“The Sigd holiday is a holiday that expresses unity and longing for Jerusalem,” Ophir Sofer, Israel’s minister of aliyah and integration, said at the event, according to Israeli media reports. Thousands of Ethiopian Jews take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem on November 23, 2022. The prayer is performed by Ethiopian Jews every year to celebrate their community's connection and commitment to Israel. Advocacy from within the Ethiopian Israeli community led to Israel adopting Sigd as a national holiday in 2008. The war casualties include an Ethiopian Israeli paratrooper named Yehonatan Semo, 21, who died after being injured in combat in Gaza.

Source: Ethiopian News November 14, 2023 06:05 UTC