Sigd celebrations bring thousands of Ethiopian Israelis to Jerusalem
Tamara Ceaikovski
Bus 78, packed with young Ethiopian Jews, fills with excited chatter as countless Jerusalemites make their way to Tayelet Haas Promenade's annual Sigd festivities. Ethiopian Jews celebrate Sigd, one of the biggest holidays in Ethiopian Jewish culture 50 days after Yom Kippur, commemorating the renewal of the covenant between God and the Jewish people and the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses by God. According to their tradition, Ethiopian Jews, also known as Beta Israel (literally “house
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