observed by our community. For a long while, we ...

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(JTA) — Synagogues and Hebrew schools in the United States looking to help their communities celebrate Sigd, an Ethiopian Jewish holiday, have gotten a helping hand this year, thanks to Sigal ...