{"id":32625,"date":"2024-12-29T10:53:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T10:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32625"},"modified":"2024-12-29T10:57:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T10:57:18","slug":"director-of-ono-ethiopian-center-presents-at-hanukkah-event-remembering-fallen-soldier","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/news\/director-of-ono-ethiopian-center-presents-at-hanukkah-event-remembering-fallen-soldier\/","title":{"rendered":"Director of Ono Ethiopian Center Presents at Hanukkah Event Remembering Fallen Soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<h3><strong>Director of Ono Ethiopian Center Presents at Hanukkah Event Remembering Fallen Soldier<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom, Founder and Director of Ono\u2019s International Center for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry recently delivered the keynote address at a Hanukkah evening dedicated to the memory of Bete Israel soldier, Sgt. 1st Class Elmakan Terape, HY\u201dD, who fell in the Iron Swords War.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Rabbi Shalom\u2019s lecture was entitled, \u201cDid Ethiopian Jews Celebrate Hanukkah?\u201d and explored how Bete Israel accepted the Book of the Maccabees that told the story of Hanukkah in their biblical cannon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The event was organized by Rabbi Yosef Ot as part of the Committee for Absorption of Immigrant and held at the Ohel Nechama Synagogue.\u00a0 Other speakers included Dr. Freddy Sizel, one of the committee\u2019s founders, Baya Terepe, uncle of Sgt. 1st Class Elmakan Terape, HY\u201dD, and Demeke Meteko, a social activist and member of the community<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32626 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Rav-Sharon-Macabbees-1-12.24.jpg\" alt=\"Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom Speaks about Hanukkah\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Rav-Sharon-Macabbees-1-12.24.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Rav-Sharon-Macabbees-1-12.24-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Rav-Sharon-Macabbees-1-12.24-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Rav-Sharon-Macabbees-1-12.24-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Rav-Sharon-Macabbees-1-12.24-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom, Founder and Director of Ono\u2019s International Center for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry recently delivered the keynote address at a Hanukkah evening dedicated to the memory of Bete Israel soldier, Sgt. 1st Class Elmakan Terape, HY\u201dD, who fell in the Iron Swords War.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":32626,"menu_order":112,"template":"","class_list":["post-32625","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories_news-updates_news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}