{"id":26961,"date":"2021-03-04T18:03:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T18:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=26961"},"modified":"2021-03-04T18:03:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T18:03:26","slug":"ono-scholar-of-ethiopian-jewry-headlines-conference-organized-by-ethiopias-embassy-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/news\/ono-scholar-of-ethiopian-jewry-headlines-conference-organized-by-ethiopias-embassy-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Ono Scholar of Ethiopian Jewry Headlines Conference Organized By Ethiopia\u2019s Embassy in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Conference-Dynamics-of-Ethiopian-Values-1.21-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Conference-Dynamics-of-Ethiopian-Values-1.21-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Conference-Dynamics-of-Ethiopian-Values-1.21-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Conference-Dynamics-of-Ethiopian-Values-1.21-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Conference-Dynamics-of-Ethiopian-Values-1.21.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom, the Director of the International Center for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry at Ono Academic College, presented a headline lecture at the conference \u201cThe Dynamics of Ethiopian Values and Cultural Heritage in the Beta Israel Community\u201d that took place in January 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The conference, organized in collaboration with the Embassy of Ethiopian in Israel, dealt with the power and influence of Ethiopian culture on Beta Israel through history, culture, language and religion. All the lecturers emphasized the strengths of this culture. Greetings were given by Mr. Reta Alemu Nega, Ethiopia\u2019s Ambassador to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Dr. Shalom\u2019s lecture was entitled \u201cMaintaining the Values in a Multicultural Setting.\u201d Other presenters included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nigist Mengesha, \u201cCultural Values and Their Significance in Society\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Melikamu Yacob, \u201cIntergenerational Quest for Traditional Values and Cultural Heritage\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Anbessa Teferra, \u201cThe Relevance of Language in a Cultural Value Setting\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The conference presented a new angle on Ethiopian Jewry and received favorable coverage by Ethiopian television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom, the Director of the International Center for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry at Ono Academic College, presented a headline lecture at the conference \u201cThe Dynamics of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":133,"template":"","class_list":["post-26961","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/26961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}