{"id":35005,"date":"2025-12-30T07:35:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T07:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?page_id=35005"},"modified":"2025-12-30T07:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T07:37:07","slug":"ono-scholar-engages-community-through-ethiopian-jewish-learning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/ono-scholar-engages-community-through-ethiopian-jewish-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Ono Scholar Engages Community Through Ethiopian Jewish Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35007 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Ashkelon-12.25-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom Addresses Beit Yisrael Synagogue in Ashkelon\" width=\"1125\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Ashkelon-12.25-1.jpeg 1125w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Ashkelon-12.25-1-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Ashkelon-12.25-1-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Ashkelon-12.25-1-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Ashkelon-12.25-1-864x1536.jpeg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<p><strong>Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom<\/strong>, founder and director of <strong>Ono Academic College\u2019s International Center for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry<\/strong> lectured on the topic of \u201cThe Heritage of Bete Israel (Ethiopian Jewry) and the Bete Israel synagogue Beit Israel in Ashkelon.\u00a0 The event, co-sponsored by the Council of Kohanim of Ethiopian Jews in Israel, featured learning and reflection dedicated to the heritage of Ethiopian Jewry and the memory of Azariah Yehaim. Alongside prayer for healing, unity, and understanding within Israeli society, the evening served as a meaningful bridge between academic research, rabbinic leadership, and community life, reaffirming the central place of Ethiopian Jewry within the broader story of the Jewish people.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":35007,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35005","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35005","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=35005"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35009,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35005\/revisions\/35009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}