For the first time, we celebrated the Sigd holiday in a special and extraordinary way—a joint ascent of all community members to the mountain in Gedera.

Thirteen years ago, the idea was born to reconnect older Ethiopian Israelis to the land, in order to remind them of one of their most fundamental strengths

By תסרצ' פנטה – Member of the Initiative “Beit Ambousa” – Social Tourism Initiative

“Blow the shofar on Zion, sanctify a fast, proclaim an assembly; gather the people, sanctify the congregation; assemble the elders, gather the children and nursing babes; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride from her canopy.”—Joel 2:15-18