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Ono Conference: The Journey to Jerusalem
On May 6, Ono Academic College’s International Center for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry is co-sponsoring a special Jerusalem Day event that also remembers the Ethiopian Jews who perished along the way to Israel.
The program, entitled “The Journey to Jerusalem – Remembering Together Those We Lost Along the Way”, features personal testimony by survivors of the journey, words of memoriam, joint learning and a writing workshop.
Speakers include:
Minister MK Pnina Temano-Shata – Minister of Aliyah and Integration
Yuvi Tashome – Social entrepreneur and Lecturer at Mendel Institute of Leadership
Rabbi Sharon Shalom – Director of Ono’s International Center for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry
David Mehart – Ethiopian survivor of the journey to Israel
Martin Hershkovitz – Director of the “Creating Memory” non-profit organization
Rabbi Benny Lau – Lecturer, author and founder of the Beit Midrash at Beit Morasha