{"id":34973,"date":"2025-12-24T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?page_id=34973"},"modified":"2025-12-24T09:00:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T09:00:48","slug":"ono-ethiopian-scholar-speaks-with-recently-discharged-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/ono-ethiopian-scholar-speaks-with-recently-discharged-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ono Ethiopian Scholar Speaks with Recently Discharged Soldiers"},"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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom, Founder and Director of the International Center for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry at Ono Academic College, spoke to participants of the <strong>Avnei Derech LaLochem<\/strong> program at Ono Academic College, addressing a group of recently discharged soldiers\u2014many of them lone soldiers and veterans without economic support networks. During the event, Rabbi Shalom shared his personal life story and the unique history of Ethiopian Jewry, offering participants a powerful perspective on resilience, identity, and finding purpose after military service. His remarks resonated deeply with the program\u2019s mission to provide guidance, strength, and direction to young veterans as they transition into civilian life, education, and professional pathways, honoring the memory of fallen IDF soldiers in whose names each cohort is dedicated.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34974 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Rabbi-Sharon-speaks-to-group.png\" alt=\"Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom speaking to a group\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Rabbi-Sharon-speaks-to-group.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Rabbi-Sharon-speaks-to-group-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Rabbi-Sharon-speaks-to-group-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Rabbi-Sharon-speaks-to-group-768x1152.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom, Founder and Director of the International Center for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry at Ono Academic College, spoke to participants of the Avnei Derech LaLochem program [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":34974,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34973","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34973"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34976,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34973\/revisions\/34976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}