Ethiopia to Israel | ALIYAH NEWS EP. 2

In this episode: Over the past few decades, God has brought over 100,000 Jews from Ethiopia to Israel, and today He uses Jewish and Christian friendships to bless them in the Holy Land. We also learn about Sigd, an ancient Ethiopian Jewish holiday which recently became an official state holiday in Israel.

-- DEFINITIONS --

ALIYAH - The word for the immigration of Jewish people from the Diaspora to the Land of Israel. The word in Hebrew means ‘ascent’ and is defined as ‘going up’ - progressing towards Jerusalem.

OLIM - means Jewish immigrants to Israel – those making aliyah. In the singular, a male immigrant is called an oleh and a female immigrant an olah.

ABSORPTION CENTER - Temporary living quarters provided by the Israeli Government which serve as a first home and supportive framework for new olim to learn Hebrew and be immersed into Israeli society.

ULPANIM - Intensive Herbew Classes

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Information

https://www.jewishagency.org/ethiopia...
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/...
https://www.jewishagency.org/celebrat...

Video footage

Ethiopian crisis    • The Crisis in Ethiopia 1985  
Eden Alene ESC Final    • Eden Alene - Set Me Free (LIVE) | Israel 🇮...  
Pnina Tamano-Shata    • Welcoming Ethiopian Olim  
Sigd
   • Have you ever heard of the Sigd holiday?  
   • Sigd  

Pictures

Operation Solomon: Government Press Office, Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) https://www.flickr.com/photos/governm...
Ethiopian Jews leaving airplane: The Jewish Agency for Israel
IDF soldiers   / 1060227756561178632  
Ethiopian Jews at airport: Levi Meir Clancy
https://unsplash.com/photos/ieaO7_CYVhQ
https://unsplash.com/photos/fhcOB5r9x_Q
Addis Ababa: Laika ac (CC BY-SA 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Any Day, Adigrat: Rod Waddington (CC BY-SA 2.0) https://www.flickr.com/photos/6460771...

All pictures from the Aliyah center in Kiryat Yam were provided by The Jewish Agency for Israel.

00:00 Intro
00:35 Ethiopia
03:19 Transition
04:11 Jewish-Christian friendships
05:45 Outro