{"id":405,"date":"2019-11-10T21:35:37","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T21:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amudhaesh.org\/?p=405"},"modified":"2019-11-10T21:35:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T21:35:37","slug":"even-in-times-of-social-discord-ethiopian-israelis-proudly-celebrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amudhaesh.org\/?p=405","title":{"rendered":"EVEN IN TIMES OF SOCIAL DISCORD, ETHIOPIAN-ISRAELIS PROUDLY CELEBRATE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following the police killings of young men, the community hopes national exposure to the colorful Sigdyada Festival can improve their integration<\/h3>\n
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Article from The Jerusalem Post<\/a><\/p>\n

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BY TARA KAVALER\/THE MEDIA LINE NOVEMBER 9, 2019 06:14<\/h3>\n
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The shooting of Solomon Tekah<\/a> by an Israeli police officer last July led to several days and nights of rioting by mostly young Ethiopian Israelis feeling an increasing sense of alienation. Yet one member of the community believes that things can improve with the help of cultural bridges.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe we live in a very dangerous time,\u201d Shai Ferdo tells The Media Line. \u201cI want to be that guy who builds those bridges.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ferdo is the creator of the two-day Sigdyada Festival, an annual celebration of Ethiopian and Ethiopian-Israeli culture. It is held just before the Sigd, a day of prayer, fasting and introspection aimed at recalling the yearning for Zion by previous generations.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Sigdyada\u2019s explosion of music, dance, comedy and, of course, food, attracts people like Mina Fiat, an Israeli who divides her time between Tel Aviv and Chicago.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am interested in every culture I do not know about, especially because it\u2019s a Jewish culture,\u201d she said, adding that Ethiopian Israelis are an authentic part of Israel. \u201cThey go to the army and do everything\u201d that other Israelis do.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Sigdyada, the eighth, got under way on November 7 at the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv with speeches that hinted at the overriding issues facing Israel\u2019s Ethiopian immigrants.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a society, we haven\u2019t always listened to people who speak a different language, who have different customs or a different color,\u201d President Reuven Rivlin told festival-goers. \u201cToday, we\u2019re a giving a place of honor to the tradition of Ethiopian Jewry as part of the present [and] of the future of Israeli culture overall.\u201d<\/p>\n

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