{"id":27442,"date":"2021-07-22T12:56:15","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T12:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=27442"},"modified":"2021-07-22T12:56:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T12:56:16","slug":"ono-scholar-presents-at-american-conference-on-ethiopian-jewry","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/news\/ono-scholar-presents-at-american-conference-on-ethiopian-jewry\/","title":{"rendered":"Ono Scholar Presents at American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/American-Israel-Ethiopian-Program-7.21-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/American-Israel-Ethiopian-Program-7.21-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/American-Israel-Ethiopian-Program-7.21-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/American-Israel-Ethiopian-Program-7.21-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/American-Israel-Ethiopian-Program-7.21.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Conference: Dreaming and Journeying to Zion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom, the Director of Ono\u2019s International Center for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry presented at a conference co-sponsored with the American-Israel Friendship League.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>The conference featured discussions on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jewish life in Africa<\/li>\n<li>Escape via \u201cOperation Brothers\u201d, \u201cOperation Moses\u201d and \u201cOperation Solomon\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Absorption, Education and Training in Israel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Notable speakers included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom, Director of Ono\u2019s International Center for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry.<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Sahalo, Marketing and Sales Manager of Megemeria, a jewelry school and social business that empowers Ethiopian immigrants by equipping them with the professional and life-skills needed to achieve financial independence as jewelry designers and artisans.<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Limor, in his 25 years of service in the Prime Minister\u2019s office was responsible, from headquarters and in the field, for the clandestine Ethiopian Jews Aliyah through the Sudan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom, the Director of Ono\u2019s International Center for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry presented at a conference co-sponsored with the American-Israel Friendship League.\u00a0 The conference featured discussions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":27443,"menu_order":7,"template":"","class_list":["post-27442","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27442","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:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}