What Is Remembrance Day for Ethiopian Jews? Originally Published May 27-28, 2022.
May 27, 2022
The calendar says that the 28th day of Iyyar is not only Yom Yershalayim (Jerusalem Day) but also Remembrance Day for Ethiopian Jews. This year it is Sunday, May 29th. The Israeli Ethiopian community on this day remembers those who attempted the journey to Israel but did not make it alive. We have written before […]
Back to Ethiopia? Originally Published May 30 - June 1, 2019.
May 31, 2019
A couple weeks ago we were discussing Kush and where it was and is. 28 Iyyar, corresponding this year to Sunday, June 2, 2019, is Remembrance Day for Ethiopian Jews. The date was already (since 1968) Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Unification Day, celebrating the reunification after the Six-Day War in 1967. The remembrance is for the thousands […]